The Final Lesson (Everybody Wants to Rule the World)

Durland Prothero is not his real name – he can no longer remember the name he was given at birth. He cannot even remember his mother’s face; only her loving words and deep affection.But he can never forget the day she died.After being orphaned when his mother was murdered and his entire village was destroyed, a young boy must learn to survive on his own in the wild. He battles the elements, endures starvation, and defeats frightening, powerful creatures just to keep breathing another day. For a long time, survival is all he knows, until he is finally hunted down by a mysterious figure, who seizes him, and takes him to a place that he only thought existed in tales meant to frighten little children.He receives a new name and endures a series of “lessons” even more brutal and devastating than the wild forests of the planet Zuun that had been his home. As he slowly begins to unravel the true purpose of these “lessons”, he also finds beautiful, profound love with a kind young girl from a nearby village. Durland learns however, that all good things must come to an end when the love of his life and her entire family suddenly disappear without a trace. No one acknowledges that they ever existed.Will Durland realize the impossible destiny that all those lessons prepared him for, or will he abandon it all to find out the truth about the disappearance of the love of his life? And lastly…What will Durland discover in his Final Lesson?