This is a tale of enchantment, of good and evil, and of the Assistant Pig-Keeper who want to become a hero. He meets adventures with humor and gallantry in a way that will keep readers completely absorbed.
In this final part of the chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper of Prydain, faces even more dangers as he seeks the magical Black Cauldron, the chief implement of the evil powers of Arawn, lord of the Land of Death.