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The ultimate test of courage begins. Bravest heart will carry on, When sleep is death and hope is gone. Seven hearts the journey make, Seven ways the hearts will break ... The witch Sheba’s prophecy is like a riddle. A riddle Rowan must solve if he is to find out the secret of the Mountain and save his home ... To the sturdy villagers of Rin the boy Rowan is a timid weakling. The most disappointing child ever. Yet, incredibly, it his help they need when the stream that flows from the top of the Mountain dries up. Without its water their precious bukshak herds will die, and Rin will be doomed. The six strongest villagers must brave the unknown terrors of the Mountain to discover the answer to the Riddle. And because only he can read the magical map, young, weak, and timid Rowan, the unwanted seventh member of the group, must go with them.