Wyntier's Rise. Creatures of the Lands, #3

A new generation begins.It has been a decade since Keanu was rescued from the clutches of a madman intent on enslaving the realm. Nearly sixteen years of age, Keanu and his friends seek to recover from the trauma of their childhood, but war is brewing, and pain has just begun.  The villain who kidnapped him as a child is now rising to become a rival king in a fellow nation, and he will stop at nothing to obtain power.
People are disappearing, brainwashed by magic, and cities fall to the rule of a tyrant. No one who stands against the new regime is allowed to live. Keanu and his friends gather together, vowing to bring this monster to his knees and stop the king's rule. But how can a group of teenagers stop the most ruthless villain the realm has ever known? To save their world, Keanu and his friends vow to come together to do what others will not- assemble the resistance.