In this stirring conclusion to the fantasy adventure trilogy, the Shadow from the North, Princess Blair finds herself in the greatest danger of her life. After great struggle and a long and hazardous journey, she has finally come back to her homeland only to find that an evil witch's spell has preceded her. Blair finds to her shock and horror that she has been forgotten by everyone in Ruratonia, even the King her father.Now, in the shadow of her own castle and in her own home forest, Blair has been captured again. Manning and the Wild Men from the North again hold the Princess captive. Can she escape one more time? And even if she does, how will she ever convince her own people of her true identity?The witch has also arranged for Joe, a simple fisherman who has forgotten that he is really Prince Florian, to be arrested as a criminal and thrown into jail. Can Joe escape from the soldiers who are chasing him? Will Joe ever remember that he is really Prince Florian? And how could one man who has forgotten who he is save Princess Blair when the Old Man of the North and the largest army he has ever assembled are waiting across the river Tamburling, ready to come and take Princess Blair captive forever?In The Gypsy's Friend, a young ladybug learns to his surprise that heroism can be found in the most unexpected of creatures; a king learns that truth can come from anywhere, even from a fisherman; and Manning, leader of the Old Man of the North's band of Wild Men, faces a choice that could change his destiny... forever.The Gypsy's Friend is a story about finding the will to continue when all seems lost, but it is also a story about hope, about the triumph of love, and about how one act of forgiveness can save a world.