Wizard's Son Volume 2 - Margaret O Oliphant - Part 2

To the despair of his widowed mother, Walter Methven is a carefree young man with no annoying ambition and a circle of dubious friends. In Volume 1 this changes when to his great surprise he learns he has succeeded to the title of his little known relative Lore Erradeen. He vows to put aside his aimless past and do some real good in his new position. One condition of inheriting the title is to spend several days each year on Loch Houran in the West Highlands, at the ancient castle of the Warlock Lord of Erradeen, an evil man who some believe still exerts his power over each Lord Erradeen in turn. In Volume 2, after escaping the influence of this sinister figure Walter soon returns to his previous aimless ways. This continues until he is called back to Loch Houran to confront the Warlock Lord once more. - Summary by GERALD MOE