勇氣將引領飛翔 勇者將開創傳說與創造夢想的夥伴 一同攜手飛翔
　　年邁的席爾里布，生命終將逝去，在他一息尚存之際，透露了一個訊息，柯林和索倫必須閱讀他私藏的《蓋胡傳說》，才能從古老的故事中找出抵禦至高邪惡的線索。
　　火炭獵者葛蘭克寫書述說一段亙古的歷史，那是一個戰亂和巫魔橫行的時代，葛蘭克對火焰的著迷，促使他訓練自己的火靈眼能力，而在遙遠彼處的惡狼番哥則是引導葛蘭克了解火焰和火炭的強大力量。
　　當貓頭鷹王國的國王和王后向他們最要好的摯友葛蘭克，提出一個十萬火急的請求，葛蘭克毫不猶豫地疾飛前去協助……
　　到底葛蘭克要去對抗什麼險惡的事？而柯林和索倫是否真的能從故事中得到什麼啟發？
　　★本書中譯版《貓頭鷹守護神 9 蓋胡傳說的誕生》由晨星出版。
It is a time of Legends and a time of chaos. Warlords vie for power and marauding outlaws roam the land. Good King Hrath and his queen, Siv, noble Spotted Owls struggle to keep peace in their kingdom. Grank, noble Spotted Owl, friend and supporter of King Hrath, has exiled himself to Beyond the Beyond, where he has developed his firesight and learns how to work with embers, fire and how to forge metals. He is the First Collier. Deep in a volcano in the farthest reaches of Beyond the Beyond, he discovers a magical Ember but fears its awful powers will be misused and hides it again. (continued)

凱瑟琳．拉斯基 (Kathryn Lasky)
　　因為非常愛好貓頭鷹而開始對貓頭鷹展開研究，原本預計要寫一本有關貓頭鷹的紀實圖鑑，最後墜入貓頭鷹迷人世界，進而寫出一部有關貓頭鷹世界的奇幻小說。她在故事中賦予貓頭鷹會說話、思考、做夢的能力，也保留了牠們自然本性的一面。
　　寫超過120冊童書或青少年小說和非小說作品，總銷售量超過千萬本。
　　她曾榮獲許多獎的肯定，如非小說童書作品榮獲華盛頓郵報的最佳童書獎，還有紐柏瑞兒童文學獎、國家猶太書籍獎；美國圖書館協會的最佳青少年書籍獎、美國圖書協會優良書獎；國家科學學院的年度最佳書籍獎；父母之選榮譽獎；波士頓環球報號角書獎；約翰布羅獎的傑出自然類童書獎；國家牛仔名人堂的西部傳統獎；以及二度獲得美國愛倫坡獎的年度最佳推理童書提名。
Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over 100 books for children and young adults. Her beloved Guardians of Ga’Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series and the Wolves of the Beyond series, as well as A Time for Courage and other Dear America titles. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed historical fiction titles, such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North. She lives with her husband in Cambridge, Massachusetts.