The Eight Lands of Pharr are in trouble, and the only ones who can help are a young princess and the sister she believes lost. They hold two of the four Magical Stones, created long ago by an Ancient Mystic to channel the magic of his bloodline. But when an evil witch named Patadora Coggs seeks to control the Stones, the two girls must join forces to save their unsuspecting world. With them is a motley crew gathered as they travel to retrieve the remaining two Stones. Airk Ranon, cynical Weapons Master. The Baret Wray and First Commander Dungan Weir, who command King Randel's army. Elke, a centurion who has never been away from home. Skotak, an Emini Plainsman who provides steeds for the travelers. Dreux, a young prince seeking adventure, and his lover, Estelle. And Kitt, a young orphan held enslaved by pirates. Chased by Patadora's Maelnords and her own shapeshifting daughter, and by the infamous Weapons Master's outlaw reputation, the young friends travel land and sea in their quest to find the last two Stones. Once they have the Magical Stones of Pharr in their possession, they must travel to the witch's lair and end her evil reign of terror.

The Magical Stones of Pharr

She knew she was being pursued, but she had no idea why anyone would want her so badly. She had nothing of value except maybe her necklace. It was a flashy pendant, she had to admit, but she’d had it all her life. She fingered the thin leather thong around her neck, then pulled the stone out from her shirt to look at it.


The necklace had been with her when Ford found her as a baby on the Jai Steppes. The pendant was a deep blood-red stone, which Ford called a Garnet. It was about two inches in diameter, perfectly round and smoothed until it gleamed.


It was the only clue she had to whoever she might’ve been before she became Ford’s daughter. But why would anyone want it? She didn’t know, and slipped it back underneath her tunic.


Chapter 7