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

If he wasn’t here, these were probably the same ones who’d ransacked her cabin.  Just my luck.As she struggled, an arm wrapped around her waist and hauled her to her feet. A grotesque creature shoved its face into hers. Shaela had had prettier nightmares. Its small head sat like a lumpy potato on its sack-like body. Its ears were two holes in either side of the head. Beady eyes sank above a crooked and hooked nose, under which a thin-lipped, ugly sneer made a mockery of a smile.


It felt the front of her tunic and she tried to pull away from the probing hand. But it found what it was sought, because the groping stopped when it extracted her necklace. The pendant winked in the starlight.


The words were in a foreign language, one Shaela understood. Maelnords!


Chapter 8