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

Without an answer, the man leaped off the sewer ledge into the darkness below. Skotak leaned over to take a look, then called Airk to join him.


Directly below sat a wagon full of hay. A man and woman Airk didn’t recognize stood amid the hay, leaving a space between them where the others could jump. The wagon’s driver raised his dusty hat to look at the prisoners. The face was familiar but covered in mud and dirt, and they couldn’t place it right away.


“Jump!” Dungan Weir called from the wagon’s box seat. “Guards are coming!”


Without further hesitation, Airk gave Elke a shove, then helped Shaela over the edge, too. One by one they landed in the soft hay below. Skotak and Airk were the last, and as soon as they hit the hay, Dungan spurred the horses forward. Almost immediately, guards appeared above the sewer pipe. With arrows raining around them, Dungan hurried toward the docks.


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