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

Navigating the inlet was difficult; coral deposits threatened to rip the hull from the ship. But once they reached Ellers’ Lake, the sailing smoothed out and the Amuktachinokpulled up to a small pier.


There waited the creatures first viewed in the hologram outside Barre. The tallest was no more than two feet high. Their naked skin was pink and grimy, and long hair erupted from their scalps. Each had a bulbous nose and shiny eyes, round and black like a hamster’s. Beyond, small thatched huts rose from the scant grassland, and a waterfall ran into the lake, completing the hologram’s image.


“What are they?” Shaela whispered as they made their way down the gangplank.


“Ellers,” Airk replied. “Hence the name. Unimaginative, if you ask me.”


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