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 saw the day Ford taught her to shoot an arrow. She saw his happiness, her dexterity, the green wood of the newly cut arrow still bleeding sap on the weathered bow she had used.


She saw the first time she met Airk Ranon. She saw how tightly she’d been tied to the tree and how still the Maelnords were in their blood-soaked blankets. Airk was a black knight in inky armor, creeping silently through the shadows, a nightmarish apparition with a gleaming dagger in hand.


Then the scene wavered and faded, replaced with a smiling youth. Kitt, the pirate-boy they’d rescued. Such a lovely child—who would look after him now?


A frown crossed Shaela’s face, and Jaelin sighed. It was the first sign of life her sister had shown since the demon attack. A frown meant she was thinking of something, and might soon wake. The welts on her skin had faded and her wounds were healing, but Shaela still hadn’t opened her eyes.


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