Mary L. Kirchoff

The reader and two animal companions face deadly dangers in a test to prove their readiness for adulthood by discovering the source of a mysterious light atop a mountain.

"KING OF THE GULLY DWARVES? I'D SOONER DROWN!" - KING FLINT I OF MUDHOLE Flint Fireforge, paternal dwarven member of the Heroes of the Lance, returns to his sleepy boyhood village in the foothills near Solace and unexpectedly finds it booming with commerce. When he stumbles upon the ominous source of this prosperity, he is pushed to his death in the Beast Pit. And saved by gully dwarves, along with and interesting - and interested - female dwarf. Made their monarch against his will, Flint struggles to unite the scruffy dwarves as an army to stop a fiendish plot.

Stop, Thief! One spring day Tasslehoff Burrfoot comes to Solace, accidentally pockets a copper bracelet, and (forcibly) makes the acquaintance of Tanis Half-Elven and Flint Fireforge. A simple tale. Except that the fate of the entire race of Dargonesti sea elves hangs in the balance. How does this piece of kender-coveted jewelry lead the companions and a sea elf princess to ally with the phaethons, creatures with wings of flame? The answer lies with a mysterious mage, a broker of souls, who knows the bracelet's secret and has a hideous plan to rule the Black Robes.