Gargantuan dragons soar over Krynn, battling for control of the lands below. On the isle of Sancrist, the weakened Knights of Solamnia ask their old enemies the Knights of Takhisis, for help. At the insistence of Lord Gunthar, the knights renew the alliance forged during the last days of the Chaos W
The Robe of Skulls
β Scribed by Collins, Ross;French, Vivian
- Publisher
- Walker Books
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-UK
- Weight
- 668 KB
- Series
- Tales from the Five Kingdoms 1
- Edition
- (UK)
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 1406358479
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β¦ Synopsis
All is not well in the crumbling castle high above the mountain village of Fracture. The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a new robe. A very expensive new robe. To get the cash she will stop at nothing, including kidnapping, blackmail and more than a little black magic. But she reckons without the heroic Gracie Gillypot, not to mention a gallant if rather scruffy prince, two chatty bats, the wickedest stepsister ever, a troll with a grudge β and some very Ancient crones.
β¦ Subjects
Trolls -- Juvenile fiction
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