Blooming Swords 6: The Stolen Eye

Justice was supposed to be simple this time.After surviving ghosts, slavers, traitors, and the corruption of Brompt, Ellsbeth, Sannya, and Jo-Nan arrive in Riasleen with powerful prisoners in tow and the deadly jewel known as the Hag's Eye finally in reach. But Halebard never gives up its dangers so easily. Before justice can be done, the prisoners are taken out of their hands, the jewel vanishes from a locked safe, and suspicion falls on friends, thieves, and strangers alike.Now the Ranger Girls must race south through timber roads, courthouse intrigue, outlaw rumors, and rising danger in the Wildwoods. With old enemies moving in the shadows and a grim pilgrim judge joining the hunt, the girls will have to decide who can be trusted, what duty really costs, and whether courage is enough when the road grows darker than ever.In The Stolen Eye, F. Scott Lewis delivers another bold chapter in the Blooming Swords saga-full of mystery, danger, wit, and the hard road of growing up in a world where evil often wears a respectable face.