num_pages: 392
description: Magic isnt a solution; its a trap.If Aurelia comes across magic shes supposed to run in the other direction. Life is no longer so simple. If the tower door opens and she doesnt have any gold her life will be forfeit.No one is going to help her not even her closest friend. No one except for the mysterious stranger who appeared on her doorstep and in her tower room. If she takes the deal she might live but what will she sacrifice in order to do it?Sandors worlds collided when Aurelia was brought before King Eadric. Is he truly so desperate to get out of debt hes willing to believe such nonsense as a girl who can spin straw into gold? Shes Sandors closest friend. If Aurelia were a witch he would know it. Its impossible or so he thought.Nothing makes sense anymore but Sandors determined to figure it out and save Aurelia from the king. The more he learns the more he wonders is the king the real threat or is there something more dangerous lurking in the shadows?
language: English
title: Stalks of Gold
publisher: Celeste Baxendell