The Rune Staff of the Unicorn

By Barbara Bretana

Sent on a Quest by the Wizard, Merlion, I was all for a big adventure. I packed my bow and arrows, my cheese and bread, some change and the magic map that the wizard gave me. I took Bo, my Siam hunt cat. It was a great adventure for at least the first day and then, my father's sworn enemy, the Baron of Sliverly though I would make a tidy ransom. I escaped by the skin of my teeth and wanted to go home. Merlion said the fate of his world and mine depended on my finishing the Quest. Duty, honor, those were more than mere words to the son of the King's Commander. So, I picked up my pouch and the Rune staff and soldiered on. I was just ten years old and if I had known my quest would take years, I would have crawled back into bed when that wizard walked out of the mist and covered my head to hide from a bad dream.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barbara Bretana
• Release date: Mar 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310446924

Barbara Bretana

I've been writing and reading since the age of three. Anyone who knows me knows I'm nuts about horses, reading, dogs and painting. Went to school in Vermont, Castleton State and Pratt/Phoenix School of Design and found out college wasn't for me. Worked with Developmentally Disabled and loved it. Went back to school for my CNA license and decided to try writing for a career as I keep breaking things like my rotator cuff, discs and whatnot. Getting bucked off your horse, well, I don't bounce like I used to. I'm the one in the brown coat.

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