Stone of Inheritance — Melissa McShane

A SPOT OF BLACKMAIL

For months, Sienne and her scrapper team have faced many
challenges in their quest to free Alaric's people from the wizard enslaving
them. But when a new, unexpected challenge threatens to end their quest, the
companions have no choice but to give in to a blackmailer's demand: retrieve an
ancient stone artifact from an abandoned village.

Their new adventure takes them north to the edges of the
Empty Lands, where monsters roam free and even the land is dangerous. Someone
else wants what they're after -- someone who will kill to get it. And in a
deserted castle past the borders of civilization, the companions encounter evil
unlike any they've fought before.

A thrilling adventure of powerful magic, dangerous foes, and
the triumph of free will.