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Caught in Crystal
by Patricia C Werde
For my parents, especially my mother, who taught me to love
books.

THERE STANDS A TWISTED TOWER...hidden in the
Windhome Mountains. Something is imprisoned thereтАФthe
Sisterhood of Stars does not know precisely what but
something is bound tight with a wizard's spell so that it can
never escape again.

Kayl is one of the few to have looked upon the Twisted
Tower She has no desire to see it againтАФshe left the
Sisterhood long ago, settling down to a quiet life. Her sword
lies unused in a secret place beneath the stones of her hearth.

But something evil is leaking from the Tower. And now a
sorceress and a wizard have appeared on Kayl's doorstep,
demanding she take up the sword again.

A piece of crystal about the size of her thumbnail lay on
the floor.

Kayl leaned closer, staring at it. Three sides' were
perfectly flat. The fourth side was slightly curved and had an
irregular rim, as though the crystal had been chipped . . .

She looked up. Glyndon was staring at the bit of crystal and
his face was gray. For a moment she thought he was 'seeing'
things again. "Glyndon?" she said softly. "Do you know what
that is?"
 "IтАФno, it can't beтАФI don'tтАФ"

"Glyndon! What's the matter with you? What can't it be?"

"It can't be from the Twisted Tower," Glyndon whispered,
his eyes still fixed on the piece of crystal. "It can't be!"

Other Books by Patricia C. Wrede

SHADOW MAGIC

DAUGHTER OF WITCHES

THE SEVEN TOWERS

TALKING TO DRAGONS

THE HARP OF IMACH THYSSEL