- ISBN: 9781466430433 | 1466430435
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/12/2011
"The Rones lie about their true intent. They enter the city of Huron at the peril of us all. Save me steward." - The Voice of Huron Nick hears a woman's cry for help. He soon discovers that every city has a voice, and this one calls him steward. Nick and company are transported from sometime in the near future to a mythic past when Earth is tethered to the fantastic world of Mon, or as we have come to call her, the Moon. He arrives at the city of Huron, where he encounters fire-breathing winged lions, volcano-born nymphs, automaton-legged mermaids, and so much magic you can smell it. As steward of Huron, Nick Lyons suddenly finds himself responsible over the cradle of all magical civilization. There's only one problem.Nick Lyons. When Nick gets involved, things tend to go awry-burning down the neighbor's greenhouse kind of awry. And so no one believes him when he claims that the Rones brought an evil to Huron, which now lurks under the cobblestone streets. To make matters worse, while aboard the Mottle Craw his best friend, Xanthus is infected by a mysterious creature. Pretty soon, Nick realizes that Xanthus' mysterious creature and the evil lurking through the streets of Huron are one and the same.Never one for responsibility, Nick is tasked with finding a cure for an infected Xanthus while protecting the city of Huron from the mysterious creature most foul.