Seven Sorcerers by Caro King

Author:Caro King [King, Caro]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, Childrens, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781442420427
Google: xrtg9aKmT9gC
Amazon: B004EYT4ZU
Goodreads: 6265292
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Hunched in his boat, Stig Lattle watched the Storm retreat. Suddenly a girl appeared, running down the track towards the river. Stig got ready.

She clambered straight into the boat and looked at Stig expectantly. He was about to tell her the price, but changed his mind and pushed off, rowing out towards the middle of the river. Slowly.

Or at least he tried to row slowly, though the boat seemed to have developed a mind of its own. Frowning, he fought against the pull. He had no intention of losing a golden opportunity.

‘Please can’t you go faster,’ she wailed. Her eyes were fixed on the storm clouds, watching desperately as they slipped into the distance.

Stig let out a long breath. ‘It’ll cost extra,’ he said. ‘More effort, more cash.’ He increased his backwards rowing, forcing the annoyingly self-willed boat to slow almost to a standstill.

The girl gave him an agonised look.

‘No money eh? What you got in that pack? That’ll do.’

‘But …’

‘Along with the bag itself, of course. And – oh, lemme see – your jacket. And them boots look good and sturdy.’

The girl frowned. ‘Git!’ she muttered and jumped over the side.

‘Hey!’ Stig grabbed at the pack as she went, determined not to let all the booty get away. He caught the strap and pulled hard, nearly yanking her over in the water. She let go and he hauled it into the boat, which had suddenly stopped trying to race to the other side and was now content to bob about on the river like a boat ought to.

He watched her struggle away, the water up to her armpits. She made it to the far side and dragged herself out then half-fell up the bank. By now the storm was well into the distance, just a long bank of purple on the horizon. The sun had come out and overhead the sky was blue.

Stig was about to rummage inside the pack when the air sizzled with hot steam and his boat was suddenly very full of a bundle of angry bones in a fancy waistcoat. Stig screamed.

‘Gimme that, goatgob!’ The Thing snatched the pack from his hands and shoved Stig hard into the water.

When he finally bobbed to the surface again, the Thing had gone and all he could see was his fiercely burning boat.

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