The Moon Coin (The Moon Realm Series) by Due Richard

Author:Due, Richard [Due, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Carolyn Arcabascio, ya, The Moon Realm, Middle Grade Fantasy Series, Adventure, The Moon Coin, Young Adult Fantasy Series, Richard Due, Fanstasy
ISBN: 9780983886723
Publisher: Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink
Published: 2011-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

“You see, Lily!” panted Nimlinn. “It’s Taw! Just as I said it would be.”

Lily let go of the straps, her head swimming. Something terrible and loathsome, something in the very air, began leeching at Lily’s mind. Thick mists hung over the stagnant pools; insects buzzed and swarmed over dark clumps of decaying wood and fetid grasses.

Nimlinn slowed, stopping at the edge of a dark pool. “This part will be a little trickier.” Tentatively, she pressed her paw into the damp earth and the depression quickly filled with water. There was a sucking sound when she pulled away her paw and gave it a shake, flicking away the water.

“We’re going in there?” asked Lily.

“Yes. I can see the way.” Nimlinn crouched at the edge of a pool, then launched herself into the marsh, landing on a clump of soft, squishy peat.

“Ugh,” she complained, flicking more water off her paws with every step. Slowly, carefully, Nimlinn took them deeper into the morass.

“Before we left Sea Denn, I gave the power of sight to the swiftest messenger I could find. She will have crossed over to Taw the instant the wind eddies died down enough to give her safe passage. I imagine Aleron mobilized a flock as soon as he saw Barreth shrouded by darkness. We will not have to wait long to find out if we have been successful.”

“How will the others see through the darkness?”

“Roan’s darkness faded during your rest. It has been almost a full day since we left.”

Lily tried to fight the creeping uneasiness the Blight Marsh radiated, but it was hard. She shifted her gaze upward and watched Taw descend. Behind a few wispy clouds, she could see an endless canopy of trees, through which broke the occasional rocky cliff or waterfall. Watching a whole moon slowly fill the sky was awe-inspiring.

“How can they breathe when they fly between?”

“At a time of crossover, our atmosphere and that of the moon reach out to each other and join. The wind eddies created at that time are deadly, but they calm down before they reach the lower atmosphere. I have been told that the switch in gravity from one world to the next can be dizzying, but approaching with enough speed can lessen the effect. At least, if you happen to be flying. Lily! Hang on!”

Nimlinn stood up on her hind feet and waved her massive front paws, crossing and uncrossing them repeatedly.

“What is it, Nimlinn? Do you see them?”

“Yes. And it is Aleron! I can see the missing feathers on his right wing. Do you see, Lily?”

Lily, holding tightly to the pommel, strained her eyes until she could just make out a small flock of birds descending steeply through the clouds.

Nimlinn planted her front paws firmly. “Lily, get out your moon coin!”

Lily hastily grabbed the necklace and gave it a yank. The pendant popped out from under her shirt, and she snatched it up. The little golden moons were dull.

“You’ve done it, Nimlinn! You got us here in time!”

“Oh, Lily, don’t say that! Not yet,” Nimlinn cautioned.

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