The Case of Firebane's Folly by Liam O'Donnell

Author:Liam O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Liam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459812635
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2017-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

“How are we going to do that?” Hugo asked. “By the order of my queen, we can’t tell anyone it’s missing.”

“Your queen is correct to keep the theft a secret, Hugo,” Firebane said. “If word got out that the crown is missing, there would be panic from the Depths to the top of Shadow Tower.”

“Yeah, but the monsters of the mountain deserve to know that their home might be plunged into the Abyss,” I said.

“That still might not happen.” Firebane’s eyes twinkled. “We can’t tell anyone the crown is missing, but we know who took it.”

“Yeah, a nameless dwarf and an ogre who could barely drive a school bus,” I said. “That’s not going to help us.”

“Perhaps I can fill in some details.” Firebane stepped away from the reset mechanism. Two faces now appeared on the machine’s display screen.

Mr. Ravel stared out from the screen. His hatchet eyes sent a shiver down to my tail. Next to the ogre, the dwarf with the scar glared at us.

“That’s them!” Tank gasped. “That’s Mr. Ravel and the dwarf who knocked over Fizz.”

“Nearly knocked me over,” I corrected. “How did you track them down?”

“I have eyes and ears throughout Lava Falls,” Firebane said. “These two were spotted coming into the city late last night. They are both well known to the Lava Falls authorities.” Firebane pointed a claw to the image of the dwarf. “That is Bramgrum Rocksplitter. He is a renegade engineer wanted across the Dark Depths for many other crimes. He’s the mastermind behind the operation to steal the crown.”

Bramgrum had a face like a bad report card. His beard looked like it was home to a family of gremlins. His eyes burned with anger. Just looking at him made my scales shake.

“Bramgrum recruited Scorn,” Firebane said. “The spider captain helped the dwarf sneak into the queen’s chambers to steal the crown.”

“And what about Mr. Ravel?” Tank asked. “I’m guessing he’s not really a school-bus driver.”

“The only buses he drives are the ones he steals.” Firebane chuckled. “That is Hagnar Grushnik. A petty criminal on the run from Slick City police. He’s hiding out down here in the Depths.”

“And keeping busy by helping steal priceless artifacts,” I said.

“Exactly,” Firebane said.

Hugo scanned the photos with his eight eyes. “If we know who they are, why don’t you just grab them like you did us?”

“If only it were that easy, Hugo.” Firebane sighed. “We tracked them to the harbor in Lava Falls but lost them shortly after that.”

“So you don’t know where they are?” I said.

“Correct.” Firebane reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a small box with a short antenna and a small light. “But this will help us find them and, hopefully, the Crown of Peace.”

Tank’s ears perked up. “That looks like a tectonic-frequency tracker.”

The light on the box flashed and pinged like a bell.

“Very good, Tank.” Firebane handed the device to my friend. “That’s exactly what it is. Its frequency rate has been modified to focus on tracking the Crown of Peace.

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