The fifth book in the children's fantasy series - Max Hamby The quest for the other stones leads Max and his companions to the Three Streams in search of the Three Sisters - Miseria, Vae and Dolor. It doesn't go as planned and one of them is left marked in a most curious way. An unexpected call for help has them changing course. Tommy and Birdie are prisoners of the Black Order and about to become Sepitus' sacrifice to Orlath, unless Max can save them. Things aren't what they seem and one of them has changed in a deadly way. Oxworth has escaped the Shadowlands, but he's not the only one. Isolde's evil army is growing. Celadine and Mibbitwiss are its Generals. Their path of destruction has no end in sight. Oxworth intends to build an army of his own to stop Isolde. He enlists the help of some old foes and possible enemies that have another agenda. The road blocks to gain the other stones are multiplying, but when another Trith attack brings down one of their own, the search ends. Max and his companions return to Merrihaven where a time- stop and an uncertain future awaits.