The Search for the Emerald Blackbird

420 pp. "A ruthless thief. An ornery inventor. An innocent flower girl. An unusually intelligent wolf. A dissident fairy. A daredevil performer. A silly old magician. What do they have in common? They're all caught up in the maelstrom of danger and mystery surrounding the legendary mystic statuette known throughout the world as the Emerald Blackbird. Together they'll escape a dungeon; go to war with pirates and the Imperial Navy; battle against vicious dinosaurs; track down a serial killer and even sing in an opera. But they soon discover that they are connected to each other in a more meaningful way, and each character will have to make peace with their own tortured past in order to survive the adventure and retrieve the Emerald Blackbird."