Stated paperback original, stated first printing, and dated. Tight, flat, square book with edge wear, creased and cupped spine. Toned pages. Sometimes the Mysteries of the Past Are Better Left Alone... A ragtag band of outcast children lead Faia Rissedote, Medwind Song, and a group of wizard researchers in search of Arhel?s Lost City of the First Folk, long forgotten and thought to mythical. But before they can even hope to discover the truth of Arhel?s secret past, they must contend with its very real and dangerous present, from mysterious ancient artifacts to a traitor?s betrayal to a living jungle with a horrible secret...and each step brings them closer to the truth. But sometimes the truth does more than hurt... Sometimes it kills...