The Phoenix Orb Author:A. Clarke And she'd been having such a good day... Then Shiraz is tricked into contract by a group of magicians called "Creatures" and excommunicated by her guild for taking their golden boy down a notch. (...Or six. But he deserved it!) That's how she found herself traveling with the Creatures to some nobleman's distant manor, where she would be forced... more » back to the life she'd hoped to have left far behind--back to being a petty thief. It appeared that the Creatures had the upper hand: Shiraz was honour-bound to steal the Orb of the Phoenix. But she was not without some surprises of her own... If you would trick a thief, be sure you are the smarter.« less