Book excerpt: A Knight's Sword The Market Festival has come to the city of Housman, where a fabulous blade known as the “Demon Sword” is put up for auction. Recently knighted Cecily Campbell's newest mission is to guard the sword at all costs. There's just one problem: the sword has the mysterious ability to transform into a beautiful woman known as Aria. Still, it's all fun and games at the festival, and Cecily and Aria become fast friends—until a huge fire demon appears! The demon will stop at nothing to steal Aria, even if it means reducing the entire city to ashes. Can Cecily and her companion Luke—the Sacred Blacksmith—save the citizens of Housman from a rampaging demon and its sinister plans?