The job seems simple. Break in, steal the stone mask, go home happy. Only it doesn't work out that way for Arran and Joney. Not at all. First there's Marigold, the ice girl with the serious temper problem. Then there's the dreadful curse the Burned Boatman puts on Joney. Not to mention the murderous Mr Gryre, the malevolent witch Moder Kroel, and the merciless gold wyrm Sikkelgnaga who wants every last piece of gold in the world for herself...