The elves, led by Luger and Trellis attack the city, which prompts an evacuation. The doctor informs Emily that the only thing that can cure Karen is a fruit from the peak of Demon's Head Mountain. They meet a foxlike man named Leon Redbeard who helps them escape from the elves, Leon claims that he has information about stonekeepers, and brings the group to a doctor. Coglsey informs the group that the people of Kanalis have been slowly turning into animals over the years due to a curse. The group journeys into the city of Kanalis, searching for a cure for Karen, whilst servants of the Elf King are searching for them. Emily brings Karen back to the others, and Cogsley transforms the house into a walking mech, and sets course to find a cure for Karen. However, Emily uses the stone to kill Sybrian, and scares Trellis away. Trellis attempts to control Emily's mind using a creature named 'Sybrian' and bring her to the Elf King. They fail to rescue Karen at first, but the mysterious elf named Trellis reappears and kills the arachnopod, freeing Karen.

They then hunt down the arachnopod in a plane with Navin as the pilot, and Emily uses her stone as a defense when Miskit's gun fails. Emily accepts, despite Navin's disagreement. Emily is spoken to by the voice of the amulet, which tells her to accept the powers of the amulet in order to save their mother. Emily talks to Silas, who dies soon afterward.

Miskit brings them to Silas' house, and they meet his other robots Cogsley, Morrie, Theodore, Ruby, and Bottle. They are pursued by a mysterious elf but are rescued by a rabbit-like robot called Miskit. That night, Karen is kidnapped by a monstrous 'arachnopod'.Įmily and Navin follow in order to save their mother through the basement into another world, Aleddia. As they clean the house, Emily finds a strange amulet in the library where her great-grandfather, Silas Charnon, worked, and puts it on. The house, which has been in her family for years, is large and needs care and attention. Synopsis Book 1: The Stonekeeper Īfter David Hayes died in a car accident, his widow, Karen, and their children, Emily and Navin, move to a house in the town of Norlen, as Karen can no longer afford to live in the house she owned with David.

It follows the adventures of Emily, a young girl who discovers a sentient and autonomous magical circular amulet in her maternal great-grandfather's house. Amulet is a graphic novel series illustrated and written by Kazu Kibuishi and published by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic.

The stonekeeper series