The third and final book in the Carbonel trilogy<br><br>“There are many kinds of magic...and once magic is in your blood it attracts more magic,” says the royal cat Carbonel at the start of <i>Carbonel and Calidor</i>. Sure enough, Carbonel's human friends Rosemary and John soon encounter magic in the form of a ring set with a fiery red stone that grants wishes to whoever wears it. And it's a lucky thing, too, because Carbonel needs Rosemary and John's help. It seems that his son Calidor has rejected his princely status for the love of a streetwise cat named Wellingtonia (also known as Dumpsie). Even worse, Calidor has apprenticed himself to the witch-in-training Mrs. Dibdin. With all this going on, it's just a matter of time before Carbonel's old nemesis Grisana—accompanied by her slyboots daughter Melissa—hatches a plan to take control of Carbonel's kingdom once and for all.<br><br> This third and final volume of the Carbonel series is as full of enchantment and adventure as its predecessors, <i>Carbonel</i> and <i>The Kingdom of Carbonel</i>. Read individually, or in sequence, Barbara Sleigh's fantastic and fantastical trilogy casts an unforgettable spell.