Family isn’t safe when the magic turns against you.
Another adventure. Rouen and Jahl head for Loeban Faire, following the request of a cryptic note to the Chussan Fair Master Wielder. This time, Donya is not interested in going along.
After waving goodbye to Jahl and Rouen, events and a nudge from her aunt Stenna, High Master Weilder of Naigan Faire, force Donya to chase after the two with information related to the strange request.
Jahl Pratter: High Master Wielder of Chussan Faire.
Donya Marson: Master Wielder. Nothing but trouble, even when she tries not to be. Which is a good thing.
Rouen Marson: wielder, metalsmith. Best friend to Jahl.
Within the cities of An Faire along the An Mountain range, wielders practice magic, most often using a tile of stone large enough for a person to stand on it. The stone provides the essence necessary to support spells, which can be used for a variety of practical needs.
A plague occurred sixteen years ago and killed all but a few magic wielders in the town of Chussan Faire. No native wielders practice spells anymore as it is believed that will reignite the plague. The surviving half of the human population are non-magical and have adapted to the loss of practical magic. Businesses have filled the occupations left behind by the decimated wielder clans.
Wielders come of age at sixteen years old and may work as wielders, making their living from their magic. Each wielder must carry his own standing stone, either clan-owned or rented from the local mercantile.
Book 4, Standing Stone
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Jahl and Donya journey to Loeban Desert to solve a mystery, but they don’t go together.
Their two-year-old daughter is a handful around essence, and Donya believes it best to keep her home. So she sends Jahl off with her brother Rouen and a Martan’s Ferry guard.
They should keep him out of trouble.
But who’s going to keep Donya and Alriane out of trouble?
A valuable flask of sand sends the two of them off to Loeban Desert to find Jahl.
Who can Donya trust with the knowledge her daughter is wielding far beyond her years? Keeping Alriane’s developing skill secret is proving to be as difficult as crossing a desert.
An elder sand walker and a young sand wielder: Jahl’s not sure his new companions are telling him the truth, but at least he didn’t talk Donya into traveling with him and bringing their daughter along.
That would have been disastrous!
Jahl must find out who’s behind the fluctuating essence and missing oasis junctions before a sand walker destroys him with a sandstorm beast prepared to pound him into the wind-swept dunes.
Learning Donya and Alriane are searching for him somewhere in the desert sands means he has far more to lose than his grimoire and sharded staff. He could lose his family.
Buy the fourth book in the epic fantasy Standing Stone series because Jahl has never been good at avoiding trouble.
A classic-feeling epic fantasy adventure series featuring outcast heroes, dangerous quests, loyal friendships, and timeless fantasy storytelling. Think Pedro Urvi, Terry Books’ Shannara series crossed with Harry Potter for New Adults and Classic Fantasy readers.
Tropes:
Old Friends, New Enemies
Magic World
Separated Allies
Gifted Child
Reluctant Protector
Dangerous Desert Quest
The Enemy of My Enemy
Race Against Time
Clean & Wholesome
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