Trace:
a country where magic is dying out. A country at war with itself. A country
where the prophecies of the Book of the World have started to come true. Trace:
a country where magic is dying out. A country at war with itself. A country
where the prophecies of the Book of the World have started to come true.
Bligh: a young foreigner, drawn irresistibly to the war in Trace. A man who has rejected religion, yet appears to be possessed by one of the six Lords Elemental. Bligh thinks he's going mad, but if he is then it's a madness shared by others...
First published on the web as careware (if you enjoy it, please make a donation to one of the named charities), a revised print edition of Lord of Stone was published in 2001.
Order online: hardback from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk; trade paperback from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
US hardback, Cosmos, May 2001 (ISBN: 1587153343)
US trade paperback, Cosmos, July 2001 (ISBN: 1587153327)
the complete text of an earlier version is available on this website; many minor revisions were made to this text for the print edition
"satisfying prose ... well realised and visualised characters ... powerful
and vivid portrayal of the conditions of war"
(Eric Brown)
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... interesting for its ideas, and impressive in its gritty reality"
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