Bruce Pedersen

The Eighth Stone Bruce Pedersen

A princess still devastated by the loss of her mother, an apprentice to a failed painter, a warrior still in training. Only these three stand in the way of the dark forces now loose in the Lands of the Faith. Only they can prevent a plot by Lord Draxta of Fornea to locate the seven godstones, hidden centuries before in plain sight across the lands, and to unlock powers from the past that should have remained buried forever. The three encounter assassination attempts, a siege of the city, and other adventures as they travel eastwards from their homeland Maltia across the other lands, in a race to find the last stone before Draxta and his evil henchman. They race across the harsh sands of Isandr and are rescued from near death by the desert peoples. There will be a final deadly clash with Draxta and his forces at Hazrakeel, the ice castle in the middle of the desert, where the last stone is found and the gate to the dominion of death can be opened. But none who enter through the gate can return without sacrificing the life of another.