The Stone Road

With the lyrical cadence of The Last Unicorn and intense imagery of A Wizard of Earthsea The Stone Road is a timeless story of hope belonging and growing into your power Awardwinning Australian author Trent Jamieson presents a haunting rural fantasy where the dead speak beneath your feet and twisted monsters hunger for their lost humanity On the day Jean was born the dead howled A thin scratch of black smoke began to rise behind the hills west of town Furnace had been lit and soon its siren call began to draw the people of Casement Rise to it never to return Casement Rise is a dusty town at the end of days a harsh world of grit and arcane dangers While Jean s stern overprotective Nan has always kept Casement Rise safe from monsters she may have waited too long to teach Jean how to face them on her own On Jean s twelfth birthday a mysterious graceful man appears an ethereal and terrifying being tied to her family s secrets Now Nan must rush Jean s education in monsters magic and the breaking of the world in ages past If Jean is to combat the graceful man and finally understand the ancient evil that powers Furnace she will have to embrace her legacy endure her Nan s lessons and learn all she canbefore Furnace burns down her world and everyone in it
Marca: Erewhon Books