The Wings of Stone - The Legacy

The Wings of Stone - The Legacy
Author: Kris Martin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-08-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781985090682

This, the final book of the Wings of Stone trilogy, is a multi-generational novel in two respects. Readers met the main characters first in The Journey. The Meetings continued their stories, changed not only by others and from circumstance, but also through personal choices. The founding matriarchs; Martha Barnhill, Celia, Painted Basket, pass away as their offspring marry and go on their way to other states and territories. The Legacy carries forward to a third generation. The grandchildren introduced here will live to witness two major conflicts, the War of 1812 and later, when they are grown, the Civil War. They will know, and some experience, the strife endured by Native Americans endeavoring to remain in traditional homelands; a tragic struggle ultimately lost. Meanwhile, however, there are babies to bring up and decisions to make. There are loves to embrace and there is bitterness to be overcome. In short, there are lives to be lived, as these pages document.

The Warden's Legacy

The Warden's Legacy
Author: J.A. Giunta
Publisher: Brick Cave Books
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2021-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 193819067X

From Author J.A. Giunta (The Last incarnation, War Golem) comes a new type of fantasy novel. With a twist of storytelling we share the life of the dragon Stone as he discovers something that will change the fate of the world. For centuries, dragons fought to rule all. Driven by rage, corrupted by darkness, they were a scourge of fire and fury that would not abate. Only humans stood in their way, a brave few in each generation born with magic. Wardens, as they were called, used their power to shield others and fight back the dragon menace. But the dragons were cunning and used guile to destroy their enemy from within. When the Wardens fell, the world fell with them. Without their protectors, humanity was hunted to the ends of Eralle and eventually to extinction. Cities burned beneath the onslaught, with every forest in between. Trees wilted into ash and did not grow back. Food became scarce, life even scarcer. Older dragons chose to hibernate, while the rest were forced to scavenge or turn on one another. All had seemed lost, until a young dragon came upon a human egg, one fashioned of Warden magic. Inside the wooden shell was a promise of renewal, a helpless infant boy that could coax trees to grow by touch. He carried within him not only a chance at redemption for all dragons but the gift of hope that would become… …the Warden’s legacy. From the Book "Stone pressed in the tips of four talons and another from his left hand, a difficult task for one his size. When nothing seemed to happen, no matter how hard he pushed, he tried moving his claw to a more comfortable position. A circular section of shell began to turn. He continued the motion and sensed within the shell a movement of its delicate parts. The prickled circles moved within a groove, and the slender lengths slid one along the other. He felt and heard a click just as a seam appeared lengthwise across the center of the egg. Air escaped in a faint rush, like the exhalation of an anxious breath. It held the bitter greens and biting whites of blossomed life and blooming bough, the caress of sweet blues in summer wind and dulcet yellows in rays of sun. Its touch was so clean, so pure within his lungs, that he coughed in the face of it and longed for more when it was gone. The egg’s magic had fled." About J.A. Giunta "I became a writer because of Dungeons & Dragons. At eleven, when my family moved from New York to Arizona, I traded my entire baseball card collection (which included cards from the ‘50s) for the basic D&D box set. A huge monetary loss at the time, though I couldn’t have known that at my age, but in the long run completely justified."- J.A. Giunta

The Rose Legacy

The Rose Legacy
Author: Jessica Day George
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1681196948

This sweeping, emotionally-resonant fantasy from beloved author Jessica Day George is perfect for fans of Princess Academy and Black Beauty. When orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she wonders if she will finally find a true home. But she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses--animals that have been forbidden in her kingdom for centuries. More alarming is Anthea's strange ability to sense the horses' thoughts and feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when her family and kingdom are put at risk, can she embrace The Way and the exciting future it might bring her? A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year

Natural Stone and Architectural Heritage

Natural Stone and Architectural Heritage
Author: Giovanna Antonella Dino
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3039215507

This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in vernacular and contemporaneous architecture. Heritage stones are those stones that have special significance in human culture. Examples include some very important stones that have been either neglected because they are no longer extracted, or stones that have great significance in commercial terms but knowledge of their national and/or international heritage has not been well documented. In this collection of articles, we have tried to spread awareness of architectural heritage around the world, the natural stones that have been used in its construction, and the need to preserve historical quarries that once provided the source of such stones. Historical quarries are linked to regional culture and tradition. Because of the specific technical and aesthetical characteristics of heritage stones, which have lasted for centuries, these historical quarries should be preserved to be able to use the stones for the proper restoration of monuments and historical buildings to avoid negative actions that can be observed in many places in the restoration of buildings, which are some times part of World Heritage sites. The final intention of this book is to continuosly grow the interest on this fascinating subject of heritage stones.

A Heritage Of Holy Wood

A Heritage Of Holy Wood
Author: Barbara Baert
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004139443

This fascinating study reconstructs the tradition of the Legend of the True Cross in text and image, from its tentative beginnings in 4th-century Jerusalem to the culminating expression of its multi-layered cosmic content in 14th and 15th-century monumental cycles in Germany and Italy.

When Stone Wings Fly

When Stone Wings Fly
Author: Karen Barnett
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2022-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0825477646

"Pitch-perfect research and incomparable heart paint every corner of the brilliantly colored canvas of When Stone Wings Fly. Readers, get ready: your newest split-time fiction experience rests in the hands of a master."--Rachel McMillan, author of The Mozart Code Kieran Lucas's grandmother is slipping into dementia, and when her memory is gone, Kieran's last tie to the family she barely knows will be lost forever. Worse, flashbacks of her mother's death torment Granny Mac and there's precious little Kieran can do to help. In 1931, the creation of the new Great Smoky Mountains National Park threatens Rosie McCauley's home. Rosie vows the only way the commission will get her land is if they haul her off in a pine box. When a compromise offers her and her disabled sister the opportunity to stay for Rosie's lifetime, her acceptance sets her apart from the other mountain folk. And the bond she's forming with ornithologist and outsider Benton Fuller only broadens the rift. Eighty-five years later, Kieran heads back to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to find answers to her great-grandmother's mysterious death and bring peace to Granny Mac before it's too late. Park Historian Zach Jensen may be the key to locating both the answers. But what Kieran needs clashes with the government regulations Zach is sworn to uphold. Can she trust God for a solution to heal this generations-old wound? "Barnett's tale set in the Great t Smoky Mountains flows as smooth as wildwood honey. The two timelines are stitched together like alternating blocks of a quilt passed down through the decades, keeping family connected and rooted." --Sarah Loudin Thomas, award-winning author of The Right Kind of Fool

The Book of Stone

The Book of Stone
Author: Jonathan Papernick
Publisher: Fig Tree Books
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 194149305X

The Book of Stone examines the evolution of the terrorist mentality and the complexities of religious extremism, as well as how easily a vulnerable mind can be exploited for dark purposes. Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant father—who is also a disgraced judge. After his father’s death, Matthew is a young man alone. He turns to his father’s beloved books for comfort, perceiving within them guidance that leads him to connect with a group of religious extremists. As Matthew immerses himself in this unfamiliar world, the FBI seeks his assistance to foil the group’s violent plot. Caught between these powerful forces, haunted by losses past and present, and desperate for redemption, Matthew charts a course of increasing peril—for himself and for everyone around him. Lyrical and incendiary, The Book of Stone is a masterfully crafted novel that reveals the ambiguities of “good” and “evil”.

Stones of Home

Stones of Home
Author: Rowan Utting
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0994114842

After a century and a half of isolation, the surviving Mages of Haven reunite to combat a rising power. Their journey and their fight for freedom leads them through many skirmishes and adventures, to confront an old rivalry between their allies, whom they must unite to defeat their common enemy.The Stones of Home is a bardic tale of magic and dragons, of love and pain, of epic battles and loss, and touches the very heart of what it is to be human.Bardic, Rowan Utting's work is poetic, narrative, mythic, reflective and musical. Along with the language, 'Alamard' , The Stones of Home s the author's graphic working notes, embedded songs, music, lexicon and grammar. Suitability: 12+ (contains violence) Young adult+ Not a novel about youth: it explores the lives and emotions of people with magical powers, their place in different societies and the constant war waged by other creatures. The Stones of Home is epic in scope and set in contemporary Scotland and Ireland. It is literary, humorous, poignant, violent, philosophical and memorable.