Jaunty bounce down hell's highway from the eyes of an orphan lad in love with a virgin witch. Rich fantasy, voluptuous diction, needs an editor.
A naked boy stumbles in from the wasteland to become soulbrother to Niles Squaver, an orphan in a mining village. Together the lads learn of their destined quest to recover the sacred crystalline sphere of their land. Forced into a desperate journey they never meant to take, the two young travelers face their enemy and gain new friends as they battle to overcome dark forces around them as well as within. Youthful Squaver meets a girl he never knew could be, the witch of his heart.
Stonebringer is Volume One of two, the story of one boy’s journey into wisdom, from an untutored and muddle-headed potboy to the newly-risen prince of a kingdom under seige. Along the way he meets a wizard, a demon, a talking horse, and a heroic treehouse. He finds – and loses for a time – his future queen. He soars from the thundering verge of an enormous waterfall and delves into the darkest caverns of his worst nightmare, by his side a steadfast friend and in his heart a burning question – why me?
The second and final volume, King, is narrated by the young woman Niles meets at the Sisterhood of the White Dragon.