In the booty captured in a savage raid, Kane discovers a ring, a bloodstone, which is key to the power that lies buried, inactive but not dead, within the forest.
The old tales whisper of an object of incredible unnatural power—the Bloodstone: an artifact so powerful it sank an entire continent before being sealed away in a hidden tomb.
'Bloodstone - The Guardian's Curse' is a twenty chapter novella of 32,000 words, and is the sequel to 'The Guardian's Apprentice'. Also included are a collection of four short stories from the 'Beyond the Veil' series.
deadly flu I've been tracking , Dr. Lewis . Since he came to see you just prior to his death , I thought you might have run some tests that would be helpful in determining if he had been so infected . ” Dr. Lewis had listened to Simon's ...
First standalone hardcover, illustrated edition of Karl Edward Wagner's Bloodstone, a novel about his great anti-hero, Kane.
Something evil has taken root in White Falls and has waited centuries for the right time to awaken.
They call it Deadtown: the city's quarantined section for its inhuman and undead residents.
Even if Shannow succeeded, he’d still face the satanic hordes of the Hellborn and their bloodthirsty lord, Sarento, the living embodiment of the stone of power known as the Bloodstone!
Bloodstone
Praise for Paul Doherty 'The best of its kind since the death of Ellis Peters' Time Out 'If you like Inspector Morse, you'll love Brother Athelstan' Prima 'Evocative and lyrical descriptions' New Statesman
Kane, a swordsman for hire, discovers the Bloodstone, a source of power left behind by extraterrestrials who had ruled the earth
himself of the bloodstone's security? After all, he alone carried the keys on that chain around his neck. He would have certainly raised the alarm if anything was amiss. Item: Sir Robert Kilverby was a very rich man who'd undergone some ...
An attack at a trade show.
It was concluded that this feature was added later, to accommodate the bodies, by old Mr. Bloodstone. This made sense, since it had been such a sensational crime. He had to inter them in a secret place to spare them what burial in an ...
Well respecting a shipment of Bloodstones. What was special about these Bloodstones? Mr. Brown glod and diamonds and ruby's weave in to it. How? Not know. ... Mr. Brown when open crate had big plane bloodstone. Did you call the police?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bloodstone had a long and convoluted birth, and I have lost count of the people who helped me drag it kicking and screaming into respectable form. Hilary Johnson and Chris Curran beat those truculent Sithe into shape, ...
Tyler St. Claire must use her gift of second sight to find her brother David, who, harboring secrets that could destroy their family, has been abducted, and, with the help of an off-duty cop, enters into a secret organization to unlock the ...
When Darak, the tribe's Memory-Keeper, rescues his son Keirith, who had fled the tribe to avoid execution, from brutal raiders, both father and son must follow their destiny to a distant city where they must both face their darkest fears.
Originally published: Waterville, Me.: Five Star, 2006.
Fifteen years have passed since Darak’s quest.