Edition Note: This edition is now out of print. The original volumes have been fully revised and expanded as illustrated editions, and are being republished as the Stone Guardians series in six + books.
If you are new to the series, please begin with The Messenger From Myris Dar (Book One of The Stone Guardians).
If you would like to read the opening chapters for Book One: The Messenger From Myris Dar, you can find the sign-up link in my author bio to download it. (30 pages complete with maps, legend, prologues and first two chapters and their illustrations.)
First edition Book Two, (now forthcoming Book Three) description: Hunted by hateful assassins in the midst of inexplicable and other worldly happenings, Rowan begins to unravel who she really is...
Now she and Torrin must leave Myris Dar to follow the mystery back to Eryos.
Meanwhile, across the barrier of the Great Timor Mountains an ancient sleeper awakens, his arrival heralding a new age for all of Eryos.
As they reunite with old friends and discover new ones, Rowan and Torrin must battle an ancient foe in a war that has been raging since beyond memory.
A spell-binding synthesis of inner pathos, outer mettle and a depth of spirit that reaches beyond anything Rowan or Torrin could have imagined, this page turner will satisfy fans of epic high fantasy.
This 800 + page novel includes a selection of illustrations by the author herself, who is also a well-known professional artist.
ABOUT THE STONE GUARDIANS ILLUSTRATED FANTASY SERIES:
Hi I'm Kindrie, author and artist of The Stone Guardians, an illustrated epic fantasy series. Here are the current titles for the series:
Book One: The Messenger From Myris Dar (new second edition published fall 2025) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Book Two: Keeper's Burden (releasing late 2026, Kickstarter early summer 2026) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... Book Three: Remembering Book Four: Echoes of Eternity Book Five: A Light in the Dark Book Six: Battleground of Souls Book Seven: Idrion's Light
This novel series now has six books written and pending release in the new custom and distribution hardcover formats, as well as trade paperback and eBook. The timelines between each book's release will depend on illustration production.
Each custom hardcover edition of The Stone Guardians is being released first via Kickstarter. You may notice that the first edition books (One, Two and Three) are no longer available. That is because we are dividing each of the 700+ to 800+ page books into two volumes.
The first of these second editions, The Messenger From Myris Dar, is now available. Our Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded to create a custom offset print run with sewn binding and a ribbon marker.
This new edition of Book One includes 29 full-page illustrations (some of them as two-page spreads) in a beautifully immersive layout. If you are interested in getting a copy of the custom hardcover from the Kickstarter, you can find it through my website link here: https://www.thestoneguardians.com/ins...
GET A FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF BOOK ONE, complete with maps, legend, prologues and first two chapters and illustrations, when you join my newsletter here: https://www.thestoneguardians.com/sig...
THE DIGITAL ART COLLECTION GIFT: I created a free PDF art bundle for lovers of fantasy art, world-building, and character concepts. Sign-up here to get your art: https://www.thestoneguardians.com/com...
Kindrie Grove is an artist as well as an author. She graduated with distinction from the Alberta University of Art and has enjoyed great success as a multidisciplinary artist, operating her own studio near Penticton, British Columbia, where she works with fantasy and animal subjects through the mediums of cast bronze, oil painting, and traditional drawing.
Kindrie has written and illustrated A Field Guide to Horses (Lone Pine Publishing, 2009) and illustrated two children’s books. An enthusiastic, lifelong reader of fantasy fiction, she trained for seven years in mixed martial arts, and having grown up with horses, enjoys a thorough understanding of riding and equine husbandry, areas of expertise that figure prominently in The Messenger from Myris Dar and help make the world of her novels startlingly realistic and remarkably vivid.
Kindrie lives near Penticton with her husband and son. Her studio manager is a handsome tuxedo cat named Oreo, who arrived as an uninvited guest and became an undisputed member of the family.
To follow Kindrie's work on the fantasy illustrations for her books visit HER Blog Page