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The Stone Trilogy #1
Stone & Sky
Imagine a wall the size of a world …
Caught in the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, Victorian adventurer Jonah Lightfoot is catapulted to the vertiginous world of Stone. Here he is pitted against Archan, an immortal dragon who has lain imprisoned for a million years with hatred growing inside her … and is now free.
Embarking on a desperate odyssey across this strange vertical landscape, Jonah meets new companions, magic and more besides. For Stone is more than just a fantastic realm – inside its mighty wall lies the key to the past, present and future of the entire human race.
“A superior work of fantasy” SFX
“Thrilling action and suspense sequences” Amazon
“Polished and inventive” LineOne
Caught in the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883, Victorian adventurer Jonah Lightfoot is catapulted to the vertiginous world of Stone. Here he is pitted against Archan, an immortal dragon who has lain imprisoned for a million years with hatred growing inside her … and is now free.
Embarking on a desperate odyssey across this strange vertical landscape, Jonah meets new companions, magic and more besides. For Stone is more than just a fantastic realm – inside its mighty wall lies the key to the past, present and future of the entire human race.
“A superior work of fantasy” SFX
“Thrilling action and suspense sequences” Amazon
“Polished and inventive” LineOne
325 pages, Paperback
First published April 19, 1999
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About the author
Graham Edwards
38 books53 followersGraham Edwards is the critically acclaimed author of multiple novels and short stories. His recent fantasy novel, "The Dragons of Bloodrock," revisits the mythical prehistory he created in his first novel, "Dragoncharm," evoking a bygone age before man walked the Earth, when dragons ruled the skies. Meanwhile "Stone & Sky" transports its Victorian hero Jonah Lightfoot to the precarious slopes of a world-sized wall where strange creatures roam and the memories of all humanity are stored.
If it’s crime you prefer, try the interdimensional thriller "String City," which follows the adventures of a down-at-heel gumshoe as he embarks on a cosmos-shaking quest in a strange city perched on the edge of the cosmos. Or travel back to ancient times to meet wandering bard Talus, the world’s first detective, in the neolithic murder mystery "Talus and the Frozen King."
Graham has ghostwritten other novels under various pseudonyms. Formerly senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine, is also a reasearch journalist specialising in behind-the-scenes articles on film and television productions.
"Dragoncharm" and its two sequels were each nominated for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards. Short fiction by Graham Edwards has appeared in magazines and anthologies. His novelette "Girl in Pieces" made the longlist for the Nebula Awards.
If it’s crime you prefer, try the interdimensional thriller "String City," which follows the adventures of a down-at-heel gumshoe as he embarks on a cosmos-shaking quest in a strange city perched on the edge of the cosmos. Or travel back to ancient times to meet wandering bard Talus, the world’s first detective, in the neolithic murder mystery "Talus and the Frozen King."
Graham has ghostwritten other novels under various pseudonyms. Formerly senior staff writer at Cinefex magazine, is also a reasearch journalist specialising in behind-the-scenes articles on film and television productions.
"Dragoncharm" and its two sequels were each nominated for Best Novel in the British Fantasy Awards. Short fiction by Graham Edwards has appeared in magazines and anthologies. His novelette "Girl in Pieces" made the longlist for the Nebula Awards.
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March 13, 2013
How would I describe this book?
Secondary world masturbation fantasy.
Yes I know I think I'm very clever. But seriously, it's like someone had a dream and decided to write a novel around it, and then kept on adding more and more confusing dream sequences. And then sat back and said I am brilliant, publish me!
I eventually got tired of reading description after description of the dreamlike landscapes and skimmed the last 100 pages. No regrets.
Secondary world masturbation fantasy.
Yes I know I think I'm very clever. But seriously, it's like someone had a dream and decided to write a novel around it, and then kept on adding more and more confusing dream sequences. And then sat back and said I am brilliant, publish me!
I eventually got tired of reading description after description of the dreamlike landscapes and skimmed the last 100 pages. No regrets.
August 2, 2024
For starters, without having read the "previous" trilogy (Dragoncharm / Dragonstorm / Dragonflame - I can never get used to that name of the series), the reader might loose traction.
The concept is interesting, but without that minimal lore knowledge, a lots of references will be lost to the reader and make it painfully abstract, too dreamlike to keep up.
Whereas knowing those references push more questions forward, part of those could lead to fun developments in the series' next installments.
Well, I'm not there yet, I'll see when I am.
The strangeness of the world building makes it sometimes hard to follow, perhaps it made me miss or minimize a few inconsistencies or see some where there weren't. Nothing of a show stopper, though.
But I felt like there are some missed opportunities between characters, some of them seemingly lost, and with them the possibility for a very atypical and unexpected development.
Granted, given the leeway this setup has, second chances may be on the roadmap.
I'll remain prudent though. Books are dangerous places for their protagonists, a lot get struck by their callous god, namely the author.
I'll sure have a look at the next installments, to get the whole picture.
For those who read Dragoncharm & next, Archan is still her same wicked self with a supermassive black hole where one's ethics and empathy ought to be.
It is of course different, being mainly human pov, with a little of Archan's, but no surprise there.
Other dragons are involved along the way, as well as another, more exotic protagonist, interesting in that they'r growing into more self-awareness that their kind is supposed to.
My own rating would be a 3.5, round it up.
It was an interesting read and I always feel like a 3 stars reads like "meh". Which it is not, still I liked other series around this world setting much more.
The concept is interesting, but without that minimal lore knowledge, a lots of references will be lost to the reader and make it painfully abstract, too dreamlike to keep up.
Whereas knowing those references push more questions forward, part of those could lead to fun developments in the series' next installments.
Well, I'm not there yet, I'll see when I am.
The strangeness of the world building makes it sometimes hard to follow, perhaps it made me miss or minimize a few inconsistencies or see some where there weren't. Nothing of a show stopper, though.
But I felt like there are some missed opportunities between characters, some of them seemingly lost, and with them the possibility for a very atypical and unexpected development.
Granted, given the leeway this setup has, second chances may be on the roadmap.
I'll remain prudent though. Books are dangerous places for their protagonists, a lot get struck by their callous god, namely the author.
I'll sure have a look at the next installments, to get the whole picture.
For those who read Dragoncharm & next, Archan is still her same wicked self with a supermassive black hole where one's ethics and empathy ought to be.
It is of course different, being mainly human pov, with a little of Archan's, but no surprise there.
Other dragons are involved along the way, as well as another, more exotic protagonist, interesting in that they'r growing into more self-awareness that their kind is supposed to.
My own rating would be a 3.5, round it up.
It was an interesting read and I always feel like a 3 stars reads like "meh". Which it is not, still I liked other series around this world setting much more.
December 23, 2010
Tried...and did finish...but will go on to another author!
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