What Lurks Within: Book One of the Life Stone Series

By D.M. Davidson

He stumbled backwards and something caught his heel. The wind rushed from his lungs as he landed on his back. He tried to look up, but his mind wouldn't focus. His eyes wouldn't see clearly. He tried to raise his shield, but his arm didn't have the strength. It wouldn't obey his thoughts. The man raised his sword to finish him and all he could do was watch. But the blow never came. Through the haze and confusion, the man dropped his sword and fell sideways, and in his place was a familiar form holding a large shield. The blurry form looked down at him briefly, then moved away as the world grew darker, and Cam slipped away into the swirling abyss that surrounded him.There was a time when the nations celebrated a peace that had endured for nearly a century. The northern hordes, a callous and brutal people from the mountains, had been pushed back after a bloody war that lasted four decades. The peace that followed had begun to fade into the past, as had many of those whom had fought to bring it to pass.The coastline is the home of the Eastern kingdoms. Nin lies to the north, with its neighbor Vargara to the south. Both were industrious nations. Proud nations. Friendly nations. But war has come to the land. For over a decade the armies of Nin, under the rule of Lord Timrac, have pressed the Vargaran border, intent to expand its own borders and influence in the world. Across the mountains to the west, the people of the central land and the great Elvani sit as idle bystanders. It is not their war. It is not their place to interfere.But not all have forgotten the past. And some few can see the darkness that comes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478231807
• ISBN13: 9781478231806
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"