Stones of Power

4 primary works • 6 total works

Ghost King

by David Gemmell

Published 3 March 1988

“David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy.”—R.A. Salvatore, New York Times bestselling author

Chaos and terror stalked the realm. The king had been slain by traitors, and the sword of power had been lost beyond the Circle of Mist. Armies of Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and Brigantes cut a gory swath across the land, led by puppets of the ruthless Witch Queen—whose minions included dark, bloodthirsty creatures and a savage, undead warrior.

All hope lay with young Thuro—in whose veins flowed the blood of kings. He would have to defeat the Witch Queen’s monsters and travel to the land of the Mist, there to seek a ghostly army. And the only one who could prepare Thuro to achieve his birthright was the mountain warrior Culain, the one man who knew the queen’s deadly secret . . .

The legend of the mystic Stones of Power begins with a tale of blood and glory, of love and betrayal, as a boy must come of age amidst the seemingly impossible quest to become the High King.

Last Sword of Power

by David Gemmell

Published 6 October 1988

This fantasy novel tells the story of the quest to maintain the vital balance of light and dark and good and evil. As a new dark age looms over Roman Britain, the soul of Uther Pendragon is chained in Hell and his realm is under threat. But a man called Revelation arrives with a message of hope. The other novels by David Gemmel are "Legend", "Beyond the Gate", "Waylander", "Wolf in Shadow" and "Ghostking".

Wolf in Shadow

by David Gemmell

Published 6 August 1987

It is three hundred years since the world toppled on its axis, and civilisation was destroyed. In this world ruled by brigands and war-makers, a rider seeks a lost city. Pursuing a dream to calm the violence in his soul, Jon Shannow, the brigand slayer, desires only peace.

Last Guardian

by David Gemmell

Published 9 November 1989

A fantasy novel featuring Jon Shannow, who is the only one who can find the Sword of God in order to close the gateway between past and present, unaware that his actions could warp time itself and result in the destruction of worlds. From the author of KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN, DARK MOON and ECHOES OF THE GREAT SONG.

Bloodstone

by David Gemmell

Published 15 September 1994

The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred, where Unbelievers and Mutants are massacred in the name of God and Peace. And the long-vanished Jerusalem Man is now considered a saint of the new order. To speak ill of his memory is heresy.

But when the church in Pilgrim's Valley is burnt to the ground, its congregation slaughtered, a rider appears and hunts down the killers. And word spreads - The Jerusalem Man is back!

Hunted and alone, Jon Shannow must battle the forces of the Deacon - and face a terrible enemy from another universe; a dark god who feeds on the souls of worlds.

Stones of Power: The Omnibus Edition

by David Gemmell

Published 3 July 2014

Rebellion and invasion plunge Britannia into the Dark Ages. Chaos and terror stalk the land, the King slain by traitors, the great Sword of Power vanished beyond the Circle of Mist. Saxons, Angles, Jutes and Brigante tribesman mass together to destroy the realm, aided by the powers of the Witch Queen and the Lord of the Undead. Against them stands a weakling boy, and an old mountain warrior. But the boy has the blood of kings, and the warrior is Culain, the legendary Lord of the Lance. And he alone knows the dreaded secret of the Witch Queen.