A cast of stones

Label

A cast of stones

Statement of responsibility

Patrick W. Carr

Creator

• Carr, Patrick W

Author

• Carr, Patrick W

Subject

• Catholic Church -- Fiction
• Priests -- Fiction
• Christian fiction
• Antiheroes -- Fiction
• Fantasy fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Swordplay -- Fiction
• Courage -- Fiction
• Good and evil -- Fiction
• Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- Fiction
• Alcoholics -- Fiction
• Heroes -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Bildungsromans
• Christian fiction
• Fantasy fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In the backwater village of Callowford, Errol Stone's search for his next drink is interrupted by a church messenger who arrives with urgent missives for the hermit priest in the hills. Desperate for coin, Errol volunteers to deliver them--but he soon finds himself hunted by deadly assassins. Forced to flee with the priest and a small band of travelers, Errol quickly learns he's joined a quest that could change the fate of his kingdom: the kingdom's dynasty--once protected for millennia by the heirs of the first king--is near an end, and a new king must be selected. As tension and danger mount, Errol must leave behind his drunkenness and grief, learn to fight, and come to know his God in order to survive a journey to discover his destiny.

Member of

• Library Journal Best Christian Fiction
• Staff & the sword, 01

Subject

• Epic fantasy
• Quests
• Alcoholic men
• Inheritance and succession
• Assassins
• Priests
• Rulers
• Hermits
• Grief
• Christian fantasy
• Men psychics
• Church

Member of

• Staff and the sword

Genre

• Epic fantasy
• Christian fantasy

Pace

• Fast-paced

Writing style

• Richly detailed
• Descriptive

Character

• Flawed

Award

Library Journal Best Books 2013

Assigning source

--From Amazon.com

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3603.A774326

LC item number

C37 2013

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

The staff and the sword

Series volume

book one

Target audience

adult