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Trial of Stone
A Young Adult Fantasy Novel by Andy Peloquin
Book 1 of the Heirs of Destiny Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Sword & Sorcery,
- Thief Protagonist,
- Dark Fantasy,
- City Setting
This book is for you if you're into...
- Fantasy cities ruled by death cults and corrupt priests
- Heroes navigating caste systems and criminal underworlds
- Companions with mystical powers facing armies of thieves and assassins
A kingdom of death. A war for power and profit. Young heroes caught in the crossfire.
Apprentice thief Kodyn expected hardships along his journey to return a kidnapped girl to her father. Harsh deserts and cutthroat bandits, certainly—all risks of the mission—but his criminal training never prepared him to be dragged into a shadowy battle for power in Shalandra, the City of the Dead.
Polite smiles hide sharp knives. In the gloom of golden spires carved from mountain stone, currents of corruption and vice run deep. Priests of the god of death rule with an iron fist, imposing a caste system that elevates some to a life of privilege and condemns others to filth and squalor.
Fighting at Kodyn’s side is Aisha, a fierce warrior from the north with the mystical ability to speak to the dead. Together, the companions must go to war to save Shalandra from the power-hungry clerics and their army of thieves, thugs, blood cultists, and assassins.
The fate of a nation rests on their shoulders—are these young heroes strong enough to seize their destiny?
with Andy Peloquin “ I write dark epic fantasy. It tends toward the action-packed, fast-paced, and often bloody, but there's also a great deal of introspection and character evolution. ”
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