The Arm of the Stone
Long ago, when the worlds were one...
So begins the Tale, the ancestral legend Bron's family has guarded for a thousand years. Once they were the keepers of the Stone, the most sacred object on earth, from which all powers of Mind are drawn. But when the conflict between Mind and Hand split the worlds apart, the Stone was seized by an ambitious sorcerer. To keep the new world from contamination, he established rigid Limits circumscribing which tools might be made and which knowledge might be pursued - laws brutally enforced by a group of Guardians known as the Arm of the Stone.
For centuries Bron's family has concealed the secret of its heritage. But when Bron's brother invents a new plow - an unpardonable heresy - the Arm of the Stone reaches in once again to tear them apart. Fleeing for his life, Bron vows revenge. To strike the Guardians down, he becomes a Guardian himself. But he does not realize how much his years in the Order will change him. Nor does he anticipate the hatred of a powerful enemy, or the love of a beautiful Guardian named Liliane... whose mission is to destroy him.
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Victoria Strauss
Victoria Strauss was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in comparative religion. She wrote her first novel when she was seventeen during a year off between high school and college. The author of The Burning Land, The Garden of the Stone, and The Arm of the Stone, Strauss lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband and three cats.
Arm of the Stone
Arm of the Stone consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
