The Outerlands Stone & Word

Stone & Word - The Outerlands Book OneThe gods have fallen silent. The river still remembers.Weylin was never meant to matter.Raised in the quiet village of Fenward, he knows only the river, his mother's careful silences, and the company of Basil, a battered one-eyed cat with more opinions than manners. But when Weylin shapes water into flame, flower, and ice without knowing how, the world begins to notice.So does Maeric Thorne.Wanderer, storyteller, keeper of truths older than kingdoms, Maeric has spent years searching for the child who might mend what the gods left broken. He knows the old stories are stirring. He knows the seals beneath Volkarra are weakening. And he knows the followers of the First Flame will burn whole villages to claim what Weylin carries.Far away, another child wakes to impossible power. Nyari hears the voices of beasts, feels roots answer beneath her hand, and writes words the Weave itself seems to remember.Two children. Two threads. One ancient wound.As the broken pieces of the Binding Stone begin to call across the world, Weylin must leave everything familiar and follow Maeric into forests, mountains, ruins, and danger. The Old God was bound once, in stone, blood, memory, and sacrifice. But no seal holds forever.And if the wrong hands gather the pieces first, the thing beneath Volkarra will rise again.Stone & Word is an epic fantasy of old gods, found family, dangerous magic, ancient secrets, and one deeply unimpressed cat.