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Dear Romantic Fantasy Fans,
For the first time ever and for a limited time,
Dora Machado's entire Stonewiser award-winning fantasy
trilogy, published by Mermaid Press, is available FREE on Kindle.
WHEN? From Saturday August 31 to Monday September 2
To get your free download NOW from the Kindle
store, click on each title below. It’s as simple as that!
Winner of the 2009 Benjamin
Franklin Award for best Debut Novel
Finalist for 2009 Foreword
Book of the Year Award for SFF
Between truth and
deception, between justice and abuse, a stonewiser stands alone with the
stones. Or so begins the stonewiser's oath. But what happens when a rebellious
stonewiser discovers that lies have tainted the stone tales?
In a world devastated by the rot's widespread
destruction, only the tales preserved in the stones can uphold the truth and
defend the Goodlands. In this world, stone truth is valued above anyone's word,
and stonewisers are the only ones capable of retrieving the tales from the
stones, the only link between past and present, order and chaos.
Sariah is the most gifted stonewiser of her
generation, but her talent does not atone for her shortcomings. A survivor of
the Guild's brutal training, she is curious, willful and disobedient. Yet not
even Sariah is prepared for what she finds when she steals into the Guild's
Sacred Vaults: A mayhem of lies and intrigues that shatters her world.
Hunted, persecuted, and betrayed, Sariah must make
an unlikely alliance with Kael, a cynical rebel leader pledged to a mysterious
quest of his own. The fate of their dying world depends on their courage to
overcome centuries of hatred and distrust. But not even the grueling journey
has prepared them for what they are about to discover. Because nothing is
really as it seems, and the truth is more intricate and devastating than they
ever suspected....
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Winner of the 2010
Independent Publisher (IPPY) Gold Medal for SF/F
Finalist for the 2010
ForeWord Book of the Year Award for SF/F
Sariah's reward for
revealing the stone truth: a death sentence.
The executioners have arrived and Sariah, the most
powerful and controversial stonewiser of her generation, has been judged and
condemned to death. For the last few months, Sariah has been hiding in the
Rotten Domain, trying to find the elusive tale capable of uniting a divided
people teetering on the brink of a catastrophic war. As she is dragged to the
nets, where an eel rave has been stirred to maximize her execution's gruesome
spectacle, Sariah knows she cannot escape her sentence. She is guilty of the
crimes for which she's been condemned and no one, not even Kael, the Domain's
foremost rebel leader, can save her
from the executioners' righteous justice.
But Kael is more than just a formidable warrior; he
is also a cunning strategist and Sariah's steadfast lover. Risking all he has,
he bargains with the greedy executioners, bribing them into delaying Sariah's
execution, buying her precious time and a last chance to realize the mysterious
legacy that the stones have imposed on her. The agreement is hardly a reprieve.
It encourages a mob to hunt Sariah for ransom, banishing her from the Rotten
Domain and imposing heavy fines on anyone who tries to help her. Worse, it
requires her to wear an irremovable, mysterious bracelet. If she doesn't return
to the executioners with the tale in hand when the allotted time expires, Kael
and his kin will be ruined and the bracelet will kill her.
Hunted by the executioners, the Guild and the
Shield, Sariah and Kael embark on a desperate search. Their journey will take
them to the depths of the Rotten Domain, where Sariah must wise a guiding beam
out of the wild tale stored in a stone-carved game. The beam will lead them
through the warring Goodlands—where the rot is on the move—to the land beyond
the Bastions, where a zealous people guard an ancient stone that could hold the
key to their search. Along the way, Sariah and Kael must overcome deadly traps,
torture, heartbreak, agonizing defeat and devastating losses in a desperate
attempt to avoid war and answer the mysterious call of the stone.
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Winner of the 2012
Independent Publisher (IPPY) Silver Medal for SF/F
Finalist for the 2012
ForeWord Book of the Year Award for SF/F
"Do you know why the
stones grieve?" the woman said to Kael. "Not for a soul, I'll tell
you that much. The stones don't grieve for the passing of a lowly woman or the madness
of a smitten man. They don't mourn death, or lost love, or broken dreams, or
loneliness or despair. Yet you will make them wail. For you, the stones will
weep."
In their most perilous
adventure yet, Sariah, the
rogue stonewiser who stunned the world by discovering lies in the stones and
defying the all-powerful Guild, and Kael, the rebel leader who against all odds
loves her, must find a stolen child, the only one capable of setting rule upon
chaos, preserving the future of stonewising, and defeating the rot ravaging the
land. The stakes couldn't be higher. The coveted child they seek is said to be
an abomination. He is also their son.
It's a daunting challenge. Their child is in the
hands of a deceitful enemy who has fled to a mysterious ruler, a rival deity
with unfathomable powers pledged to destroy the goddess and eradicate
stonewising from the world. Worse yet, the land is engulfed in strife, the rot
is spreading faster than ever, and Kael is haunted by a malevolent curse
compelling him to kill the woman he loves.
In a dangerous journey fraught with shocking
twists, Sariah and Kael must do more than defeat their foes, unravel the
mystifying forces vying to control their lives, and discover the mysteries of
ages past. They must challenge the stones, defy the goddess and confront their
cursed fates. Because only by embracing their destinies do they stand a chance
to save their child and their world.
For those of you audio book lovers, the first book
in the series, Stonewiser: The Heart of the Stone is now
available from Audible. Be sure to check it out!
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Dora Machado is the award winning author of the
Stonewiser series and her newest novel, The Curse Giver, from
Twilight Times Books, available July 2013. She is one of the few Latinas
exploring her heritage and her world through the epic fantasy genre today. She
holds a master's degree in business administration and graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from Georgetown University. She was born in Michigan and grew up in the
Dominican Republic, where she developed a bilingual fascination for writing, a
love for history, and a taste for Merengue.
After a lifetime of straddling such compelling but
different worlds, fantasy is a natural fit to her stories. She enjoys long
walks, traveling, and connecting with the amazing readers who share in her
mind's adventures. She lives in Florida with her indulging husband and three
very opinionated cats. Visit her at www.DoraMachado.com.
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