Review
"...DAUGHTER OF THE STONE has a voice as firm and solid as Raymond Feist's. Her skill at characterization and world building is every bit as evocative as the universes of C. J. Cherryh's DOWNBELOW and CHANUR. So, dear reader, if you enjoy the best in intellectually founded speculative fiction, treat yourself to this one." --W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
"DAUGHTER OF THE STONE is both inventive and charming. The concepts are generally fresh, and the characters come to life on the pages (and a nice array of them, too). A remarkable job of creating an alien culture. Not everyone can do that." --Ardath Mayhar
"...Daughter of the Stone is a compelling tale that is sure to delight Sci-Fi fans. The author has imbued this story with descriptions and narratives that make the world come alive. Ms. Heath has spent time developing the nuances of the people and settings in order to make them believable to the reader..." --Fallen Angel Reviews.
"DAUGHTER OF THE STONE is both inventive and charming. The concepts are generally fresh, and the characters come to life on the pages (and a nice array of them, too). A remarkable job of creating an alien culture. Not everyone can do that." --Ardath Mayhar
"...Daughter of the Stone is a compelling tale that is sure to delight Sci-Fi fans. The author has imbued this story with descriptions and narratives that make the world come alive. Ms. Heath has spent time developing the nuances of the people and settings in order to make them believable to the reader..." --Fallen Angel Reviews.
Product Description
Dwinn Somuron is part of the third generation of people whose starship crash-landed on a planet’s massive storm-battered plateau. More than half of the first generation explored the trees beyond the sheer escarpment—and vanished. Those remaining struggled for survival in the depths of a rock-shrouded realm they called the Always Dark. Dwinn lives in the Always Dark.
Within these stone walls, the once star-faring culture is reduced to feudal conditions and women are shunted aside as only workers and breeders. Dwinn abhors the conditions and continually breaks rules of conduct. She is driven by inherent memories that give fragments of her ancestors’ lives. There is a stone, her mind tells her...a special stone that can validate her family’s legend that those who vanished into the trees—into Beyond--really survived. Reaching Beyond is Dwinn’s obsessive goal. She has already planned her escape.
But her plans are stymied when she meets Lusaar Gursenni, the only son of the head official of the land. His enemies want to dispose of him and his reformist parent ruler. Lusaar resists and becomes a hunted man. Lusaar and Dwinn must battle mutual enemies and harsh environmental conditions while trying to reach their goals.
Within these stone walls, the once star-faring culture is reduced to feudal conditions and women are shunted aside as only workers and breeders. Dwinn abhors the conditions and continually breaks rules of conduct. She is driven by inherent memories that give fragments of her ancestors’ lives. There is a stone, her mind tells her...a special stone that can validate her family’s legend that those who vanished into the trees—into Beyond--really survived. Reaching Beyond is Dwinn’s obsessive goal. She has already planned her escape.
But her plans are stymied when she meets Lusaar Gursenni, the only son of the head official of the land. His enemies want to dispose of him and his reformist parent ruler. Lusaar resists and becomes a hunted man. Lusaar and Dwinn must battle mutual enemies and harsh environmental conditions while trying to reach their goals.
