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The Forgotten: An Alastair Stone Urban Fantasy Novel (Alastair Stone Chronicles Book 2) (The Alastair Stone Chronicles) Kindle Edition
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A disturbed child.
A horrific act.
A monstrous supernatural conspiracy.
All over the Bay Area, ordinary people with no history of violence are committing bizarre, brutal crimes. Others are disappearing without a trace. The only thing the cases have in common is they have nothing in common.
Alastair Stone has no idea what kind of rabbit hole he's falling down.
Joining forces with a young man searching for his runaway sister, Stone discovers a network of odd homeless people, a series of strange symbols, and an insidious enemy pulling the strings behind the scenes.
What do you do when you discover an extradimensional plot threatening the safety of the entire world—but you can't reveal it because literally anyone on Earth could be involved?
Prepare to lose yourself in this #1 Amazon-bestselling urban fantasy series readers are calling “Unstoppable” and “A major winner!” Once you enter the world of Alastair Stone, you won’t want to leave.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMay 18, 2012
- File size5221 KB
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Editorial Reviews
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★★★★★ "In many respects I would put it in the same category [as] writers like Jim Butcher, Steve McHugh, Benedict Jacka, and Kevin Hearne."
★★★★★ "Alastair Stone is like Harry Potter meets Harry Dresden with a bit of Indiana Jones!"
★★★★★ "...absolutely enchanting! Reminiscent of the Dresden books but far from a copy or rip-off."
★★★★★ "It's Indiana Jones meets Supernatural!"
★★★★★ "If you liked the Dresden Files, this is for you!"
★★★★★ "Came highly recommended to Jim Butcher fans awaiting another Dresden Files novel...am not disappointed!"
★★★★★ "R. L. King's Alastair Stone is a character you will love. A magical read."
★★★★★ "The characters are original and multidimensional while the plots are wonderfully written."
★★★★★ "I quickly finished the first four and have purchased the next four--I'm sure that basically speaks for itself."
★★★★★ "I put this up there with Dresden, Iron Druid, and the like."
★★★★★ "I am a Dresden fan but have to say Alastair has totally won me over..."
From the Author
Stone and a Hard Place
The Forgotten
The Threshold
The Source
Core of Stone
Blood and Stone
Heart of Stone
Flesh and Stone
The Infernal Heart
The Other Side
Path of Stone
Necessary Sacrifices
Game of Stone
Steel and Stone
Stone and Claw
The Seventh Stone
Gathering Storm
House of Stone
Circle of Stone
The Madness Below
Boys' Night (Way) Out (novella)
An Unexpected Truth (novella)
Death's Door
Blood Brothers
and four standalone tales:
Turn to Stone
Shadows and Stone
Devil's Bargain
Stone for the Holidays
If you like Stone, check out the Happenstance and Bron series, set in the Alastair Stone Chronicles universe!
The Soul Engine
Chariots of Wrath
By Demons Driven
Product details
- ASIN : B0084O96RW
- Publisher : Magespace Press; 2nd edition (May 18, 2012)
- Publication date : May 18, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 5221 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 493 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #114,456 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #155 in Psychic Thrillers
- #189 in Witch & Wizard Thrillers
- #303 in Psychic Suspense
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

R. L. King lives the kind of exotic, jet-set life most authors only dream of. Splitting her time between rescuing orphaned ocelots, tracking down the world’s most baffling cheese-related paranormal mysteries, and playing high-stakes pinochle with albino squirrels, it’s a wonder she finds any time to write at all.
Or, you know, she lives in San Jose with her inordinately patient spouse, four demanding cats, and a crested gecko. Which, as far as she’s concerned, is way better.
Except for the ocelots. That part would have been cool.
You can join her mailing list at rlkingwriting.com, and find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AlastairStoneChronicles.
THE ALASTAIR STONE CHRONICLES SERIES
Stone and a Hard Place
Shadows and Stone (novella)
Turn to Stone (novella)
Devil's Bargain (novella)
The Forgotten (Forgotten Trilogy #1)
The Threshold (Forgotten Trilogy #2)
The Source (Forgotten Trilogy #3)
Core of Stone
Blood and Stone
Heart of Stone
Flesh and Stone
The Infernal Heart
The Other Side
Path of Stone
Necessary Sacrifices
Game of Stone
Steel and Stone
Stone and Claw
The Seventh Stone
Gathering Storm
House of Stone
Circle of Stone
The Madness Below
Death's Door
Blood Brothers
Homecoming
Mortal Imperative
HAPPENSTANCE AND BRON SERIES
The Soul Engine
Chariots of Wrath
By Demons Driven
SHADOWRUN
Borrowed Time
Wolf and Buffalo
Big Dreams
Veiled Extraction
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After witnessing something terrifying, she disappears from the hospital after calling her brother for help. Jason isn't home when the call comes in so a couple days have passed before he starts looking for her. Events lead Jason & Dr. Stone together, though they have never met. Jason knows nothing of the magical world but he's seen some very strange things during his search for Verity. He & Dr. Stone join forces and the story gets more involved with evil at every step. Great story! And more to come in book 3. Can't wait!
Good action, not a lot of “Let's stand around and talk about the problem for ten or twelve pages, while the bad guys wait for us to make up our minds,” excessive dialog there to add to the word count. I look forward to number 3.
To me the books read like a juvenile series with adult language/situations and some gore. While I don't read much juvenile fiction what I have read have much the same feeling as these books mostly have. I'm not really sure how to explain it other than that if the mature language and themes were toned down then the books would be right at home in the teen reading section of the book store. I'm not saying this is necessarily bad but it's not what I'm looking for in my urban fantasy. While I can do without cursing and erotica the feel and themes do need to be a little meatier than what Ms King has provided here.
My 3 stars is reluctant as I think the books are overall well done. My review is intended to reflect my confusion as to who target audience is and my desire for a weightier tone. I actually recommend readers try the series but I shan't be continuing.
NOTE: Rather than 'juvenile' I should have put 'young adult'. My apologies. Also to clarify my statement about a reluctant 3 star review: if the books had been either clearly young adult or adult I would have rated them at 4 stars.
A. C. F. Crawford, author of Sailor of the Skysea
The Forgotten picks up 4 years after the first book. Stone has lost his girlfriend and is the only reoccurring character from the first book (albeit the very minor information-guy). Ignoring this timelapse, Stone is basically in the same position he found himself at the beginning of book one- out of practice and out of touch.
A spate of rather disturbing crimes in the area brings out Stone's curiosity, and he begins investigating. Then we jump to a new POV character- a girl. She witnesses a murder, and has her chapter end abruptly. The book starts out interesting, and then we are introduced to Jason- the girl's brother.
The rest of the story is from Jason's POV or a slightly more omniscient POV. While there are things that this book did better then book one- namely the description on rituals, Jason's POV falls rather flat.
Positives:
+ Better descriptions.
Negatives:
- Jason's POV comes off as a mass of contradictions (his views/wants repeatedly cycle back and forth) and repetitiveness (his repeated questioning about the same stuff makes it repetitive). I think the problem is that there is too much hand-holding for the reader on what is going on plot wise. I think the book would benefit by cutting back a little on the repeated explanations on whats going on plot wise- and providing more details on the world/characters/rituals/magic instead. Very Minor Examples: Club entrance. One paragraph on symbols on street. A second on symbols around club. Once in the club Jason talks about them and looks for more. The first tells us, the second reinforces it. The third is repetitive and needs cut.
- Plot/Solution. The last 50% of the book is haphazard. Sarcasm warning: There is alot of "Guy 1: Well we don't know anything... but if we had to guess this could be one possible explanation (tbh i am pulling this out of my ass, 100% guess). Guy 2: I don't know anything either. And i understand that you don't know anything. But wow. GREAT idea! Now we have this complex plan predicated on things neither of us know. If we fail we die. Lets do it! (view spoiler)
- Dialogue. Dialogue. Dialogue. The dialogue needs tightened up. There is soooo much exposition in the dialogue. Forgotten explaining to Stone. Stone explaining to Jason. Jason explaining to Stone why he is wrong. Stone explaining to Jason why he is actually wrong. It makes it a drag to read.
-Verity seems very world aware for someone who has been confined to a house since age 12.
My only hesitation in giving it five stars is that, if the next one is even better (as I suspect it may be) I won't have anywhere to go with the rating.






























