Author

Publication

1997 - Grove Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

88,750 words, Guess

Page Count

355 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number89035587
  • Goodreads526652
  • LibraryThing279829

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3554

Description

Stone Junction is a novel about Daniel Pearse, an orphaned child who is taken under the wings of the AMO - Alliance of Magicians and Outlaws. An assortment of sages sharpen Daniel's wide-eyed outlook until he has the concentration of a card shark Zen master, via apprenticeships in meditation, safecracking, poker, and the art of walking through walls. This unconventional education sets Daniel on the trail of a strange, six-pound diamond sphere, held by the U.S. government in a New Mexico vault, rumored to be the Philosopher's Stone or the Holy Grail. Shadowing the slippery netherworlds of role-playing games like Magic or Dungeons & Dragons, Daniel's quest to retrieve the magic stone and discover who killed his mother becomes a bravura act of storytelling, both a free-spirited adventure and a parable about the powers within us all.

Subjects

Topics

FictionDiamondsMagiciansMothers and sonsFiction, generalDiamonds -- Fiction.Mothers and sons, fiction

Places

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • Stone junction: an alchemical potboilerGrove Press1997-01-01
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