The Necklace of Stones

ISBN: 0741433044

Author: Carraher, Philip J.

Condition: New

Product Description Twelve-year-old Morgan is alone in his hiding place, the basement of an abandoned building on Manhattans Lower East Side, when he witnesses a strange unearthly event, one that leaves behind a remnant of itself in the form of a necklace composed of eleven stones, ten with images cut into them. Picking up the curious necklace, Morgan unknowingly is picking up a string of great powers, and is thrusting himself into the midst of a battle of epic proportions, the losing of which would not only bring the end of his young life but the termination of entire worlds. Review Excellent. I loved this book...the story is creepy and M.C. Escher strange...a surreal world where nothing is as it seems...an epic (fantasy) from an imagination of incredible magnitude. My dreams will never be the same. --Book Review.ComFive Stars: ...an extraordinarily good adventure/fantasy... Morgan (the main character) is a young boy (twelve years old) who comes from a less than perfect home. Morgan lives in Manhattan's Lower East Side (a less than stellar neighborhood at the time), his father is in jail, and Morgan is unsure if his working mother wants him around or would rather be rid of the "little nuisance." He is a sad and lonely boy.After an argument with his mother, Morgan goes down the fire escape outside his bedroom window and goes to his private "clubhouse" - a basement in an abandoned building - there to sulk and ponder the tribulations of his life. While he is there, an astounding event occurs: a bubble of light appears in the shadows of the basement and, within the light, Morgan sees a battle taking place between two warriors, one of which appears to be of something other than human form. For a moment or two Morgan fears for his life, certain the fighters he sees will enter the basement and, upon seeing him, kill him. But the light disappears, and he finds himself safe again. In minutes he wonders if he daydreamed the event. Then he finds the necklace the battlers left behind: eleven flat stones, ten with crude drawings cut into them and one blank, connected as though with "knots tied in the air." Morgan, of course, picks the necklace up and places it on his neck. In so doing, he changes his life forever..."CURLED UP WITH A GOOD BOOK.COM About the Author Selected works by this author: Sherlock Holmes in New York: The Adventure of the New York Ripper The Necklace Stones