The Cast of a Stone

Alexander Mathanach is a Scottish knight; a man of noble birth haunted by a fateful event in his past. Those he loved betrayed him and almost destroyed his faith. Yet, despite his bitterness, he fulfilled the vow he made. As promised, he took the orphaned child from the abbey and raised her as his own, choosing to live a quiet life in the depths of a remote, northern forest. But Alexander is guardian to more than his adopted daughter. He is also the keeper of a divine artifact, one that draws a terrible evil to his secluded doorstep with tragic results. In desperation, he seeks help from a powerful group of knights, previous guardians of the artifact. But when Alexander dares to use the artifact's forbidden miraculous power, he finds himself on trial for his life. It is then that he is forced revisit the darkness of his past, to face a possibility he has long denied. What if those he loved had not lied? What if he wasn't betrayed? It would mean that another miracle occurred on a starry night, long ago. Which would also mean that Alexander made a tragic mistake. If true, then how, by all things sacred under Heaven, can he ever hope to make amends? A medieval fantasy romance that crosses genres, The Cast of a Stone is a tale of good against absolute evil, darkness against light. While it is not a tale for the faint of heart, it nevertheless lifts itself from shadows of despair to arrive at a beautiful and satisfying conclusion.