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The Blessing Stone

Barbara Wood (2003)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.99

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathViolenceBetrayal

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsEnsemble Cast

Synopsis

Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has both told the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sense of the epic sweep of human history.

Tags

Historical FantasyMagical RealismMultigenerational SagaTime-Spanning NarrativeWomen's Fiction