Lodestone Book 1: Of Flood & Wrath & Thorn

Six miners are sent on a program of indentured servitude for private company The Righteous Anglian Mining Company of Our Lady’s Hallowed Earth.

Their task is to mine a particular kind of iron ore - Lodestone - which has the unique property of being able to absorb magical energy.

They will work to pay off their debt to the company and earn their freedom, but must contend with the dangers, and wonders, that they encounter in these extraordinary mines.



​A crumbling, ruined chapel shall be their new base of operations in the vast caverns beneath the ground.

There, they are greeted by someone who claims to be a Company veteran who has made the caverns their home.

Foul, feral, and secretive; the miners will decide how much trust can they put in their new guide who tells them that he is officially dead, off the grid, and desires retribution on the Company that sent him there.



The miners' time in the huge network of caves shall bring them to face otherworldly forces and malevolent entities.

While not natural fighters, they must use all their resourcefulness to overcome the dilemmas that obstruct their work.

All the while, they must deal with the supernatural residents of the caves; creatures from English folklore who were thought lost to the world.

Their journey ahead is what they can learn and gain from each encounter, and how they can use this to escape the unending toil into which they have been trapped.



(6 parts: concluded)



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