lodestone books
Lodestone Book 1: Of Flood & Wrath & Thorn
by StephenRuddy
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 …
Lodestone Book 2: Of Greed & Lies & Puppets
by StephenRuddy
The labours of the six miners of The Righteous Anglian Mining Company of Our Lady’s Hallowed Earth show no signs of ending. The miners' ore seams are drying up and the discovery of new Lodestone deposits puts them on a collision course with a greedy industrialist and an obsessive artisan who harness the otherworldy powers of the caverns. Caught in the complex and fraught relationship between the two, and with constant interference from the caverns' magical inhabitants, the miners must once again…