Jack Shian and the Destiny Stone
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Authors: Andrew Symon
PRAISE FOR
JACK SHIAN
AND THE DESTINY STONE
‘The pace quickens, the stakes rise and the danger intensifies as the Shian faithful risk all for the true way and life. In this engrossing, enthralling, encompassing novel Andrew Symon brings his Shian Quest Trilogy to a close.’
The Scotsman
PRAISE FOR
JACK SHIAN
AND THE KING’S CHALICE
‘An exciting, engrossing and entertaining first novel… . Blending history, theology, fantasy and good old-fashioned adventure, this is a cracking start to what promises to be an intriguing series.’
The Scotsman
‘This is a very good book so definitely read it.’
The Guardian
reader review
‘
Jack Shian and the King’s Chalice
is a romping adventure full of secrets and intrigue that should appeal to girls and boys alike – the characters may be Shian but the emotions and “growing pains” of emerging into teenhood are identifiably human.’
Parenting Without Tears.com
PRAISE FOR
JACK SHIAN
AND THE MAPA MUNDI
‘A twisting, turning, turbulent adventure.’
The Scotsman
‘This book is exciting and dramatic and I can’t wait to read the next one.’
The Daily Record
To Maggie
And thanks to Ian Black for all his help over the years
List of Characters from the Sian Quest Trilogy
4
Sabotage
11
Island Time
14
Recovery
16
Kelly’s Wake
17
Papa Legba
18
The Bridge of Impossibilities
21
The Cu-shee
23
The Swamp
28
Stalled
30
Temptation
32
Preparations
35
Deliverance
36
The Defeat of the Ancient Order of Plutocrats
Shian Quest Trilogy
Armina | An enchantress |
Arvin | A tutor of music |
Aunt Katie | Jack’s aunt |
Boreus | A Kildashie |
Cal | A HebShian |
Caskill | A giant |
Clavers | A HebShian lieutenant |
Cleo | A girl on Tula |
Coll | A HebShian |
Comgall | A monk |
Cosmo | The leader of the Cos-Howe crew |
Daid | A tutor of human lessons |
Dara | A McCool |
Dermot | A McCool |
Doonya | Jack’s uncle |
Doxer | An apprentice to Gilmore the tailor |
Enda | A McCool |
Endora | From Tula |
Fenrig | Briannan’s son |
Festus | Freya and Purdy’s father |
Finbogie | A tutor |
Finnegan | A McCool |
Freya and Purdy | Jack’s neighbours |
Gilmore | The tailor; husband to Barassie |
Gilravage and Stram | HebShian youths; friends of Ossian |
Grandpa Sandy | A senior Congress member |
Grey Wolf | A Shian ‘from across the ocean’ |
Harald | The Norse leader ‘from the fjords’ |
Hart and Dorcas | Jack’s uncle and aunt in Keldy |
He Who Waits | A Shian ‘from across the ocean’ |
Hema | From Tula |
Henri | Claville Shian leader |
Iain Dubh | The HebShian leader |
Ishona | Wife of Iain Dubh |
Jack Shian | Our hero |
John | A seer |
Karl | A NorShian |
Kedge | A Shian youth from near Edinburgh |
Kelly | A McCool |
Konan | A Brashat lieutenant |
Luka | A seer (see |
Magnus | From Novehowe; leader of the NorShian |
Malevola | An enchantress; from Tula |
Malicia | From Tula |
Marco | A seer (see |
Matthew | A seer (see |
Mawkit | An inhabitant of the Shian square |
Morrigan | Fenrig’s sister; a Brashat |
Murkle | Tutor of Shian tales |
Oobit | A Cos-Howe lad |
Ossian | Jack’s cousin; son of Hart and Dorcas |
Papa Legba | An enchanter |
Petros, Rana and Lizzie | Jack’s cousins |
Phineas | Jack’s father |
Sanguina | From Tula |
Saorbeg | A HebShian lieutenant |
Stegos | A Kildashie |
Tamlina | An enchantress |
Telos | A McCool |
The | An old healer |
The Grey | An enchantress |
The Twa Tams | HebShian youths |
Shian
(pronounced Shee-an
):
n, the otherworld; creatures living in or coming from the otherworld. Also called daemons, fey, gentry,
daoine matha
[
good men
]
,
portunes, etc. (C. 14; origins debated)
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Jack flung the stone into the rock pool as hard as he could. The splash soaked his shirt, but he didn’t care. This waiting around was so
boring
.
Midsummer – now
that
had been exciting. Hunting the swordfish of fortune; finding the
Mapa Mundi
; raising the giant’s bridge; defeating Malevola and the Grey; rescuing his father.
My father …
But he’s still so weak
, thought Jack;
all these years I’ve longed to find him, and it was two months before he could even talk. I still hardly know him
.
But I’ve got Tamlina’s ring.
Jack took the ring from his Sintura belt, and stared hard at the Triple-S spirals. What did they mean?
‘Good things come in threes’, Tamlina had said.
Well, there’s three spirals. Is that really the Destiny Stone, the Chalice, and the
Mapa Mundi
?
