A Major New Fantasy Writer Debuts!

In the tradition of Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Orson Scott Card's Alvin Maker series, comes is a work of fiction that provides a unique and entertaining perspective on American culture as viewed through the eyes of its main character, Elmo Cotton. A young black sharecropper with questionable past and the product of a mixed marriage, Elmo is no one's candidate for the hero of the year. But that is exactly what he is. Shortly after the Civil War, Elmo is invited by Homer Skinner, an old man with a toothache and a dream, to help search for a lost gold mine.  Skinner found the legendary lost mine of Cornelius Wainwright more than forty years earlier, but something he won't explain has prevented him from seeking it before now. Soon the pair is joined by Rusty Horn and his four horsemen. Along the way, Elmo discovers that Horn was once a colonel in the army, has a bewildering psychological problem, and nurses a secret agenda. Skinner is seeking wealth, Horn immortality, and Elmo his destiny. But, their quests are all united when they begin to hear legends of a mysterious black object known as the Motherstone. Brought to the U.S. from the South Seas, the Motherstone is reputed to lie now in a "golden tabernacle, guarded by the watchful eyes of the gods who made it." In their quest, the trio will encounter magic and mystery, death and danger. When they find the Motherstone, they discover that it is both far more and far different than they ever imagined. It's a discovery only one man will survive, and his life will be changed forever. The Motherstone is 1300,000 words of epic fantasy you will never forget! If Mark Twain wrote fantasy, this would be it!