title: The Core Stone (The Storm Seer's Prophecy) (Volume 1)
author: Robert D. Stanley
description: Robert D. Stanley was born and raised in the heart of Georgia in a small town of about 10,000 people. He had always been an avid reader growing up, but didn't get stung by the writing bug until taking a mandatory writing class in 10th grade. His teacher saw how interested he was and did everything she could to teach him how to find my imagination and put it to paper. Robert has written several short stories over the years with some getting published in various magazines. This is his first novel. He currently lives in Arizona.
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  David Gemmell
  
  
  The Hawk Enternal
  
  
  Second Book Of The Hawk Queen
  
  
  Prologue
  
  
  THE YOUNG PRIEST was sitting in the sunshine, studying an ancient manuscript.
  Slowly he ran his index finger over the symbols upon it, mouthing each one. It
  was cold up here by these ancient stones, but Garvis had wrapped himself in a
  hooded sheepskin cloak, and had found a niche in the rocks away from the wind.
  He loved the solitude of these high, lonely peaks, and the distant roar of the
  mighty Falls of Attafoss was a far-away whisper upon the wind. 'All the works
  of Man are as dust upon a flat rock,' he read. 'When the winds of time blow
  across them they are lost to history. Nothing built of stone will endure.'
  Garvis sat back. Surely this was nonsense? These mountains had existed since
  the dawn of time and they would be here long after he was dead. He glanced up
  at the .old stone circle. The symbols upon each standing stone had weathered
  almost to nothing. Yet still they stood, exact