''Stone and Sea'' is a fantasy novel written by Graham Edwards. The novel was first published in 2000 by Voyager Books (UK) and

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(US). It is the second book in the Stone trilogy, which also includes '' Stone and Sky'' and '' Stone and Sun''. The trilogy is a follow-up to Edwards' Ultimate Dragon Saga trilogy, and is loosely connected via various plot threads.

Plot summary

The book further covers the adventures of Jonah Lightfoot, a man stolen from his own world when he witnesses the 1883 eruption of

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. He and his unwitting companions cross the world of Amara, a vertical landscape where to fall from the world's surface is to die, or worse. They find a massive ocean, somehow held in place without the water falling into the abyss, and must then figure out a way to cross it. On their journey they discover the true nature of Amara; meet

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s, forest spirits and shapeshifting creatures; cross paths with

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s both good and evil; delve into a world built of memory; and stumble across artifacts from Earth's past, present, and future.

External links

Official author's websiteLoving Dragoncharm
(fansite - now defunct)
Excerpt from ''Stone and Sea''
(PDF format) {{Graham Edwards British fantasy novels Novels by Graham Edwards (writer) 2000 British novels Voyager Books books