by R. L. King
His wolfish, unwholesome smile spread once again across his face as he plucked the little vial from the nook and put it carefully in his pocket.
It had taken four of them to contain him—four tiny vials of an immensely potent substance that did not originate on Earth.
It would only take one—if that—to contain Brathwaite’s pathetic human shell.
As he faded from view, leaving all four alcoves open, his last thought was of his descendant. Alastair Stone hated Brathwaite as much as he did.
Perhaps this would finally be the hook that would allow him to persuade the young one to his way of thinking.
But that was for later.
He had plenty of time.
Alastair Stone will return in
Book 26 of the Alastair Stone Chronicles
Look for it in Summer 2021!
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Books by R. L. King
ALASTAIR STONE CHRONICLES SERIES
Stone and a Hard Place (Book 1)
The Forgotten (Book 2)
The Threshold (Book 3)
The Source (Book 4)
Alastair Stone Chronicles Box Set (includes books 1-4)
Core of Stone (Book 5)
Blood and Stone (Book 6)
Heart of Stone (Book 7)
Alastair Stone Chronicles Box Set 2 (includes book 5-7)
Flesh and Stone (Book 8)
The Infernal Heart (Book 9)
The Other Side (Book 10)
Path of Stone (Book 11)
Necessary Sacrifices (Book 12)
Game of Stone (Book 13)
Steel and Stone (Book 14)
Stone and Claw (Book 15)
The Seventh Stone (Book 16)
Gathering Storm (Book 17)
House of Stone (Book 18)
Circle of Stone (Book 19)
The Madness Below (Book 20)
Boys’ Night (Way) Out (novella)
An Unexpected Truth (novella)
Death’s Door (Book 21)
Blood Brothers (Book 22)
Homecoming (Book 23)
Mortal Imperative (Book 24)
ALASTAIR STONE CHRONICLES STANDALONE WORKS
Shadows and Stone
Turn to Stone
Stone for the Holidays
Devil’s Bargain
HAPPENSTANCE AND BRON (A SERIES IN THE WORLD OF THE ALASTAIR STONE CHRONICLES)
The Soul Engine (Book 1)
Chariots of Wrath (Book 2)
By Demons Driven (Book 3)
SHADOWRUN (Published by Catalyst Game Labs)
Borrowed Time
Wolf and Buffalo
Big Dreams
Veiled Extraction
About the Author
R. L. King lives the kind of exotic, jet-set life most authors only dream of. Splitting her time between rescuing orphaned ocelots, tracking down the world’s most baffling cheese-related paranormal mysteries, and playing high-stakes pinochle with albino squirrels, it’s a wonder she finds any time to write at all.
Or, you know, she lives in San Jose with her inordinately patient spouse, three demanding cats, and a crested gecko. Which, as far as she’s concerned, is way better.
Except for the ocelots. That part would have been cool.
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