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| “Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating…. This novel should earn Wood the larger audience in the United States that she deserves.” |
| — Library Journal |
Barbara Wood, the #1 internationally best-selling author of eighteen novels, has covered many different periods of history in previous works. But with THE BLESSING STONE, she makes her most ambitious attempt yet—a history of the world—and readers will be thrilled to discover that she succeeds brilliantly.
To mark the publication of THE BLESSING STONE, Barbara Wood has commissioned the design and creation of five breathtaking and mystical Blessing Stone Pendants. Each pendant, valued at $1,000, is individually crafted, and will be given free of charge to five readers who log on to www.theblessingstone.com and answer a question about the events in THE BLESSING STONE. A winner will be chosen randomly from correct responses every two weeks after the book's publication, until all five pendants have been awarded.
THE BLESSING STONE begins three million years ago when a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African Plain-and it formed her destiny, as well as the destinies of generations to come. From ancient Israel to Imperial Rome, from medieval England to fifteenth-century Germany, from eighteenth-century Caribbean to the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit.
In THE BLESSING STONE, Barbara Wood reveals the intimate details of her characters' lives. The story of the stone is the story of humanity-of a legendary and mythical object that changes the lives and shapes the destinies of all who come into contact with it.
With curses, revenge, betrayals, quests, love, hate
and obsession, Wood creates a compelling narrative of the epic sweep of
human history. Fans of her previous books will find something unlike anything
they've read before, and new readers will discover a writer to treasure
forever.
Barbara Wood is the internationally best-selling author of eighteen novels. She lives in Riverside, California.
Visit Barbara's website at www.barbarawood.com
THE BLESSING STONE
By Barbara Wood
Publication Date: January 15, 2003
Price: $25.95
ISBN 0-312-27534-X
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BarbaraWood.com
sharon@barbarawood.com
877-855-2483
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