The Stargem Chronicles
BOOK ONE: CITY OF SKIES
A truce betrayed. A kingdom vanished. Lovers torn.
When raiders attacked the kingdom of Ginan, their neighbour Kirantel escaped to safety with the powers of the stargems—twelve Light-blessed gemstones with supernatural powers. Five years later, Zael is still tormented over leaving Aniyah behind. Only by forsaking his crown and accepting banishment can he leave the “City of Skies” to search the world for her.
He hopes to travel unnoticed, disguised as a tavern bard.
But with imperial soldiers in every city and monsters in the wilderness, Zael must do more than forsake pacifism in order to survive: he must embrace unprecedented powers he doesn’t yet understand.
Zael’s long awaited reunion with Aniyah is only the beginning in a chain of world-altering events. While they face the ghosts of their past and rekindle lost love, a dragon-god is released from the abyss.
And Zael and Aniyah are the first targets.
BOOK TWO: THE CHOSEN THRONE
THE STARGEM CHRONICLES CONTINUE IN THIS EPIC JOURNEY ACROSS THE CONTINENT TOWARDS AN IMPOSSIBLE DESTINATION.
The Empress has unleashed the dragon-gods from the abyss to seek vengeance on humanity. Yet one of them has already been slain.
Zael and Aniyah don’t understand the powers they wield; all they know is that such things are unprecedented. In the heart of the mountains where the stargems are forged, they learn that they are capable of far more than they ever thought possible.
Aniyah becomes a beacon of hope, uniting her people against the Empire.
Zael searches for the hidden path back to Kirantel.
A traitorous figure from the past lies in wait.
And the power of the stargems could fall into the wrong hands.
Onyx by Stephen Wither
A sweeping science fiction standalone written by my father, published posthumously. For those enjoy the politics and technology of The Expanse and the mind-bending dreamscapes of Inception.
