Holder of Lightning (The Cloudmages, Book 1)

the long version

The major debut that introduced readers to a fantasy tour-de-force- now in paperback!Seventeen-year-old Jenna had led a peaceful life, herding sheep and tending crops, until the night she picked up a small but strangely alluring stone that would change her entire future. For what she held in her hand was Lamh Shabhala, the master stone of legend which could reawaken all the other stones of power and bring magic back to the world. And there were many among the nobility who would risk anything, including murder, to claim Lamh Shabhala for themselves.