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Stone of Fire (ARKANE Book 1) Kindle Edition
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When fire falls from the heavens… will the whole world burn?
Dr. Morgan Sierra, an Oxford University psychologist with a deadly past, doesn’t know the answer to that question — and doesn’t care. All she knows is that her sister and niece have been abducted, held hostage for the stone pendants that Morgan and her sister wear: two of twelve relics once owned by the original Apostles.
Forged in fire and wind, drowned in the blood of martyrs, the twelve Pentecost stones have been kept secret for two thousand years. But now the Keepers of the stones are being murdered, and the relics stolen by Thanatos, a shadowy group dedicated to remaking the world into a living Hell.
The authorities are clueless; the world lies helpless. And Thanatos grows more powerful with each stone they take.
Enter Jake Timber — agent of ARKANE, the British agency tasked with investigating the supernatural. Jake knows some of the secrets Morgan needs to save her family, but can’t stop Thanatos without her help. Only together can they stop Thanatos before the stones are captured, before Morgan’s family is murdered, and before the world is changed forever.
From flooded ruins in Italy, to religious sites in Israel, to the far reaches of Iran and Tunisia, Morgan and Jake must race across the world to find the stones before Thanatos gathers the relics and uses their power to turn Earth into a living Hell.
But every step they take brings Morgan and Jake closer to the end. To the knife edge between salvation and madness. To the moment when Morgan will have to decide whether she will save her family… or save the world.
Time is running out. Thanatos draws near. And the day of Pentecost is at hand.
Stone of Fire is the first book in the ARKANE series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J.F. Penn. Tap the link, grab your copy, and find the ARKANE in an adventure two thousand years in the making…
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date2 Jan. 2014
- File size1171 KB
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- ASIN : B004JHYA6A
- Publisher : Curl Up Press (2 Jan. 2014)
- Language : English
- File size : 1171 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 214 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #779 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

J.F. Penn is the Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the ARKANE action adventure thrillers, Mapwalker fantasy adventures, and the Brooke & Daniel psychological thrillers as well as other stories.
Her books weave together ancient artifacts, relics of power, international locations and adventure with an edge of the supernatural.
Jo lives in Bath, England and enjoys a nice G&T.
Find out more at www.JFPenn.com
If you enjoy books set in international locations, check out Jo's Books and Travel Podcast: www.BooksAndTravel.page
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This whole novel felt rushed and not is a tense, pacy kind of way. The dialogue was stilted, and the characters felt a little shallow, their motivations and actions questionable. And this was after I made allowances for this being a debut novel.
I really wanted to enjoy this - I admire the writer for her work helping independent authors - but I couldn't.
That she has written and produced numerous YouTube videos on the subject of novel-writing gives her huge credibility in how to craft a thriller. A small but important difference between Penn and some other self-publishers that massively adds to be enjoyment: the punctuation, continuity and spelling errors have been eliminated - she seems to understand the value of a competent edit.
I found myself riveted to the story, and she kept me hanging on until the end. Thanks Joanna for the super novels, and also for your support to the writing community.
Joanna writes a wonderful and entertaining thriller that should appeal to all readers regardless of their faith or views on religion. Her book has a lovely mix of fact and fiction. There is lots of history and background in this story which is gently explained. You do not need to be a religious scholar to understand what is going on because as this story unfolds, the characters explain both the nature of faith and the importance of the Pentecost stones.
I found Stone of Fire a very interesting read because of all the detail within the plot. Joanna has done a tremendous amount of research to build her story around the Pentecost and this depth is a joy to read. This book works on a number of levels, the concept of faith, conspiracies, secret rooms and societies plus adventure and the thrill of the chase. The whole feel of this book is very similar to the average Dan Brown novel but for all the right reasons.
Stone of Fire was a pleasure to read. I loved the writing style which was very descriptive, educated, informative and with an extensive vocabulary. The whole story was bright and refreshing. It was a very entertaining tale and because I am an Atheist, I found it very funny! Joanna does not poke fun at religion but it made me laugh! She writes a very convincing tale that is verified by lots of detail and background. It was lovely that when the story ends she includes some author notes to explain which parts were fact and which were fiction in case you were confused. She gave me what I want from my reading experience, a refreshing trip into another world and for that I vote her the top score of 5 stars.
I used to read a daily newspaper and did not bother with books. But a passenger left behind a copy of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown on my coach and I took it on holiday with me in June 2007. I enjoyed reading it so much that I abandoned my daily newspaper and moved onto books instead. I have never looked back and I feel that a novel like Stone of Fire can very easily turn on people and make them want to adopt reading books as a hobby. I view Stone of Fire as a stepping stone for readers to get the bug of a media that can give them years of pleasure.
It seems that the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ possessed some stones which have inexplicably developed magical powers. 2000 odd years later a comet is due to pass by. The stones must be gathered together to avert this, or possibly to bring it about.
Two secret societies, Arkane and Thanatos, seek the stones. So does an evil American billionaire from Arizona. Arkane has a secret multi storey underground bunker beneath Oxford which nobody knows about. Thanatos no doubt has something similar (it doesn't tell you) possibly in a volcano beneath Jerusalem (little things like geological improbability need not detain us).
Obviously designed to appeal to Dan Brown fans, inexplicably many in number. The goodies and baddies shoot at each other and the ones in red teeshirts die.





