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The Twelve Stones (2000)

by R.J. Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: I had a tough time rating this one. I had downloaded it on my iPad and at the beginning of it, the author commented that he hopes you ignore the previous reviews that go after the typos that previously existed. He had self-published and had done the best he could. However, I still found typos in this edition and one inconsistency that bothered me. It isn't that big of a deal, but if I noticed it, I am sure others did as well. In the beginning we meet the protagonist when he is 10 years old. It tells how he met his best friend when they were freshmen in high school, but then mentions that they are 10 years old (several times.) A freshman in high school is 14 or 15, so obviously they met much earlier.Besides that, the story was very enjoyable and I look forward to reading... more the next one. (You only learn about the first four of the twelve stones, so must keep reading to learn about the rest.) I also could easily see this as an action movie.
review 2: This was another Kindle Free download that turned out to be good read. Action/SF with a soldier thought to have been killed (not sure but sounded like he was working black ops) turns up years later at his father’s home. They take off on one of their favorite visits to climb a nearby mesa. Back story: when the soldier was a youngster he and a friend were playing by a storm swollen stream and he finds an odd shaped stone. When his friend falls out of a tall but rotten pine tree and is badly injured he gets his father and while touching his friend and the stone a blue light appears and the friend begins heal, the wounds soon disappearing. The father convinces his son to let him lock up the stone in his safe. Back to the present, while on the mesa, father and son are accosted by a group of armed men whose leader claims that the mesa and surrounding land is his despite it being a national park. He demands that the two leave and when an argument ensues the father is pushed over the edge to fall to the ground far below. Soon the son is also forced over the edge and falls to the ground. Just before this the father gives his son back the stone and although he is badly hurt in the fall he is soon as good as new. His father is not so lucky and the book continues with the sons efforts to avenge his death and keep himself alive when the killer sends his hired men after him. A bit farfetched re the stones and there are more of them as you will discover, but it was a fun read and I will be looking to acquire the sequel. less

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