On a distant planet ruled by a brutal tyrant, an alien girl comes to the aid of a stranger and is plunged into the midst of a titanic struggle that will decide the fate of her world.

For the first time in a single volume, this limited edition version includes all three books of the first Lodestone story arc, including a revised and updated version of Book One, a unique cover featuring a scene from the second book, and a special chapter navigation system. The combined 360,000 word epic is available for a limited period only.

Lose yourself in the astounding world of Kelanni!

Review

"The balancing of action against character development is sublime. This volume is packed with action, but the reader is feels grounded by the solid personalities of the hardened and conflicted Keris, maid-turned-leader Shann, and mysterious creature Boxx. This is no mere pulp fiction between these covers. Whiteway is good enough to grace the world with a science fiction masterpiece."  Highly Recommended by Terence P Ward, Allbooks Review.

"An evocative and compelling work. I found myself considering the characters and their plight even when I was not reading and this is always a sign of an excellent storyline with characters who have become three-dimensional. I came to the end with a sense of sadness - a sign of a strong book." Annette Young - The Creative Competitor 

"Author Mark Whiteway pulled me into the Lodestone series with his creative and imaginative description of both setting and characters. Whiteway is a gifted storyteller who takes you to an amazing new world." Joyce M. Gilmour - Editing TLC

"The more pages I turned, the more I wanted to read. I love the way the author has us use our own imagination. If you have never read a Science Fiction book, then may I suggest you start with this one? You won't be disappointed. Five Stars." - Sandra Heptinstall - Midwest Book Review 

"A very exciting story. Somehow, Lodestone combines humor, adventure, suspense, conspiracies, politics, science, and interpersonal power struggles effortlessly and believably. The product of an excellent imagination." - J.P. Ballinger, ELS

"Masterful story-telling. Read the new Heinlein before 90% of the world does." - Jaime Mathis, The Independent Authors' Review

From the Author

"Writing SciFi has been a long held ambition of mine. As a kid, I read everything-Wells, Verne, Heinlein, etc., etc. At twelve years old, I wrote a novella. (I still have it, hand-written in a huge ledger). It was about our sun going nova, and the resulting breakdown of society, as told through the eyes of three boys. It had a pretty surreal ending. 

"Following that, life intervened, and it was only in April '09 that I determined that I wanted to get back to writing. I had had several ideas running around in my head for some time, of which the Lodestone concept was probably the strongest. As I began to develop the story, it rapidly became clear that there was no way I was going to be able to cover it all in a single book, and so the Lodestone Series was born.

"The science in Lodestone is based on the concept of 'negative matter', as theorised by Dr Robert Forward,  Hermann Bondi and others. 

"Those interested in the science aspects behind the story may wish to check out the following papers, as well as the article 'The Power of Negative Matter' by Robert Forward in the 17 March 1990 issue of New Scientist. 

Bondi, H. "Negative Mass in General Relativity," Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 29, No.3, July 1957, pp. 423-428.
Winterberg, F. "On Negative Mass Propulsion," International Astronautical Federation, Paper 89-668, 40th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Malaga, Spain, Oct., 1989.

Forward, R. L. "Negative Matter Propulsion", Journal of Propulsion and Power (AIAA), Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1990, pp. 28-37."