Stone of Power by Kimberly A. Riley

 May 30, 2017


I almost never win a contest. Just a part of life. Sure I enter them, especially ones online, but I end up reading about the winners. That isn’t the case this time. I entered a fellow authors drawing for a copy of their book and low and behold I won! I even got a signed copy, so nya nya! 

The book is Stone of Power, the first in the series by  author and  fellow Austinite  Kimberly Riley. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her several times at some of our writing meetups and she’s fantastic.  A fellow geek, gamer, and kindred spirit!

 Stone of Power is a sci-fi novel about a team who help protect the Earth from different dimensions who are at war, and Earth in the middle. I’m only a few chapters into the book so far but it’s pretty fast paced, the characters are interesting, and the premise of the novel intrigues me. As a geek I’ve often been interested in other dimensions and this is taking me right there.

The novel clocks in at 246 pages broken up over 23 chapters.  This is the first new book I’ve gotten in a while and while I love my kindle I do enjoy the feeling of a book in hand, the tactile pleasure of turning the page. It’s also bigger than a normal paperback which I like as well, 6″ x 9″.

I’m looking forward to devouring Stone of Power  and  I will have a more in depth  review once it’s been consumed and digested..

The cover is beautiful, a mixture of images that at least to me give a warning or threat, which from the first few chapters is accurate.

You can find Stone of Power on Amazon both in physical and digital format.

You can check out Kimberly’s website by going to https://kimberlyariley.com/

and for those in the Twitterverse you can follow her at @KARiley40 

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