Four Becomes a Foundation: Stonecharmer

By Dawn Blair

Jal wants an indoor staircase for her shop. The morning dew makes the one on the exterior of the building slick and she fears she might fall, especially in the coming winter. Being the new jeweler in the town of Bayllor, she hasn't yet gained the trust of enough citizens to be earning a steady income.

But the fortune of her store changes when three men enter and close down her business so they may conduct theirs. Each has a reason for coming to her shop. Where only moments ago, slipping and falling had seemed her only hazard, she now finds her safety in jeopardy. Never did she realize how these three men would change her life. All for a prophecy.

Join as a flash stone breaks into four pieces to foretell the coming of the next Stonecharmer in this prequel short story to the Stonecharmer trilogy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Morning Sky Studios
• Release date: Jul 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201263522

Dawn Blair

Come take an adventure with your multi-dimensional, time-traveling tour guide, Dawn Blair. Telling stories of noble hearts and fantastic places, Dawn enjoys creating stories full of action, fantasy, quests, and maybe a touch of technology.  For as long as she can remember, she's been telling stories, starting with tales of cats and dogs. No one ever dared to ask her to "imagine" something because it would send her creativity spinning. One fateful day, her grandmother, certainly tired of listening to the endless prater, sat Dawn down at a typewriter and told her to write the story out.  Growing up on a ranch in rural Nevada, she had plenty of time and space to let her imagination roam free. When she wasn't out playing or working in the alfalfa fields or swimming at the pool, she was at home typing away at her novels.  Dawn moved to Idaho and, after a second fateful day where an instructor taught her to see as an artist, her life expanded to include other creative endeavors: painting, illustrating, animating, and photography in addition to writing. They all became mediums for the way she could share stories. Soon, she had won numerous awards for writing, painting, and photography, as well as gaining readers and collectors worldwide. All while raising her two fantastic boys as a single mom.  Dawn decided to start recording audiobooks. Knowing nothing about the process, she began learning and transformed a simple home setup into a home studio, a sequence marked by a third fateful day in her life when she decided to quit dabbling and get serious. Dawn aims for improving her audio with each narrative tale she completes. Still in Idaho, Dawn spends every moment she can exploring strange worlds, seeking out brave lives and magical civilizations. She wants to touch your life with magic, open your mind, and make sure you will never be the same again. Let her show you the sights. Let's be on our way, shall we? Sign up for your adventures at: www.dawnblair.com

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Four Becomes a Foundation

Four Becomes a Foundation

DAWN BLAIR

Morning Sky Studios

Copyright © 2022 by Dawn Blair

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The story and characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual events, persons (living or dead), is purely coincidental.

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Cover design by Dawn Blair/Morning Sky Studios

Cover art copyright © Natalia Siverina, © Vanessa Gifford, © Bblood

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Four Becomes a Foundation

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Four Becomes a Foundation

This time of year, when unfurling leaves were just beginning to show on the trees, the wooden stairs down from Jal’s second-story living space above her shop were a little slick. She carefully made her way down, a fresh cinnamon roll still too hot to eat wedged precariously between her teeth, ceramic mug of coffee in her left hand, and the round, wooden railing gripped tightly in her right.

Dew and frosty temperatures just weren’t a good combination. If only she’d thought a little more about this before purchasing her workspace, but this place had been cheaper than the others. Now she knew why.

Granted, the winters so far had been the worst of the seasons. She felt so open and exposed as she made her way through snow and ice down to the shop. There had been no protection against the storms. She had to weather it, whatever the skies above decided to give her.

Drool tried to escape from her