The Stone Collection Box Set 2: Books 4,5 &7
(2021)(A book in the Stone Collection series)
An omnibus of novels by Nick Hawkes
The Stone Collection continues:
The Celtic Stone
Chris Norman’s dreams of being a commercial pilot are shattered when he crashes his plane in central Australia. His life hangs in the balance—a balance that is swayed by the intervention of an Aboriginal bushman bent on his own murderous mission. The bushman leaves Chris with a mysterious and incongruous legacy, a Celtic cross made of stone.
Partly blinded and in deep grief at no longer being able to fly, Chris finds his way to the Hebridean islands off the west coast of Scotland, where he seeks to unravel the secrets of the Celtic stone.
A blind Hebridean woman, shunned by many in her local community, becomes Chris’s reluctant ally, along with a seven-year-old boy who is as wild as the storm-tossed seas that surround the islands.
It becomes apparent that the violence of the island’s history has carried on into the present. Chris needs to recover from his grief, discover his identity… and right an injustice in Scottish history that has shamed an island community.
The Dragon Stone
Elliot is hiding in his world of boats from a past that has wounded him. He is anti-authoritarian, lacking direction and broke.
Emma is terrified of life outside the studious, ordered world of Oxford. But circumstances propel her into the dangerous world of international subterfuge.
Kai is a Chinese triad gang leader, who is all too familiar with violence. However, he is now questioning his life, and seeking redemption.
The three of them meet in Hong Kong, a place where money is king, corruption is rife, and the secret societies of the triads are flourishing. Somehow they need to band together to outwit the murderous intent of powerful corporations, and Hong Kong’s ruthless triad societies.
The Viking Stone
Adam Hollingworth is unsure whether he wants to live or die following the death of his fiancé. In deep grief, he journeys from Australia to England, and finds his way to the tide-ways and byways of the Thames estuary, an area renowned for its secrets, and its smuggling. Amidst the marshes, Adam is mentored by an old man, and his niece—a talented artist. They introduce him to a love for the sea and the world of ancient wooden boats.
Adam secures a job teaching in one of England’s oldest boarding schools. It is an alien environment in which he must find a reason to live. The violent world of smuggling soon makes its presence felt, and Adam must fight to keep himself, and the people he loves from being murdered. Whether they survive, and counter the evil pervading one of the mightiest waterways of the world, will depend on their ability to use a secret of ancient Norse navigation—the Viking Stone.
Genre: Mystery
The Celtic Stone
Chris Norman’s dreams of being a commercial pilot are shattered when he crashes his plane in central Australia. His life hangs in the balance—a balance that is swayed by the intervention of an Aboriginal bushman bent on his own murderous mission. The bushman leaves Chris with a mysterious and incongruous legacy, a Celtic cross made of stone.
Partly blinded and in deep grief at no longer being able to fly, Chris finds his way to the Hebridean islands off the west coast of Scotland, where he seeks to unravel the secrets of the Celtic stone.
A blind Hebridean woman, shunned by many in her local community, becomes Chris’s reluctant ally, along with a seven-year-old boy who is as wild as the storm-tossed seas that surround the islands.
It becomes apparent that the violence of the island’s history has carried on into the present. Chris needs to recover from his grief, discover his identity… and right an injustice in Scottish history that has shamed an island community.
The Dragon Stone
Elliot is hiding in his world of boats from a past that has wounded him. He is anti-authoritarian, lacking direction and broke.
Emma is terrified of life outside the studious, ordered world of Oxford. But circumstances propel her into the dangerous world of international subterfuge.
Kai is a Chinese triad gang leader, who is all too familiar with violence. However, he is now questioning his life, and seeking redemption.
The three of them meet in Hong Kong, a place where money is king, corruption is rife, and the secret societies of the triads are flourishing. Somehow they need to band together to outwit the murderous intent of powerful corporations, and Hong Kong’s ruthless triad societies.
The Viking Stone
Adam Hollingworth is unsure whether he wants to live or die following the death of his fiancé. In deep grief, he journeys from Australia to England, and finds his way to the tide-ways and byways of the Thames estuary, an area renowned for its secrets, and its smuggling. Amidst the marshes, Adam is mentored by an old man, and his niece—a talented artist. They introduce him to a love for the sea and the world of ancient wooden boats.
Adam secures a job teaching in one of England’s oldest boarding schools. It is an alien environment in which he must find a reason to live. The violent world of smuggling soon makes its presence felt, and Adam must fight to keep himself, and the people he loves from being murdered. Whether they survive, and counter the evil pervading one of the mightiest waterways of the world, will depend on their ability to use a secret of ancient Norse navigation—the Viking Stone.
Genre: Mystery
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