Books published by publisher Stone Golem Publishing

If you enjoy a smoldering, but clean, romance, a page-turning adventure, and laugh-out-loud humor in your fantasy, Cornerstone is your book. It is the first in this completed, four book, young adult series. The reading order for the Cornerstone Series is: Cornerstone, Keystone, Jamb, Capstone. Nalena Maxwell is The Waste. At least, that’s what she’s been tagged as at school, due to her mother’s obsession with hoarding truckloads of paper, each one scrawled with lines of what appears to be single-sentence stories. The insane volume of paper has forced them out of their house and now threatens to push them out of their apartment, but Nalena’s mother, Evangeline, refuses to part with a single sheet.Evangeline’s papers are so much more than just a hoarder’s obsession. They are the reason behind the Maxwell’s tumultuous family past. And they are the reason why the future is calling upon Nalena as its champion.Kept in the dark, in order to protect her from the past and future that no mother wants her child to endure, the life she’s presently living is illegible to Nalena. She believes her fate is to be only The Waste, until one night, when Garrett Reese--possibly the school’s most handsome and popular Senior--seeks her out in the back corner of the library with answers and questions that reveal the true ink on Nalena’s destiny.

Serina knows that Humans are horrible……but then she meets one.Will she tell the Headmistress that she talked with a Human?As the last mermaid in her class with still blond hair, Serina desperately wants her hair to change. She wouldn’t even care if it turned green. If it doesn’t change soon, she will be kicked out of the Academy forever.When Serina goes too far in her efforts to fit in……she finds out who her real friends are and which Mer are out to get her.In a world where Mer and Humans are at war, can Serina find a way to convince them all that a greater danger lurks in the depths. Serina doesn’t believe she can do it alone, because she doesn’t have the power of a red-haired warrior.Will she be able to save her friends?Will the Kingdom of Coral Reef survive?You will love this YA fantasy because Trevor Darby creates a magical underwater world with heroic characters and real dangers.Get it now.

“A love letter to family relationships and Alaskan life, No Fences in Alaska is a gratifying young adult novel.” –Foreword Reviews"All told, readers will find No Fences in Alaska impossible to put down." –BlueInk Starred ReviewReaders' Favorite Gold Medal Award - Young Adult Social IssuesTheir worlds are about to come crashing down…At sixteen years old, Harper Lyon’s life is spinning out of control. She threatens her parents with suicide unless she can meet her drug-dealing boyfriend, a college student who doesn’t know she’s pregnant. Cooper Lyons, her estranged grandfather, lives in rural Alaska with only his dog and cat for company. He has just been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, and he doesn’t plan on letting the disease run its course. Harper needs to escape her parents and decide what to do about the baby. She and her grandpa are worlds apart, but they may be exactly what the other needs. When Harper calls her grandfather, he welcomes the opportunity to help her and redeem his previous failure with his daughter Heather, who died from a drug overdose years ago.Can they save each other?

Chace knows one thing……Raven is lost and he must save her.When Chace escaped the Magical Realm, Raven didn’t make it back with him. Now he must go back and save her or lose her forever. But, Chace knows he doesn’t have the strength to go back alone.What will Chace do to get enough power?Will his friends agree to help him in his quest?The Magical Realm is full of dangerous creatures and terrible monsters. Chace knows he is running out of time, and Raven’s life hangs in the balanceWill Chace save Raven?Will they get back in time to save the world?You will love this fantasy because Trevor Darby creates a magical world full of strong heroes facing real dangers.Get it now.

Could his first day get worse?Chace knows only one thing…Reputations are made or broken on the first day of middle school. When he starts seeing impossible things, Chace worries he’s going crazy—and that won’t help his reputation one bit.On his way home, things get worse…as the fantastic creature he thought was imaginary, tries to kill him.Who keeps ordinary mortals safe?Will Chace find out in time?If you like fantasy heroes, fantastic creatures, and magic, then you’ll love this adventure.Get it now.

“No matter how hard it gets, there’s always a version of you who can fight a little longer.”Laney’s world collapsed when she caught her dad cheating. He begged her not to tell, but she did. Her family fell apart and regret consumes her, especially when she learns every decision she makes spawns a new universe for the opposite choice.If only she could skip sideways to the Laney who didn’t tell.But her only escape is through her imagination, until a news story blurs the lines between worlds. Two girls were murdered at the same time and same place as her father’s adulterous act. Strange events lead Laney to believe their bones are connected to her and the sister she always wanted.Laney now has another decision to make. Some Laneys say yes, while others say no; some live and some die.And some skip between worlds.

Chace and his MYTH Squad are outmatched……and the Human Realm is in danger.When several ancient artifacts go missing and Chace and the MYTH Squad realize they face a new threat. When Chace rescued Raven from the Magical Realm, something followed them back into the Human Realm. The entire world is in danger and Chace and his MYTH Squad are the only ones who can save it.Will Chace be outmatched?Will the MYTH Squad be able to defeat this new threat?Chace and his team race to save the world against a new threat. Time grows short and the entire world hangs in the balance.Will Chace save the world?Will the MYTH Squad be up to the challenge?

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their names When we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are.In this entertaining book, bestselling author Nathan Rose lays out the origins of over 50 standard chess openings and their names. The tales are often deeply connected to the lives of the leading chess grandmasters, the historical events taking place at the time, and the critical chess world championship contests. All these stories are collected together in this, the first book dedicated to uncovering them.The names of the chess openings tell the history of chess.You will meet larger than life characters such as Bobby Fischer, Aron Nimzowitsch, Alexander Alekhine, Frank Marshall, Siegbert Tarrasch, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Paul Morphy. Some of these men won their fame in the chess world championship, while some gained wider renown for reasons other than their ability to play chess. You will be agog at Paul Morphy's stunning conquest of Europe and subsequent disappearance, the outrageous antics of Aron Nimzowitsch upon losing a game, and the eccentric names Alexander Alekhine gave his cats.You will also travel through the places and events that defined chess in the early years. As David Shenk showed in "The Immortal Game", the history of chess has often mirrored the history of society. There's the 1972 world chess championship that pitted the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky against America's irascible Bobby Fischer in the "Match of the Century". The 1939 chess olympiad in Argentina which coincided with the outbreak of World War II. The unveiling of the "Mechanical Turk" chess-playing contraption in 18th-century Vienna. And let's not forget the triumph of Deep Blue over Garry Kasparov.Over 50 standard chess openings and variations.The People:Ruy LopezPhilidor DefenseEvans GambitPetrov's DefenseSchliemann-Jaenisch GambitFalkbeer CountergambitStaunton GambitAnderssen's OpeningMorphy's DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseBird's OpeningWinawer VariationAlbin CountergambitSteinitz VariationChigorin DefenseAlapin's OpeningMaroczy BindTarrasch DefenseMarshall DefenseRubinstein VariationAlekhine's DefenseGrunfeld DefenseReti OpeningNimzowitsch DefenseNajdorf VariationPirc DefenseTorre AttackGrob's AttackLarsen's OpeningBenko GambitFischer DefenseThe Places:English OpeningScotch OpeningFrench DefenseDutch DefenseDanish GambitIndian DefenseScandinavian DefenseSicilian DefenseCatalan OpeningBaltic OpeningSlav DefenseLondon SystemParis OpeningBerlin DefenseVienna GameBudapest GambitLeningrad VariationScheveningen VariationThe Stories:Dragon VariationGiuoco PianoBenoni DefenseGrand Prix AttackOrangutan OpeningFried Liver AttackImpress your friends with superior opening knowledge - without the tedious study! Knowing the history of chess will prove your cleverness even more effectively than winning over the board. Once you have read this book, you can speak of your temptation to play the Sicilian Defense, but instead play Alekhine's Defense. Then, you can explain the origins of the names to your opponent. Even if you lose the game, your opponent will still be impressed!Enjoy this capitvating romp through the names of the first few moves.This book is brisk, enjoyable addition to any chess player's library. Prepare to be surprised, amazed, amused and informed.

For eighty million years, the Tourists have taken Snapshots of Earth, creating living replicas of continents. Life in the Snapshots quickly diverges from the real world, creating a universe where humans and animals from Earth's history fly between Snapshots, exploring, fighting, and sometimes meeting their alternate history selves. In 2014, the Tourists create a Snapshot of North America in a snow-globe shaped artificial universe, linked like pearls on a necklace to other copied times and places. In that timeline, Simon Royale—a.k.a. Simon-2014— is a legendary best-selling author. When he was only seven-years-old, his sister mysteriously vanished. Simon-14’s writing—and the power in it—is born from his obsession with discovering what happened to her. But now, cut off from the life he’d known, he may never find out.US-53 isn’t really the past. Thanks to the Tourists, it’s a mutant off-shoot, the 1950s grown up and sneaky, with sharp elbows. In this version of the timeline, Simon Royale—a.k.a. Simon-53—is just an aspiring author with a trunk full of unpublished novels. Then the two worlds connect. For an ambitious publishing company, it looks like a golden opportunity for Simon-53 to leverage Simon-2014’s fame.Can the clashing versions of Simon Royale coexist in the unnaturally linked timelines? Simon-2014’s legal battle over the right to his own work and identity are the least of his worries. In the 1953 timeline, his sister is still alive. What made her disappear in one reality but survive in the other? Is something dangerous hidden in his memories or his first novel? As Simon inches closer to the truth, one thing is clear: it’s a secret someone is willing to kill to keep.

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their names When we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on. But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are.In this entertaining book, bestselling author Nathan Rose lays out the origins of over 50 standard chess openings and their names. The tales are often deeply connected to the lives of the leading chess grandmasters, the historical events taking place at the time, and the critical chess world championship contests. All these stories are collected together in this, the first book dedicated to uncovering them.The names of the chess openings tell the history of chess.You will meet larger than life characters such as Bobby Fischer, Aron Nimzowitsch, Alexander Alekhine, Frank Marshall, Siegbert Tarrasch, Wilhelm Steinitz, and Paul Morphy. Some of these men won their fame in the chess world championship, while some gained wider renown for reasons other than their ability to play chess. You will be agog at Paul Morphy's stunning conquest of Europe and subsequent disappearance, the outrageous antics of Aron Nimzowitsch upon losing a game, and the eccentric names Alexander Alekhine gave his cats.You will also travel through the places and events that defined chess in the early years. As David Shenk showed in "The Immortal Game", the history of chess has often mirrored the history of society. There's the 1972 world chess championship that pitted the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky against America's irascible Bobby Fischer in the "Match of the Century". The 1939 chess olympiad in Argentina which coincided with the outbreak of World War II. The unveiling of the "Mechanical Turk" chess-playing contraption in 18th-century Vienna. And let's not forget the triumph of Deep Blue over Garry Kasparov.Over 50 standard chess openings and variations.The People:Ruy LopezPhilidor DefenseEvans GambitPetrov's DefenseSchliemann-Jaenisch GambitFalkbeer CountergambitStaunton GambitAnderssen's OpeningMorphy's DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseBird's OpeningWinawer VariationAlbin CountergambitSteinitz VariationChigorin DefenseAlapin's OpeningMaroczy BindTarrasch DefenseMarshall DefenseRubinstein VariationAlekhine's DefenseGrunfeld DefenseReti OpeningNimzowitsch DefenseNajdorf VariationPirc DefenseTorre AttackGrob's AttackLarsen's OpeningBenko GambitFischer DefenseThe Places:English OpeningScotch OpeningFrench DefenseDutch DefenseDanish GambitIndian DefenseScandinavian DefenseSicilian DefenseCatalan OpeningBaltic OpeningSlav DefenseLondon SystemParis OpeningBerlin DefenseVienna GameBudapest GambitLeningrad VariationScheveningen VariationThe Stories:Dragon VariationGiuoco PianoBenoni DefenseGrand Prix AttackOrangutan OpeningFried Liver AttackImpress your friends with superior opening knowledge - without the tedious study! Knowing the history of chess will prove your cleverness even more effectively than winning over the board. Once you have read this book, you can speak of your temptation to play the Sicilian Defense, but instead play Alekhine's Defense. Then, you can explain the origins of the names to your opponent. Even if you lose the game, your opponent will still be impressed!Enjoy this capitvating romp through the names of the first few moves.This book is brisk, enjoyable addition to any chess player's library. Prepare to be surprised, amazed, amused and informed.

A Snapshot Jungle Adventure? Strange new people and animals keep appearing in an alternate history or alternate reality Africa otherwise isolated from the rest of the world for millions of years. In that strange version of Africa, oddly familiar events keep happening.•An out of place passenger liner is torpedoed by German submarines.•A castaway boy is raised by man-like apes.•Brutal slave-raiders sweep in to destroy peaceful communities.•A damsel finds herself in a lot of distress.•Men talk with elephants.•Men and ape-man fight to the death.Sounds like that has all been done before a time or two, right?Jace of the Jungle delivers an homage to the pulp era Jungle Adventure story with a New Pulp novella just as action-packed as the old pulp adventures, but perhaps a little darker and with a 21st century perspective.

Finn knows one thing……trying to be popular can be scary.What will he do when he meets an ogre?At school, Finn is a typical nerd. He wears glasses, loves fantasy games, and excels at science. But he has one flaw, a selfish streak that sometimes gets him in trouble. Trying to be cool has its price, especially if you make fun of your best friend, Audie, to try to impress the jocks.She is mad and hurt.Audie thought they were BFFs.But friends don’t do that.In a world of magic, elves, dwarfs, and fantastic creatures, a struggle rages on. When Finn and Audie, who is still mad at him, find themselves thrust into this alternate reality, they are unprepared for what comes next.Who will help them?What is the secret to the world of Nesteryia?You’ll love this YA fantasy, because Trevor Darby creates a magical world with wonderful characters and real dangers.Get it now.