Description
Book 1, Standing Stone, Permafree eBook
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Outcast with magic
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Unknown enemy
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Broken friendship
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Physical challenges
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Heroic Journey
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The Chosen One
The Sharded Boy
Magic calls. Danger answers.
The Story
The Standing Stone series is set in the magic Lands of An Faire and follows the adventures of Jahl Pratter and his two friends, Donya and Rouen, as he learns how to wield essence and fulfill the role his uncle, High Master Tran Donnel, trained him for. Fantasy, magic, light romance and adventure.
The Characters
Jahl Pratter: During his infancy, the Wielder Wane epidemic struck, killing much of the population of wielders in Chussan Faire. Upon his birth, the illness struck him, but his uncle, the last most powerful wielder in his family, halted the damage, and he was left with a painfully twisted leg.
Donya Marson: A local non-magical citizen of Chussan Faire. She is Rouen Marson's sister. Donya and Jahl start out as enemies in this series, but times change when help is limited.
Rouen Marson: Rouen was once Jahl's best friend. Trouble in his family business motivates him to seek Jahl's aid.
The World
Within the cities of An Faire along the An Mountain range, wielders practice magic using a tile of stone large enough for a person to stand on. The stone provides the essence necessary to support spells, which can be used for a variety of practical needs.
A plague occurred sixteen years ago and killed all but a few magic wielders in the town of Chussan Faire. No native wielders practice spells anymore as it is believed that will reignite the plague. The surviving half of the human population are non-magical and have adapted to the loss of practical magic. Businesses have filled the occupations left behind by the decimated wielder clans.
Wielders come of age at sixteen years old and may work as wielders, making their living from their magic. Each wielder must carry his own standing stone, either clan-owned or rented from the local mercantile.
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2 reviews for The Sharded Boy
Jahl Pratter wants to rise as a master wielder, but when power and plague go hand in hand, skill may not be enough. Start this epic fantasy of ambition, peril, and the cost of becoming more.
A simple job. A stolen stone. A magic once blamed for a deadly plague. Jahl’s first step into wielding greatness may be his last. Begin the fantasy series where power must be earned, and every mistake leaves a scar.
To master his magic, Jahl must risk the ruin it once caused. The path is treacherous, his secrets deadly—but the call of power is stronger still. Begin this fantasy of rising skill, shadowed danger, and hard-earned strength.
Becoming a wielder means more than power. For Jahl, it means risking his family, facing old betrayals, and confronting a darkness magic once unleashed. Start the epic journey of danger, discovery, and forging a path through fire.
They said magic died with the plague. Jahl knows better. One job launches him into a world of hidden power, broken trust, and sharpened skill. Begin the five-book fantasy adventure of what it truly takes to become a master.
Buy this first book in a series of adventures in magic, friendship, and finding one’s place in a dangerous world.
L. Darby Gibbs
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sharded Boy Delivers
The Sharded Boy delivers well developed characters and a plot good enough to keep the pages turning. Recommended. ~ Amazon Customer. December 17, 2025
L. Darby Gibbs
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Excellent and very well written
Definitely a good catch of a book if you’re into fantasy books. Definitely draws you in and makes you want to read more and more of it. I will forsure be getting all the other books. ~ David Truillo, Sept. 3, 2025. Apple review.