Rista's Tale is the story of a young woman who changes the future of her world through love, determination and courage. Scarjheen is the first of three parts. Human Beings have colonized a new world and upset the delicate balance between the planet and the indigenous First Ones, thus bringing about the plague Scarjheen that threatens to destroy all life. When Rista finds a crystal staff washed ashore on the beach near her crystal mining mountain, she is thrust into an adventure that promises to stop the plague and change her and those she loves--forever. Rista's Tale does not contain sex or...

Rista takes her people to a new life in the Woodlands after their crystal mining mountain falls in the Cleansing. When she remembers she must have the last Stone Seed to bring about the Harvest of the First Ones and restore the balance of the world before it's too late, she embarks on a voyage to another continent in search of it. There, a chance encounter with another of the Chosen Ones takes her on an adventure that has them both wondering about curious events the Keepers of the Stone Seeds never mentioned. Rista's Tale is the story of a young woman who changes the future of her world...

Trufanion Loudermoss and his sister Katryanna travel to Port Al Kab on the hope of purchasing the Inn of Glad Tidings, but find themselves in the woods of the Eretreyians instead. There they hear of a legend revered by the outcasts who live in the shadow of the woods, of One who will bring healing, blessing and hope. But not all celebrate the coming of the Blessed as Trufanion soon discovers, even as he stumbles onto the mystery of his and Kat's childhood and uncovers his own destiny.