"A bright, original voice in young adult fiction." - Walter Jon Williams, Nebula winning author of Hardwired and This is Not a Game.
On the frontier moon of Travbon, sixteen-year old Eleanor Weber stumbles into a decades-old government conspiracy and is forced to run to survive. Guardsman Adam Cole is sent to retrieve her, but the strangeness of his orders impels him to investigate further. Adam and Eleanor must join forces and race to expose a secret hidden for two generations and prevent impending genocide.
Foreword Magazine says:
A believably crafted alternate world populated by dramatic and refreshing characters brings intensity to this sci-fi journey.
An epic power struggle between humanity and an alien species sits at the heart of Corie J. Weaver's Mirror of Stone. Set in a vividly imagined and credible alternate world and populated by a refreshingly diverse set of characters, this fun, escapist read will appeal to readers beyond the target YA audience.
Sixteen-year-old Eleanor reads a prospector's journal while she is cleaning up his belongings. The journal foreshadows an alien conflict; she dismisses it as the ravings of a madman. But before long, family tragedy and a mysterious video launch Eleanor on a journey that puts her at the heart of the struggle between her people and an alien race that holds its own claim to the frontier moon of Travbon. A second main character, Adam, is a government "Guardsman" who is charged with her capture. Weaver skillfully uses the thoughts, actions, and feelings of both characters to narrate events.
Respect for the lives and cultures of others are themes that resonate throughout Mirror of Stone. The stories of Eleanor, Adam, and the cast of diverse and well-developed minor characters all converge in a clash between the power of a corrupt government and the basic rights of all living creatures. The government-deception angle will please readers of dystopian literature. Despite casualties, the ending satisfies, and a surprise twist seems to leave the door open for a sequel.
