The Silence of Stone is the second book in The Kira Chronicles series, a high fantasy, richly imagined coming of age story, set in a beautifully crafted world of deep emerald forests and vast sweeping plains. How can fire quench fire?The Tremen are dying and Kira is in a deadly race against time to save them. Somewhere deep in the Warens’ labyrinth of underground tunnels, lies the answer to a riddle that can cure Shargh wounds.To find it, she must defeat the tunnels’ unmapped darkness and Kest, the blue-eyed, blond-haired Commander of the Protectors. As leader of the force Kasheron established to keep the Tremen safe, Kest is sworn to protect, and everything Kira does puts her at terrible risk.As she fights to heal, and he to protect, they join in an uneasy alliance to save the people they love. The stakes rise even further when Kira is made Tremen Leader. The Tremen are riven by division and she must stop them breaking apart. Desperate to find the cause of the Shargh attacks and end the Tremen’s suffering, she goes ever deeper into the Warens’ perilous darkness. Kest searches too, in the sunlit world above, and when he and his men make a gruesome discovery, he realizes what drives the Shargh’s murderous attacks. But then he makes a deadly mistake.As Kira learns more of her brutal lineage, she is confronted with the horrifying truth that to save her people, she must lose them forever. Can Kira preserve Kasheron’s legacy of peace and healing? Or will all he fought for be swept away by the violence he fled?If you love your female heroes feisty, your fantasy worlds with sun-dappled forests, quiet owl-filled nights, and just the right dash of romance, you will love The Silence of Stone, Book 2 of the six book The Kira Chronicles series.Buy The Silence of Stone today to enter the forest world of the Tremen and continue your amazing adventure with Kira as she fights to save her people.