Ocellus The Story of the Twelfth Stone

Ocellus: The Story of the Twelfth Stone, is the first book in the Ocellus series and is an epic fantasy-adventure for age 10 upward. Shy, grieving 11-year-old Joshua discovers a glassy-black oval stone in a rock pool. Engraved on one face is a human eye, and Joshua senses the eye staring at him. The stone is so compelling, he decides to keep it.Soon after, a friendly shapeshifter in human form (Cassièl) confronts him, saying he has searched for the eye-stone (Ocellus) for trillions of years. He reveals that Ocellus, together with twelve other stones, is the source of all energy, matter, and life, but trillions of years ago vicious shapeshifters (the KimMorii) stole the thirteen stones and hid them across various universes.Joshua naturally finds Cassièl's story too fantastic, so to prove he is speaking the truth, Cassièl takes Joshua and his step-sister Alessa, along with the stone, to his own universe where they become close friends with other children brought there from different universes. Together they undertake a series of ever more hazardous missions to help retrieve the stones. Meanwhile, the cruel KimMorii have kidnapped Joshua and Alessa's mother and incarcerated her on an infamous prison planet. Now unable to return to Earth, Joshua discovers some information about Ocellus that calls into question everything Cassièl has told him.Can Joshua establish the truth about the thirteen stones? Can he help defeat the evil KimMorii and bring peace to the universes, and can he ever find his way back to Earth?Immense in scope and deep in emotion, the story of Ocellus will live in the memory.