{"product_id":"the-stone-lion-susan-trott-9781996893227","title":"The Stone Lion","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat rose beside the Nile would become legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut before there were pharaohs, before pyramids, before the first kingdoms carved their names into stone, there was only the river... and the strangers who emerged from the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor thousands of years, the Zydeans survived hidden beneath the Antarctic ice aboard the ancient Arkship Arvidan, watching Earth slowly heal from the grip of the last great glaciation. When the warming world finally calls them outward, thirty-two expeditions are sent across the planet to search for places where civilization might begin again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first expedition crossed the lands that would one day become South and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of the second expedition, sent to the vast green heart of ancient Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaelor's people arrive in a world of rivers, grasslands, mountains, and endless life-a prehistoric Nile Valley where humanity is still young, scattered, and deeply connected to the rhythms of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as cautious first contact soon becomes something far more dangerous... and far more beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs bonds form between the two peoples, old fears collide with impossible new futures. Hidden in the shadow of the Atlas Mountains, while a colossal lion monument slowly rises above the fertile valley below, both civilizations must confront a question neither world was prepared to answer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when survival is no longer enough?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Stone Lion is a sweeping prehistoric science-fiction epic about memory, belonging, and the birth of civilization itself-the third volume in The Arvidan Chronicles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Trott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 199689322X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781996893227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tagger Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Susan Trott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173981004031,"sku":"9781996893227","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ef8f964-6b62-47a3-9fd0-18af8e5271d5.jpg?v=1788957252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stone-lion-susan-trott-9781996893227","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}