The Stone Walkers

"The only things set in stone are us." This becomes the mindset of the children of Lometa, a small, isolated Hill Country town in Texas, so small the that its high school plays six-man football. One chilly winter night, during a game with cross county rival Jonesboro High, an unimaginable horror occurs. Everyone over the age of sixteen is transformed into statues of black glass-like stone and all power sources around them are drained. Margaret Jackson, a high school freshman finds herself in a seemingly hopeless realm of dystopia. She and her fellow students must learn to continue on, lacking even the basic necessities of modern life - no electricity, no internet, no phones, no working vehicles, no access to the outside world (if it's even out there). As some grow older they soon realize that their lives have a deadline and they too will join their parents as glass shadows devoid of life. Determined to survive they make a pact, those who are about to reach the age of Turning must Walk to find help before they Turn. They must become the Stone Walkers. But they soon find that the Stones themselves may be their greatest threat.

"Shocking, appalling, yet moving." -Mary .A. Turzillo, Nebula and Elgin winner and Bram Stoker Award nominee.

"Cowen's talent for details and character development are outstanding." -Marge Simon, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner