Creative Pursuits

It was an early morning the sun was just rising, you water was roaring just as loudly as ever. The smell of the water was intoxicating it just make everything smell so much more natural unlike the city. The crashing of the rushing water was so violent yet beautiful a site that people rarely take the time to enjoy. the warm sunlight just beginning to rise also added to the intoxicating view. laying in the grassy cliff tops preparing for the journey down this majestic river. It was exciting waiting and just a few more hours before it was light enough. Walking silently listening to the river and feeling the most warm air before the adventurous ride ahead.

Novel Synthesis

In "Stone of Tears" and The Inheritance Cycle(Eragon,Eldest,Brisingr) the main characters both share the same feelings of longing to go home and be with there family but they know they must do the right thing and become the hero they are meant to be. Both make foolhardy mistakes in a effort to save there loved ones and to try and do the right thing known as Wizard's second rule in "Stone of Tears". They both come to gain magic and powers they never imaged although Eragon has a dragon as a dragon rider Richard does befriend a dragon and ride on him. Both of them thought that there father was one person but realized later that it was another person. Eragon has his dragon rider sword which is imbued with magic and Richard's sword of truth is magic and has been used by man people and Eragon's first sword was to used by a few people. Both Richard and Eragon even had a love that they could not have although Richard has found a way to over come what stopped him Eragon can't because she just will not be with him. In the beginning there are both in the general same kind of area Eragon works on his "fathers" farm and Richard is a woods guide. When Eragon finds out he has found a dragon egg he is excited but soon after when the raz' zac attack and when his "father" gets killed he is angry and wants to kill them but know he can't and in his quest for vengeance he learns he has a greater calling and must master his magic and sword skills and become a greater dragon rider then Galbatorix and defeat him. Throughout this adventure he did not want to be a dragon rider and be this big hero but he knows he is the only one how can save them so he does what he does not want to do and becomes a dragon rider. Richard finds Kahlan in the woods where he lives and finds that she needs his help and he is only confused about why anyone would need a woods guide for help and throughout his growth and adventure he learns that he must become a hero and doesn't want to be more the a woods guide even after he accepts being the seeker he longs to go home to the woods.

Stone of Tears background research

Terry Goodkind the author of Stone of Tears was born in 1948 and he went through many jobs before he became a writer. When he was in high school he suffered from dyslexia and cause him a lot of frustration and later in college he dropped out. He spent his time after that working as a carpenter, a violin maker, and a restorer of rare and unique artifacts and soon after that he Begin writing his first novel "Wizard's First Rule". It was published in 1994 "Wizard's First Rule" sold for six times the recorded price previously paid for a first fantasy novel and it printed 60,000 copies rather then the usual 3,000 - 5,000 and it became an international bestseller. He continued to write the other 10 books in the series that did equally well, he also wrote one novella that follows the first wizard Zedd from the sword of truth series and it takes place years prior to the events in "Wizard's First Rule". And he is now working on a trilogy and the first book is to be released this September with the title "The Law of The Nine".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Goodkind

The Mortal Instruments (book)

This book has an amazing story line but what really makes it a book that just sucks you in is all the attention to detail and the true myths of the creatures in the shadows. Not only does it have the basic vampire and werewolf war they include faeries and greater demons and it goes through all the details that a lot of books miss or just don't mention like how faeries are the offspring of demons and angles. How a vampire becomes a vampire instead of dying after being drained of blood and the reality of werewolf's not having to transform every night and even during a full moon the transformation can be averted. Also along with all of this the descriptive writing style used helps to draw you into the world your reading about and it just makes the city of glass seem amazing. With all of that and an amazing story line why wouldn't you want to read the series.