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Drawings a bit like ancient paintings on rocks are seen on black background beyond white letters of the title. In the lower left corner there are images of yellow flames.
Language
Latvian
Title in English
The black stone
Author
Aivars Kļavis
Illustrator
Emīls Mozga
Illustrations
Black and white
Place of publication
Riga
Country
Latvia
Publisher
Zvaigzne ABC
Series
Trilogy "The road to the unknown land"
Year of publication
2018
Pages
p. 288
Size
13 x 20 cm
ISBN
978-9934-0-7276-5
Category
Novels

The book “The Black Stone” is the first part in young adults trilogy “The Road to the Unknown Land”. It tells about how the ancestors of Baltic nations arrived to live on the shores of the Baltic sea – an epoch so ancient that even the history books keep mostly silent on it. The writer has, however, looked upon this time period as surprising, mystical and adventurous; his imagination was inspired by the fact that since the average longevity of people were short in comparison with current age, very young people must have played important role then. The story takes place simultaneously several thousand years ago in the tribal culture where a young boy is trusted with the task to lead his tribe to a better living spot, and nowadays when a teenage boy accidentally finds a black stone with mysterious ancient inscriptions and decides to find out what they mean.

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