CSFF August Blog Tour ~ A Cast of Stone/A Hero's Lot Day 2

A Cast of Stones and The Hero's Lot
The Staff and The Sword Books 1 and 2
By Patrick W. Carr

I was struck by the lust of power that drives the story.  The old statement power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely (and great men are almost always bad men.) seems to hold true for many of the characters.  But the question is why does the quest for power corrupt?  Is it truly this desire that corrupts the heart or was the heart corrupt all along and the the position of power just gave it the freedom to show its true self?

When we go to the Bible we see that we are all driven by our hearts.  What is in them will eventually come out for all to see.

Luke 6:45 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the

evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Matthew 12:34 - O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

But we don't need to stay in our corruptible state because

1 Peter 1:23 - Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

We like Errol can be remade.  We can turn from the desire for power and instead turn to the true power God or as He is referred to in this series Deas.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for the final day of the CSFF Cast of Stones August Blog Tour.

I was provided a copy of A Cast of Stones and The Hero's Lot in exchange for my honest review and for this blog tour.

* All Biblical references are taken from the KJV.

Get a free eBook of A Cast of Stones here until August 31st!

Be sure to check out all the tour participants who will be posting throughout the 3 day (Aug 26-28) CSFF Blog Tour!

Julie Bihn   Jennifer Bogart   Keanan Brand   Beckie Burnham 

Jeff Chapman   Laure Covert   Pauline Creeden   Emma or Audrey Engel 

April Erwin   Nikole Hahn   Jason Joyner   Carol Keen 

Krystine Kercher   Shannon McDermott   Meagan @ Blooming with Books 

Rebecca LuElla Miller   Writer Rani   Nathan Reimer   Chawna Schroeder 

Jojo Sutis   Steve Trower   Phyllis Wheeler   Rachel Wyant

You can buy the first 2 books of The Staff and The Sword series at the following 

A Cast of Stones    The Hero’s Lot 

Be sure to check-out author Patrick Carr's Website 

Upcoming Virtual Blog Tour with Kindle Fire Giveaway!

Join Blooming with Books on Wednesday November 14th as we take a look at

Fast Food Vindication by Lisa Tillinger Johansen.

There will be an opportunity to win a Kindle Fire!

Mother of Pearl Blog Tour

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to make a stop here tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the day...

Join Blooming with Books August 20 - 22 for the Eye of the Sword CSFF Blog Tour.
 

Contributing sites to visit are:

Julie Bihn Thomas Fletcher Booher Keanan Brand Beckie Burnham Jackie Castle Brenda Castro Jeff Chapman Christine Theresa Dunlap Cynthia Dyer Victor Gentile Ryan Heart Janeen Ippolito Jason JoynerCarol Keen Emileigh Latham Rebekah Loper Shannon McDermott Karen McSpadden Meagan @ Blooming with Books Rebecca LuElla Miller Anna Mittower Mirriam Neal Nissa Faye Oygard Nathan Reimer Chawna Schroeder Kathleen Smith Donna Swanson Jessica Thomas Steve Trower Shane Werlinger  Phyllis Wheeler 

Upcoming Virtual Book Tours on April 1st, 11th, 16th, 24th and 27th

Join Blooming with Books as we host Shayla Witherwood and author Tamra Torero on April 1st, As One Devil to Another by author Richard Platt on April 11th, At Seasons End and author Erik Hendershot on April 16th, Treasures of Healthy Living by authors Annette Reeder & Dr Richard Couey on March 24th, and What Would the Founding Father's Think and author David Bowman on March 27th.  Four of the titles will be available for giveaways and we will have an interview with 3 of the authors.   April is full of fun not to be missed mark your calendars and be sure to join us!

 

  

 

 

Join Blooming with Books on May 6th as we host

The Shapeshifter’s Secret and interview debut author Heather Ostler.

Join Blooming with Books on April 27th for the 

What Would the Founding Father's Think Virtual Book Tour.

We will interview author David Bowman and have an eBook giveaway.  

All comments posted between April 27th - May 3rd will be entered in the giveaway! 

Join Blooming with Books on April 16th as we host At Season's End and interview author Erik Hendershot.

Comments posted April 16th through April 22nd will be entered into the eBook giveaway!

Join Blooming with Books on April 1st as we host

author Tamra Torero and Shayla Witherwood: a half-faerie tale

We will have an author interview with Tamra Torero and an eBook giveaway.

All comments posted between April 1st - April 6th will be entered into the giveaway!

So mark your calendars this is no April Fool's Day joke!

Emerald City Virtual Tour starts March 1st!

One city of 600,000 people.

One broken girl.

One mysterious boy.

One fateful night,

Two worlds collide.

The Emerald City  tour officially starts on March 1st and goes until March 31st with a stop at Blooming with Books on Friday March 16, 2012

For the full tour schedule visit  Emerald City Blog Calendar

Want to learn more while you wait visit 

Alicia K Leppert's Website or  Emerald City Facebook page

Candlewax Q & A with C. Bailey Sims

Join us on March 15th for a Q&A session with author C. Bailey Sims

C. Bailey Sims will provide us with some unique insights to her award winning Candlewax!

Crater Lake Virtual Tour begins Tomorrow!

Crater Lake: Battle for Wizard Island  Virtual Tour starts tomorrow.  

Be sure to come back on February 16th as Steve Westover stops by for an interviewand we review his soon to be released book Crater Lake.  All comments posted between February 16th - 23rd will be entered into the eBook giveaway!

Visit http://www.cedarfortbooks.com/blog-tour-crater-lake/ for the complete tour schedule!

The Last Plea Bargain Virtual Tour

Join Blooming with Books on Tuesday March 20th as we host Randy Singer's newest legal thriller The Last Plea Bargain.  Loosely based on a real case, Randy captures your attention and holds it until the very end.  With twists and turns that bring the wheels of justice to a screeching halt  Jaime Brock must make a choice - a choice that could change her forever. 

Be sure to join us on March 20th for a chance to win a copy of The Last Plea Bargain. More details to come!

Cobble Cavern Virtual Tour

Join Blooming with Books as we host Cobble Cavern & Erik Olsen onSaturday March 24th as one stop along the Virtual Book Tour!

We will be interviewing author Erik Olsen and reviewing this title.  As an added bonus Cedar Fort has provided 1 (one) eBook for one lucky poster. Open worldwide, to be eligible your comments must be posted between March 24th - March 30th.

Virtual Book Tour - Caller ID

Mark your calendars!  On March 3rd 

Blooming with Books is the launch site for the Caller ID Virtual Tour.

Join us as we review Caller ID

& interview the talented author behind this thriller  

~ Rachelle J. Christensen ~

Virtual Book Tour - Emerald City

Join Blooming with Books as we host Emerald City & Alicia Kleppert on Friday March 16th as a stop along the Virtual Book Tour!

Be sure to post a comment to be entered in the eBook Giveaway. Comments posted from March 16th - 22nd will be eligible for the giveaway!

Persuasion: A Latter-day Tale

Join Blooming with Books as we host 

Persuasion: A Latter-day Tale & Rebecca H. Jamison on Sunday February 12th as a stop along the Virtual Book Tour!

Be sure to post a comment to be entered in the Digital Book Giveaway.

Comments posted from February 12th - 19th will be eligible for the giveaway!

Candlewax

Join Blooming with Books as we host Candlewax and author C. Bailey Sims on March 10, 2012.

Learn more about the award winning title before it hits store shelves on April 3, 2012. Candlewax won Connecticut's Tassy Walden New Voices in Children's Literature Award, Young Adult category.

Be in the know as Blooming with Books reviews Candlewax and interviews its talented author C. Bailey Sims.

Tell your friends and spread the word the Kingdom of Lackanay depends on you!

Time Gangsters Virtual Tour Begins

TIME GANGSTER Virtual Tour begins today!

Follow the following link to check out all the stops along the Tour!

http://www.cedarfortbooks.com/blog-tour-time-gangsters/

Tour runs from January 8 - 21 with a stop @ Blooming for Books on January 19th!

Want to learn more about author Berin Stephens check out his Website and blog 

Join the fun!

Crater Lake Virtual Tour Coming

Join Blooming with Books as we host Crater Lake & Steve Westover on Thursday February 16th as a stop along the Virtual Book Tour! Be sure to post a comment to be entered in theeBook Giveaway. Comments posted from February 16th - 23rd will be eligible for the giveaway!