Lyndsey Lewellen’s sequel explores themes of being a missionary while still feeling angry at the people God has called us to serve.
Lorehaven review, 2025

The Crier Stone

When the crier stone guiding her mission only shows her fragmented steps, Juniper will need more than the stone around her neck and a halfhearted promise to make it out alive.

Freshly freed from an earth-dwelling monster, Juniper Conway is stuck with a promise she never intended to make. But if rescuing Plex City from a deadly nano drug is what she vowed, it’s what she’ll do.

Miles of wasteland stretch between Juniper and the domed city. In the Texas Outer Grid, following a tribe of whalers seems to be her best bet at surviving the chaotic storms. But when the nomadic tribes prove just as dangerous as the Grid itself, Juniper realizes her streak of bad luck is far from over.

Only her shipping crew friends can help her through the waste and into the Plex. When the crier stone guiding her mission only shows her fragmented steps, Juniper will need more than the stone around her neck and a halfhearted promise to make it out alive.

Sequel to The Chaos Grid.

Review of The Crier Stone

· July 2025

Juniper Conway has survived the belly of the terra cetus monster. Now can she survive the broken Texas landscape to keep her promise to God and deliver the Crier Stone to Plex City? Lyndsey Lewellen’s dystopian The Crier Stone picks up immediately after the end of book 1, The Chaos Grid. Stakes only climb higher as this fast-paced sequel expands the world lore to create this deeper and more complex sequel. Lewellen introduces new characters who strengthen the story and challenge Juniper’s beliefs. The Crier Stone explores themes of being a missionary while still feeling angry at the people God has called us to serve.

Best for: Fans of post-apocalyptic dystopian tales with biblical allusions.

Discern: Drug abuse by villains, violence in combat settings and an arena game.

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