Doom Stone Book Novels & Stories

Alright, so the Doomstone books? I think you mean the series by the late author William King—'The Doomstones' for the Warhammer setting? Those old-school quest novels. The core group is basically a classic adventuring party. You've got Florin d'Artaud, the Bretonnian noble turned mercenary captain who leads the whole outfit. He's all charm and ambition, kind of the reckless heart of the group. Then there's Lorenzo, his Tilean companion. He's the brains and the cautious one, constantly trying to rein Florin in. They bicker like an old married couple, it's great.

Beyond them, you've got a rotating cast of soldiers from their mercenary band, the Bordermen. Jocelin the Leper is a standout—a knight with a terrifying condition that makes him both tragic and fiercely dangerous. Later books introduce more key figures like the wizard Katerina, who brings a lot of political and magical complications. The antagonists shift with each stone they hunt, but a constant thorn in their side is the sinister Skaven, the rat-men who also want the Doomstones for their own vile ends. The dynamic is less about a single villain and more about the party vs. the corrupting influence of the stones themselves.

I had trouble tracking down 'The Doom Stone' in audio form for a while. It's one of those older Paul Zindel books that never got a widespread modern audiobook release, I think. The only official version I'm aware of is on Audible, narrated by L.J. Ganser. I grabbed it there years ago and still have it in my library.

You might want to double-check with your local library's digital service like Libby or Hoopla; sometimes they have access to titles the big platforms don't. It's a solid listen, though the audio quality shows its age a bit compared to recent productions. Ganser does a good job capturing the frantic, creature-feature vibe of the story.

I think I've seen this come up before in some fantasy circles. 'Doom Stone' sounds like it could be either, honestly, and there's maybe some confusion with similarly named books. The one I'm thinking of is by Paul Zindel, and that's definitely a standalone teen horror-thriller from the late 90s. It's about this big monster thing in a canyon, very much a single, self-contained creature feature kind of story. I read it years ago after 'The Pigman' and remember it being a quick, spooky read but not part of anything bigger. The ending wraps it all up, no sequel hooks or anything.

Sometimes a title like that gets mixed up with other series that have 'Stone' in the name, like 'The Seeing Stone' or something from a fantasy saga. But for Zindel's book, you can just pick it up without worrying about a reading order or missing context. It's just that one book, a relic of its time in the best way.