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The Runestone Saga #3
Possession
RUNE MAGIC, TIME travel, transformation: Sky’s grandfather opened up a world of limitless possibility . . . then asked the impossible. He asked Sky to kill a man.
Sky and Kristin know they have to stop Sigurd. But how, when he can possess any person, any beast, at will? Once more, the answer is to be found back along the bloodlines. The secret of possession lies in Meg, an accused witch, and in Matthew, the Witchfinder determined to capture her. But the price for knowing what Sigurd knows is steep—to defeat their grandfather, will they have to become exactly like him?
In this thrilling conclusion to the Runestone Saga, the final choice between everlasting life and the necessity of death will be made at one of the great turning points in history—a battle, quite literally, for all time. And the outcome rests precariously on one final cast of the runes. . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
Sky and Kristin know they have to stop Sigurd. But how, when he can possess any person, any beast, at will? Once more, the answer is to be found back along the bloodlines. The secret of possession lies in Meg, an accused witch, and in Matthew, the Witchfinder determined to capture her. But the price for knowing what Sigurd knows is steep—to defeat their grandfather, will they have to become exactly like him?
In this thrilling conclusion to the Runestone Saga, the final choice between everlasting life and the necessity of death will be made at one of the great turning points in history—a battle, quite literally, for all time. And the outcome rests precariously on one final cast of the runes. . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
384 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
C.C. Humphreys
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Chris (C.C.) Humphreys was born in Toronto, lived till he was seven in Los Angeles, then grew up in the UK. All four grandparents were actors, and since his father was an actor as well, it was inevitable he would follow the bloodline.
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, waltzed in London’s West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina, and is a dead immortal in Highlander. He has written eleven adult novels including The French Executioner, runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; Chasing the Wind; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad – The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon and Shakespeare’s Rebel – which he adapted into a play and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. His epic fantasy series the Immortals’ Blood Trilogy, beginning with Smoke in the Glass' has just been published by Gollancz. He also published his other fantasy series, The Tapestry Trilogy, beginning in August 2020 with ‘The Hunt of the Unicorn’. His foray into modern crime, 'One London Day' was published in 2021. Hie new novel, the World War Two epic romance, 'Someday I'll Find You' is published by Doubleday in Canada on June 6, 2023.
Several of his novels are available as Audiobooks - read by himself! Find him here:
https://www.authorchrishumphreys.com/...
He is translated into thirteen languages. In 2015 he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia.
Check out his website: http://authorchrishumphreys.com
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys was born in Toronto, lived till he was seven in Los Angeles, then grew up in the UK. All four grandparents were actors, and since his father was an actor as well, it was inevitable he would follow the bloodline.
Chris (C.C.) Humphreys has played Hamlet in Calgary, a gladiator in Tunisia, waltzed in London’s West End, conned the landlord of the Rovers Return in Coronation Street, commanded a starfleet in Andromeda, voiced Salem the cat in the original Sabrina, and is a dead immortal in Highlander. He has written eleven adult novels including The French Executioner, runner-up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers; Chasing the Wind; The Jack Absolute Trilogy; Vlad – The Last Confession; A Place Called Armageddon and Shakespeare’s Rebel – which he adapted into a play and which premiered at Bard on the Beach, Vancouver, in 2015. Plague won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada in 2015. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. His epic fantasy series the Immortals’ Blood Trilogy, beginning with Smoke in the Glass' has just been published by Gollancz. He also published his other fantasy series, The Tapestry Trilogy, beginning in August 2020 with ‘The Hunt of the Unicorn’. His foray into modern crime, 'One London Day' was published in 2021. Hie new novel, the World War Two epic romance, 'Someday I'll Find You' is published by Doubleday in Canada on June 6, 2023.
Several of his novels are available as Audiobooks - read by himself! Find him here:
https://www.authorchrishumphreys.com/...
He is translated into thirteen languages. In 2015 he earned his Masters in Fine Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of British Columbia.
Check out his website: http://authorchrishumphreys.com
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February 17, 2022
One star extra for me finally finishing the series and actually not hating it. Though it wouldn't really be a series I would recommend to anyone. It's really a three star. It's a fine book, it's a fine series. It just isn't for me.
April 29, 2016
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The title of my book is Possession by Chris Humphreys. The book was published in August 12th, 2008. This is the Third book in the series of the Runestone Saga. Kristian and Sky want to beat Sigurd which is their evil Grandfather, but the only way they can defeat him is if they travel back in time. They also have to learn the secret of the possession. They travel back to the seventieth century to England where the meet up with Meg a “witch”. She teaches them more about the possession and its history. They have to fight the Grandfather in the past as well as the present.
The authors writing style is upbeat and has a good tone. The word play is also pretty well done I feel like he tried to make the fights a little too much. The plot is based on the present and the past. In the present it’s around a college campus and sometimes a forest. In the past the plot is in England in the 17th century so, you can imagine what that’s like. The characters in the book are very well done. You can feel the emotions of the characters throughout the book. I like how he described Sky and what he was feeling in the book. Also the evil characters are great! You can tell they are up to no good from the start, they just give off an evil vibe. Some other stuff I appreciated about this book was how he set up the scenes. I feel like this book would have been better if I read the first two because I was very confused and it took me almost the full book to get somewhat of an understanding of what was going on and who the characters were.
All in all this book was a pretty good book, but then again it’s really tricky you can’t skip a page to understand this. At the start I dreaded this book but getting towards the end I started to like it, at the start of the book the first page confused me a lot, I had zero idea of what was even going on in it but as I continued to read it, it started to make more sense. Depending on how much you like reading and how much attention you give the book will affect if you are feeling the book or not. I recommend this book to people who love to read and that can stick with a series. I also would advise the reader to be an older high school more of a junior/senior novel because they just will have better patience then younger people. This book takes a lot of patience and you have to give it time to start up, well at least for me. Overall I give this book a 7/10.
The title of my book is Possession by Chris Humphreys. The book was published in August 12th, 2008. This is the Third book in the series of the Runestone Saga. Kristian and Sky want to beat Sigurd which is their evil Grandfather, but the only way they can defeat him is if they travel back in time. They also have to learn the secret of the possession. They travel back to the seventieth century to England where the meet up with Meg a “witch”. She teaches them more about the possession and its history. They have to fight the Grandfather in the past as well as the present.
The authors writing style is upbeat and has a good tone. The word play is also pretty well done I feel like he tried to make the fights a little too much. The plot is based on the present and the past. In the present it’s around a college campus and sometimes a forest. In the past the plot is in England in the 17th century so, you can imagine what that’s like. The characters in the book are very well done. You can feel the emotions of the characters throughout the book. I like how he described Sky and what he was feeling in the book. Also the evil characters are great! You can tell they are up to no good from the start, they just give off an evil vibe. Some other stuff I appreciated about this book was how he set up the scenes. I feel like this book would have been better if I read the first two because I was very confused and it took me almost the full book to get somewhat of an understanding of what was going on and who the characters were.
All in all this book was a pretty good book, but then again it’s really tricky you can’t skip a page to understand this. At the start I dreaded this book but getting towards the end I started to like it, at the start of the book the first page confused me a lot, I had zero idea of what was even going on in it but as I continued to read it, it started to make more sense. Depending on how much you like reading and how much attention you give the book will affect if you are feeling the book or not. I recommend this book to people who love to read and that can stick with a series. I also would advise the reader to be an older high school more of a junior/senior novel because they just will have better patience then younger people. This book takes a lot of patience and you have to give it time to start up, well at least for me. Overall I give this book a 7/10.
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April 2, 2013With his final young adult novel in The Runestone Saga, Chris Humphreys builds upon an already engaging story and provides his readers with a highly satisfying conclusion. Possession picks up where Humphreys’ last novel, Vendetta, left off. Having freed his beloved cousin Kristin from the clutches of their diabolical grandfather Sigurd, Sky seeks to thwart Sigurd’s plans for everlasting life. If Sky and Kristin want to beat Sigurd, they must learn the secret of possession by travelling back to the past through ancestral bloodlines. Sky and Kristin travel back to midseventeenth century England to learn more about possession from Meg, an accused witch, and Matthew the Witchfinder who is determined to capture and punish her for heresy. Upon learning the secret of possession, Sky must face his grandfather in the present and in the past to put an end to his quest for power. This exciting novel is made up of an excellent blend of historical fact and fiction that captures the reader’s attention from the very first page. The characters are well-developed and they mature before the reader’s eyes as the story progresses. Humphreys has created a story that will appeal to both boys and girls alike. The themes of history, adventure, magic, time travel and family make the novel accessible to a wide audience. Though this novel can be read on its own, I highly recommend reading the first two books in the series – The Fetch and Vendetta – to fully experience what Chris Humphreys has to offer young adults.
Reviewed by Trevor Froates in Canadian Children's Book News
Fall 2008 VOL.31 NO.4
Reviewed by Trevor Froates in Canadian Children's Book News
Fall 2008 VOL.31 NO.4
May 19, 2016
Sky has two choices… to save the world or have seductive powers. Both Sky and Kristin (Sky’s cousin), have to practice getting their time traveling powers back and better than ever. To save the world, they have to use their time traveling powers to fight Sigurd, their cruel grandfather. Sigurd plans on taking away both Sky’s and Kristin’s powers and end the world. Kristin and Sky have to possess their ancestor’s bodies to gain strength and power. Will they succeed?
Some strengths in this book were how the author portrays the characters in the book and how the book makes you wonder, what if you were in that situation. Some weaknesses that are in the book are that the two rune readers were family, but they acted and treated each other like enemies. Also, the author was not very descriptive with the setting or the character traits in this book. It was hard to get a good image on how the place they battled and how characters looked like.
My overall rating of this book was that I didn’t like it. It was complicated and the symbols they have are really hard to understand even though the meaning is given. It is complicated to understand it in the book during your reading.
Some strengths in this book were how the author portrays the characters in the book and how the book makes you wonder, what if you were in that situation. Some weaknesses that are in the book are that the two rune readers were family, but they acted and treated each other like enemies. Also, the author was not very descriptive with the setting or the character traits in this book. It was hard to get a good image on how the place they battled and how characters looked like.
My overall rating of this book was that I didn’t like it. It was complicated and the symbols they have are really hard to understand even though the meaning is given. It is complicated to understand it in the book during your reading.
October 28, 2012
An excellent ending. So chilling, so adajfdjhajgfv really. I loved it. The tempting offers made by Sigurd, of ultimate power... It kinda reminded me of the time Percy Jackson of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series when he was offered godhood... *shivers*
Sky and Kristen go so far into the secrets of the Fetch, but it seems Sigurd has always gone farther.
Sky and Kristen go so far into the secrets of the Fetch, but it seems Sigurd has always gone farther.
February 28, 2009
This was a great book! It kept me interested and on the edge of my seat (not literally as I tend to be lying down when I read) the entire way through. It's a roller-coaster ride. An amazing end to a great series!
July 31, 2011
In Book III of the Runestone Saga Sky and Kristin again must travel back in the bodies of their ancestors to fight Sigurd, Sky’s grandfather in order to stop his quest to gather disciples to achieve immortality and dominion over man.
September 22, 2010
An awesome ending to a wonderful series- However, one can't help but wonder what happens after the end...
May 11, 2014
Third in the series and a good wrap up to Kirsten and Sky's adventures battling their evil grandfather.
October 28, 2009
90/100
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