Die Steine der Wandlung.

by Christopher Zimmer

Zu ihrem 16. Geburtstag bekommt Eja einen sprechenden Raben geschenkt. Bald erfährt sie, das der Vogel das verzauberte Mädchen Tanit ist. Nur mit Hilfe der Kraft der fünf Onduril-Steine kann es seine menschliche Gestalt zurückgewinnen. Der finstere Asar, der die Macht von ganz Erdherz an sich reißen will, hat bereits vier der Steine in seinem Besitz. Auf keinen Fall darf ihm auch der letzte Stein n die Hände fallen, denn damit wäre Erdherz dem Untergang geweiht...

Genres: Fantasy, German Literature

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Christopher Zimmer ist ein deutscher Fantasy-Autor.

Er wuchs in Basel auf und studierte Kunstgeschichte, Germanistik und Theaterwissenschaften. Danach nahm er an Theaterworkshops teil. Von den Werken J. R. R. Tolkiens inspiriert, schrieb er eigene Fantasyromane.

Heute lebt er in Basel und ist verheiratet sowie zweifacher Vater.

(Quelle: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Kathi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is what I imagine a book based on an RPG campaign would be. Whacky, but lovable main characters who grow immensly throughout the book and a lovingly crafted world with so many creatures and people that we get to know over the course of the book.
I read it first when I was a young girl and I loved that two of the main characters where girls who could hold their own.
The way the inner thoughts of the protagonists are described is really good and, along with the happy ending, one of the things I enjoyed most about this book.
Maybe it is because the book is now over 25 years old but sometimes the way it was written seemed kind of clunky to me. It didn't prevent me from finishing it but it made me stop sometimes.

All in all I am glad I read it again after all these years and it still holds up to most of my expectations.

[Rina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first "real" book (not childrens book) I ever read, when I was about 10 years old. It instantly became my favourite and has remained one of my most loved books until this date. I have read it several times by now.

Of course, my review might be different, if I would have read it first as an adult, but I always thought that the story was compelling, the characters real/approachable and the writing effortless.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

this review is based on what i thought of this book when i read it first, which was in 1999 or a little later, as an 11 year old so don't take this as a hard and fast recommendation or anything (But like. MAIN CHARACTER WAS A GIRL. HER TALKING RAVEN WAS ALSO A GIRL. no wonder i loved it).

But i just randomly thought about some CD my parents had at some point that i used to listen to as a kid (don't judge me for this i'm baring my soul here) that was new-agey-tries-to-be-native-chants-i'm-sure-there-were-sampled-eagles'-cries-in-there as i was trying to get to sleep.

That music, as it was ringing in my ears, reminded me of this book i always read and re-read, while listening to that music exclusively, because it jUST FIT WITH THE STORY SO WELL OK IT ENHANCED THE EXPERIENCE*.

And this book... all i remembered about it was that it was about magical stones and that it had a raven and what i thought at the time were really pretty green stones on the cover.

And i knew i wouldn't be going to sleep anytime soon if i didn't figure out what this book was called. Not lastly because "i'm looking for a - probably out of print - book i read decades ago that has a really common cover design and is about this vague yet popular topic" is one of my favorite kind of costumer question at work.

so, here we are. I found it in 5 minutes of googling.
I'm really good at my job.

And i loved this book a LOT when i was a kid.

alright i'm going to sleep now.

*EDIT: I'm the kind of asshole who, once the movies came out, only read the lord of the rings books while listening to the appropriate accompanying sountracks. i.e. fellowship the book to fellowship the music... No wonder i didn't have any friends.