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This article deals with "The Silver Stones" fantasy series. For other uses, please see The Silver Stones (disambiguation).
"The Silver Stones" is a young adult fantasy series written by Theresa Beckett. The books describe the adventures of Cyrus Nicholson and his friends Jesse Barham, David Harrison, and April Weinstein, who are students at Atarerra Institute of Magics. Atarerra is a magical school located outside of Yarlford, Erthana, and is home to Funior the Vigilant, the most powerful mage in the world.
Cyrus also befriends Dylan Drake, the orphaned son of Harold and Susan Drake; the wicked sorcerer Estazius Bloodworth killed his parents when Dylan was 2 years old.
Since the publication of "The Bloodline Key" in 2001, the book series has enjoyed some mediocre success (due to it almost being drowned out by the more popular Harry Potter series). Despite that, "The Silver Stones" series was translated into 12 languages and sold over 11 million copies.
Theresa (sister of famous author Julianne Perkins/Jodi Beckett) was criticized for putting some scenes of violence, sex, and bad language in her series as well as creating characters that were selfish, bad-tempered, and cruel towards other people. One of the books, "The Quantum Mystery", infamously called for the death of "God-Worshippers", which led Christians around the world to boycott the book. Also, a gay character named Shane Dinanham (featured in "The Cracked Roses") drew some considerable controversy for his unfavorable views about women and people of color (of which Theresa was accused of refusing to add diversity to her novels).
Despite that, "The Silver Stones" continues to score a hit with high school and college students looking for something to read after Harry Potter. In fact, The Science Fiction & Fantasy Weekly calls "The Silver Stones" "one of the better-written fantasy series of the last decade".
A movie combining "The Bloodstone Key", "The Quantum Mystery", and "The Hunter of the Night" is currently in negotiation with Moviemagic Films, which was responsible for the award-winning movies The "Frostfall" Trilogy, "Return to Her", "Atlantis 2020", and "A Tale of Magic".
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Publishing history:
Book 1: "The Bloodline Key" (June 9, 2001)
Book 2: "The Quantum Mystery" (October 8, 2003)
Book 3: "The Hunter of the Night" (December 12, 2004)
Book 4: "The Edge of Night" (April 26, 2005)
Book 5: "The Cracked Roses" (July 2, 2006)
Book 6: "The Force of Magic" (November 7, 2006)
Book 7: "The Seventh Moon" (July 7, 2007)
Book 8: "The Cold Shadow" (June 21, 2009)
Book 9: "The Frozen Legacy" (September 5, 2009)
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