Kristjan is the son of the chief. One day he will be the new chief of the clan. Only one thing can stop this from happening, the voices in his head that keep telling him how useless he is. For every positive voice he hears there is a negative voice. Kristjan and his best friends Marko and Bastian his cousin are almost inseparable. They live in a city carved out of the stone. The gems they mine have been found less and less. They need these gems to bring the traders in. Marko and Kristjan are more like brothers. They have been this way since they were tiny. Kristjan's mother died giving birth to him. His father the chief raised him. For some reason Kristjan doesn't believe he can live up to one day being the chief. The darkness in his mind escalates when he volunteers himself, Marko and Bastian to go out hunting for food. A freak accident claims the life of his best friend and sets him down the path of darkness. He blames himself for Marko's death. He feels he needs to be punished, and the punishment should be death.
I believe there are so many people who could relate to this book. I was once like Kristjan. I had dark thoughts. The thing is that as a Christian you just keep crying out to God to help you find the peace. The journey Kristjan is on is hard to read. We will either see ourselves in him or we will see someone we know or knew. For me this book was very soothing. It resembled a time in my life I can look back on and know that God brought me through. There is so much more to this book than just the darkness. This is as much a book of hope. I highly recommend this book and can't wait for the next one to come out. This book is supposed to be published sometime in September so keep your eye out for it.
