About the Book
Book: The Crier Stone ( A Sequel to The Chaos Grid)
Author: Lyndsey Lewellen
Genre: YA Sci-fi
Release Date: July 8, 2025
Brave
the Plex. Unleash the stone. Embrace your destiny.
Freshly freed from an earth-dwelling monster, Juniper Conway is stuck with a promise she never intended to make. But if rescuing Plex City from a deadly nano drug is what she vowed, it’s what she’ll do.
Miles of wasteland stretch between Juniper and the domed city. In the Texas Outer Grid, following a tribe of whalers seems to be her best bet at surviving the chaotic storms. But when the nomadic tribes prove just as dangerous as the Grid itself, Juniper realizes her streak of bad luck is far from over.
Only her shipping crew friends can help her through the waste and into the Plex. When the crier stone guiding her mission only shows her fragmented steps, Juniper will need more than the stone around her neck and a halfhearted promise to make it out alive.
Click here to get your copy!
About the Author
Lyndsey Lewellen grew up on a healthy dose
of comic books, punk music, and sci-fi. She infuses all three loves
into novels written for young adults. Inside her “what if” worlds,
her characters take risks, grow, and fight for what matters. When
she’s not writing or whittling down her endless TBR, she designs
novel covers and paints on shoes. She lives on a small Texas farm
with her best friend/husband, five children, and what some might
call a zoo of animals (especially after meeting the peacocks).
More from Lyndsey
Justice. Mercy. Grace.
Teen girls in my youth group hear these words often. Maybe that’s because the simplest words are sometimes the hardest to define—and even harder to live out. So, we talk about them a lot. In fact, we go over their meanings so often that when our church’s youth pastor asked the main group to define grace one Wednesday night, girl after girl turned to look at me sitting in the back. They knew the answer. I was proud.
But knowing that justice is getting what you deserve, mercy is not getting what you deserve, and grace is getting what you don’t deserve is only half the battle. The real challenge? Learning when—and how—to apply them.
In The Crier Stone, the conclusion to The Chaos Grid duology, Juniper Conway comes face to face with God’s mercy in direct conflict with her sense of justice. We love it when He relents in His wrath toward us. But what happens when He stays His hand against our enemies?
The people of Juniper’s futuristic Texas experience justice daily for the sins of the past. In their attempt to fix the climate, their ancestors instead turned the world into a wasteland. Now, the last remnants of civilization hide away in domed cities, clinging to their technology like a drug—willing to sacrifice anything for the next upgrade. The government forbids advanced tech outside the domes, trapping its people inside their artificial paradise.
But a life of confinement and convenience is hardly the justice Juniper wants for those who orphaned her. And when visions confirm God’s call for her to save the worst of the domed cities from destruction, she rages at His mercy. Of all the people He could choose to show kindness to her enemies, why would He choose her?
If she had His power, she would do things differently.
At its heart, Juniper’s struggle is one of trust. Is God just in showing mercy to those who don’t deserve it? Would she see His choices differently if she knew everything He did? We may not always understand why God allows suffering on this side of eternity. In Juniper’s world, deadly nano-drugs run rampant, corrupt mega-corporations kill without consequence, and inhumane tech enhancement labs push the boundaries of morality for the next upgrade. Yet, God’s mercy does not mean He has abandoned justice.
Paul says in Acts 17:30-31:
“In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
It was at the cross that justice, mercy, and grace met—a breathtaking harmony orchestrated by a sovereign God.
Juniper’s journey is filled with trials, betrayals, and impossible choices as she is forced to confront the full weight of justice, mercy, and grace. Will she step into her destiny and save the domed city, or let it all burn?
Find out in the thrilling conclusion to this wild Texas dystopian duology.
—Lyndsey
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, July 26
Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, July 27 (Author Interview)
The Lofty Pages, July 28
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, July 29
Simple Harvest Reads, July 30 (Spotlight)
Blogging With Carol, July 31
Tell Tale Book Reviews, August 1
Guild Master, August 2 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, August 3
Pens Pages & Pulses, August 4
A Reader’s Brain , August 5 (Author Interview)
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, August 6 (Author Interview)
CeCe Reads and Sings, August 6
Fiction Book Lover, August 7 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, August 8 (Spotlight)
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, August 8
Giveaway
To
celebrate her tour, Lyndsey is giving away the grand prize of a $50
Amazon gift card and a hardcover copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/00adcf54259
Interview
If you could give advice to a newbie writer, what would it be?
Set obtainable writing goals and grow discipline now. When I was on deadline, I tracked my word count, giving myself leeway with obtainable goals. Even though I had to skip days because of life events, I was able to catch up because the goals were so small. Even if you don’t have a contract, nurture that discipline today. Do it as an act of obedience unto the Lord, and He will bear fruit through your writing in due time.
What is the easiest part of your writing process?
Editing is easier for me than drafting. I love the drafting process, because I can spend time with God as He reveals all the twists and turns. But it’s also creatively draining. Blank pages are frightening, and God usually works on me spiritually through the process. Editing feels like a vacation. It’s simpler to hack away at something that’s already got a foundation.
Is your book part of a series?
Yes! The Crier Stone is book 2 in a duology. It picks up directly after the events in book 1, The Chaos Grid.
What are you currently working on?
I’m currently editing a middle grade Steampunk novel titled Harlow Morgan and the Sky City. It’s a sky-high adventure series set in a neo-Victorian world where inventors rule, magic is outlawed, and a reckless teen airship pilot in training accidently ushers in an underground war her inventor father was charged with suppressing. There are treasure hunts, flying cities, and a crew of teens finding their place in it all. Book one releases November 2025!
When you aren’t writing, what do you enjoy doing?
Art is one of my favorite things to do. Especially as a book cover designer. When I’m not designing paperbacks or dustjackets, you can usually find me painting on walls or shoes.
