Journey Through the River Cities (The Memory Stone Series Book 1)

Theus is born into a poor farming family and is sold into servitude. His kindly master takes him on a long journey across a continent, following the Landwide River. Along the way Theus discovers a world well beyond the modest farm where he was raised. He starts to learn about memory stones, remarkable objects that can hold information for people, and he learns to use weapons in the unsettled lands he crosses. He also finds himself drawn to a young noblewoman from a powerful family, someone a commoner should never hope to reach. Still, he begins to dream that he might one day break through that social divide. This is the first of four books in the Memory Stones series.