A dreamer can change the world if he is willing to sacrifice his reality.
When Joebin Vassiter's home world of Prothia is faced with extinction at the hands of vicious slavers from Gildus-5, a voice in his dream lures him on a journey to the mysterious, uncharted regions north of his settlement. A mismatched band of volunteers join him as he searches for the one thing that can save Prothia—The DREAMSTONE. To hold the Dreamstone is to hold the power of transforming the subconscious into the conscious, the dream into reality. But pursuing the stone is not without risks. There are others in the hunt. Governor Kress Moltaire, a self-serving manipulator, desires its power for the sake of building her new order in the galaxy, and Colonel Penzin and Captain Klonda seek the stone for its financial value on the black market. As time runs out on the once-insignificant world of Prothia, Joebin wrestles with his own deep-set insecurities and new truths concerning his home planet. Can he conquer his fears and defeat the slavers and rival seekers of the stone before it's too late? —Not on his own and not without the Dreamstone.
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Dreams come in many shapes and hues, and dreamers are as numerous as the stars in the heavens. It is the curse of every dreamer to find himself awakened to the confines of reality unable at times to convert subconscious longings into something tangible, even miraculous. Every now and then, however, a dreamer comes along and changes the world in ways never before imagined. For generations to come, Prothians shall remember the name Joebin Vassiter, for this dreamer was the mightiest of them all.
Pieces of Eight, Part III is a collection of eight novellas to complement the eight in Pieces of Eight, Pieces of Eight, Part II and Pieces of Eight, Part IV.
