The Judged Stone - A GMA Book Club Pick #976462

In the dying kingdom of Valedorn, beneath a throne built on ancient sacrifice, lies a mysterious stone said to judge the hearts of men.
Kings have feared it. Priests have worshipped it. Empires have buried their truth beneath centuries of blood and silence.
Now it is awakening.
As famine spreads through the capital and rival noble houses descend into civil war, Prince Lucien Vale is drawn into a terrifying inheritance tied to the Stone and the hidden sins of his father’s reign. Opposing him stands Cassian Vey—a brilliant and ruthless statesman determined to preserve order at any cost, even if the kingdom must burn to survive.
Between prophecy and ambition, loyalty and betrayal, justice and vengeance, the realm begins to unravel under the weight of truths no one was meant to see.
The stone does not grant power.
It reveals what power hides.
And those who seek to control it are slowly destroyed by the darkness within themselves.
Epic in scale and haunting in its philosophical depth,
The Judged Stone is a sweeping literary drama of fractured crowns, moral collapse, forbidden revelation, and the terrifying price of honesty in a world built on lies.
A timeless tale of fate, corruption, sacrifice, and the question that destroys kingdoms:
What remains when power can no longer hide from truth?