I am just finishing up my reread of
Lord of Lies today.
Man, those ending few chapters are brutal on the reader.
Even though I knew what was coming, it was still very brutal.
You know, I love this series.
The Lightstone:
learn how to trust your friends and keep moving in the face of difficulty, danger, and grief onwards into triumph
Lord of Lies
learn how one of the most dangerous things in the world can be self-deception and trying to be what other people want you to be rather than what and who you really are - and on the way traveling from the most elevated heights to the lowest depths imaginable
Black Jade
when your life has been turned into complete crap (see above) how to find a way to pick yourself up and pull yourself back together again - a journey through the depths of depression back into hope and the light
Diamond Warriors
we will see in a month!