Destinies of Blood and Stone, by Robert Newcomb, is the sequel series to the Chronicles of Blood and Stone. The new villain (for the first book, at least), Wulfgar, is Tristan's evil half-brother, who is plotting revenge for some reason.
- Savage Messiah (2005)
- A March into Darkness (2007)
- Rise of the Blood Royal (December 26, 2007)
The sequel series to this one, Victories of Blood and Stone, was cancelled by the publisher and will probably never be made.
This series of books provides examples of:
- Aerith and Bob: We have Tristan, Nicholas, Morganna, and Shailiha all coming from the same family. In the same world, we also have Failee, Succiu, Wigg, Shannon the Small, etc.
- Airport Fantasy: Just like Chronicles of Blood and Stone, its predecessor, it ticks all the boxes- Doorstopper, lots of sex and violence, sold at an airport, etc.
- Arc Villain: Like the previous trilogy, this one has a high turnover rate in terms of the villain cast, with each book having new main antagonists:
- Savage Messiah has Wulfgar taking the position full time, after having been the Dragon Ascendant at the end of the previous trilogy.
- A March Into Darkness has Serena as she seeks to avenge Wulfgar's death, though this is also where the Heretics start taking a more direct hand in things.
- Rise of the Blood Royal introduces Gracchus who, as the leader of the Heretics, is arguably the big bad of the entire series and The Man Behind the Man to Vespasian. Khristos the Viper Lord serves as a separate antagonist for the Eutracia side of the story, though he and Gracchus end up allying later on.
- Cain and Abel: The hero Tristan finds himself at war with his villainous half-brother Wulfgar.
- Cool vs. Awesome: The conflict between the Ones Who Came Before and the Heretics basically boils down to The Roman Empire versus Feudal Japan (complete with samurai expies). It would've been completely awesome if the author actually gave a shit.
- Crusading Widow: In A March into Darkness, Serena seeks revenge for the death of her husband Wulfgar, becoming one of the main villains in the process.
- Cut Short: This series was to be followed by a third trilogy, Victories of Blood and Stone, that was never published due to Newcomb's contract being cancelled. As such, the entire Blood and Stone series ends abruptly at Rise of the Blood Royal with none of its major arcs resolved.
- Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale: If the numbers given regarding the sizes of Rustannica and Shashida and the territory they're fighting over are accurate, then the planet where the series takes place must be several times the size of the Earth. This does not impact the story in any way.
- The Man Behind the Man: The Heretics claim to have been this to the sorceresses in later books. However, it's also established that they weren't actually in communication with the sorceresses, and the sorceresses' stated goals don't seem to benefit them in any way, so this becomes something of an Informed Attribute.
