The stone and the flute cover

The stone and the flute

by Hans Bemmann

The Stone and the Flute is an epic fantasy about a you big man named Listener and his quest to...well, that’s just it. Listener is not quite sure what he’s questing for, but he’s been warned that it’s difficult to know whether one has found “all” or just some small part of what one is looking for. The Stone and the Flute is a story about people’s stories, and we learn, like Listener, to hear the lives of the book’s many characters and see the humanity in every one. Most of Listener’s adventures are not killing dragons; they’re questions of who he is and how he might participate in the huge world around him.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?