Bright Empires Series by Stephen R. Lawhead

3.92 · 77 ratings
  • The Skin Map (Bright Empires #1)
    #1

    The Skin Map (Bright Empires #1)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future.Kit Livingstone's great-grandfather appears to him in a deserted alley during a tumultuous storm. He reveals an unbelievable story: that the ley lines throughout Britain are not merely the stuff of legend or the weekend hobby of deluded cranks, but pathways to other worlds... more

  • The Bone House (Bright Empires #2)
    #2

    The Bone House (Bright Empires #2)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2011

    Kit Livingstone has been bequeathed by his great grandfather, Cosimo, an apparently impossible task: to piece together a 17th-century map whose fragments are scattered not just throughout this universe but other universes too. One piece of the skin map has been found. Now the race to unravel the future of the future turns deadly... more

  • The Spirit Well (Bright Empires #3)
    #3

    The Spirit Well (Bright Empires #3)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    Kit Livingstone is on a quest for the ultimate treasure---a tattooed map to an alternate universe! When he witnesses Arthur Flinders-Petrie carry his dead wife into a pool of light---and emerge with her alive---Kit wonders if The Spirit Well is the secret of the map. And if it is, can Arthur's ruthless great-grandson be far behind?

  • The Shadow Lamp (Bright Empires #4)
    #4

    The Shadow Lamp (Bright Empires #4)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2013

    The quest for answers—and ultimate survival—hinges on finding the cosmic link between the Skin Map, the Shadow Lamp, and the Spirit Well.The search for the map of blue symbols began in a rainy alley in London but has since expanded through space and time and includes more seekers.Kit, Mina, Gianni, Cass, Haven, and Giles have gathered in Mina’s 16th-century coffee house and are united in their determination to find a path back to the Spirit Well... more

  • The Fatal Tree (Bright Empires #5)
    #5

    The Fatal Tree (Bright Empires #5)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2014

    Kit stared at his fellow questors. "Is this it . . . the End of Everything?"It started with small, seemingly insignificant wrinkles in time: A busy bridge suddenly disappears, spilling cars into the sea. A beast from another realm roams modern streets. Napoleon's army appears in 1930s Damascus ready for battle. But that's only the beginning as entire realities collide and collapse.The questors are spread throughout the universe... more

  • The Spirit Well / The Shadow Lamp / The Fatal Tree (Bright Empires #3-5)
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    The Spirit Well / The Shadow Lamp / The Fatal Tree (Bright Empires #3-5)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2015

    Enjoy books three, four, and five in Stephen Lawhead's Bright Empires series! The Spirit Well The quest for the Skin Map, originally tattooed on The Man Who Is Map, is now in pieces and scattered across time and space in a universe of multiple realities. But what if the true treasure isn’t the map at all . . . what if the map marks something far greater?  Those wanting to unlock that mystery are in a race to possess the secret—for good or evil... more

  • The Bright Empires Collection (Bright Empires #1-5)
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    The Bright Empires Collection (Bright Empires #1-5)

    Stephen R. Lawhead

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2015

    Stephen R. Lawhead’s acclaimed Bright Empires series—now available in one volume! Journey through The Skin Map, The Bone House, The Spirit Well, The Shadow Lamp, and The Fatal Tree in this stunning series that blends an epic treasure hunt, ancient history, alternate realities, cutting-edge physics, philosophy, and mystery. It’s a page-turning adventure like no other. “Anything but ordinary . . . dynamic settings are mixed with unpredictable adventures.” —BookPage review of The Skin Map

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