The Motherstone, a sequel to Book Two of the Harlie Series, completes the ‘Expedition’ which Homer Skinner and company have undertaken in search for the lost gold mine of Cornelius Wainwright.  When they finally arrive at the site of the doomed excavation, no one is more surprised than Elmo Cotton, the ‘Lucky Number’, a poor black sharecropper who came along looking for adventure (and perhaps a new bathtub for his wife), to find out that there is much more in store than he ever anticipated.  As it just so happens, Red-Beard, a.k.a Rusty Horn, stumbles upon what turns out not only to be the cause of the original catastrophe, along with his own death, but the one thing that will eventually lead Elmo to his ultimate destiny, a destiny that will take him to places he could only dream of, and beyond. It is an adventure of metaphysical realities, hidden truths of the past, culture, philosophy, politics and religion, all mixed with a healthy dose of pure Americana as viewed through the unassuming and kaleidoscopic mind of the Harlie… and, of course, the Motherstone.