The Siege of Macindaw is a book published by John Flanagan. The book’s main character is Will, a ranger. As a ranger, he has expertise with bows and has great dexterity. The book is a no magic world, except for a few exceptions. Alyss is a part of the messenger corp. Alyss was in a high tower imprisoned with a leader using a memorizer which forced her to answer all questions truthfully and stare into the blue stone. Alyss signaled this to Will, using the messenger corp way to signal information. Malcom, a healer gave Will a star stone to put inside a arrow and shoot into the tower. It was a success and Alyss was able to pretend to be memorized, but since she had the stone it was unable to affect here but he pretended it did, after awhile she got out the castle.
The healer smiled. "Oh, that? Keep it if your like. It's just a pebble." "But . . . it's stellatite. It's invaluable! You said—" "I'm afraid I wasn't being completely honest with you," Malcolm said, with no the least contrite. "I told you mesmerism was a matter of focus. This gave Alyss something to focus on, and that broke the power of the blue stone." Alyss and Will exchanged puzzled looks. Then will turned back to the healer. "It's worthless?" "Not completely. The fact that you both believed in it made it valuable. As I said, mesmerism is a matter of belief. You believed this river pebble was a star stone, so it became one."
This quotation shows a interesting part of worlds, like science and psychics. It is interesting to see a book use the mandola affect in this way. It is also a parting scene, making it more impactful.