Stone 588

An octahedral crystal that came into the hands of diamond merchant Phillip Springer's father many years earlier, Stone 588 lay ignored because it was so obviously flawed: a rough, whitish-opaque lump with a chipped corner, clearly of no commercial value.

But Springer slowly becomes aware of its special qualities. It is Audrey, the woman he loves, who begins to shake his scepticism. Audrey is wealthy, beautiful, sensuous, smart, practical and, unlike Springer, psychically adventurous. She believes that the stone has healing powers. She uses