Kirjahaku

For fifteen-year-old Talullah Bridgestone, books open a window to the world outside her small town. Outside the cloaking spell. Sure, the magic protects River Hill. But its cost is true freedom. And the fragments of colored visions still haunt her, a second kind of prison.When soldiers from a nearby kingdom break through the town's magic, Talullah gets the adventure she's always wanted, at much too high a price. A missing gemstone is the key to rescuing her family, controlling her visions, and discovering the truth about her mother's disappearance. But Talullah must travel further than she ever thought possible to find it. Where books hold more than words and the past is never truly past.Her enemy has a spy. Her allies have secrets. And the damned dark forest could kill her before she even gets started. Master heart and mind and she'll have the strength to find what she seeks.The threads of time are in Talullah's hands. If she fails, she'll rewrite history...and stain it with her sisters' blood.

Sixteen-year-old Talullah Bridgestone has been home for three months when consequences of the Alteration show their true colors. She thought the voices of the Unforgiven would fade from her mind with time, but they've only grown stronger, more insistent. Her sisters and father are separating from their Ripples, the versions of themselves she knew in their other timeline. Soon, Talullah will be the only one who remembers that old life, and she fears those closest to her will feel more like strangers.When Talullah receives an invitation to study at the Still Currents Institute, she believes it's the opportunity she needs to fully banish the Unforgiven and learn how to live in her new reality. To be a new version of herself. One that can truly live in the present instead of obsessing about the past.But the school by the sea has secrets. An island legend, an elusive apparition, and a string of disappearances fuel Talullah's search for her necklace's lost sapphire. With it, she'll not only be able to rid her mind of its plague but also solve the island's mystery before anyone else disappears. Without it, she, too, might be forever lost by the sea.

Is a glimpse of the future a gift...or more dangerous than ignorance?Home is supposed to be a haven. But for Talullah Bridgestone, the opportunity to safely grieve her losses is short-lived. A prophetic vision suggests the unthinkable: the sorceress Renevelda will return. And Talullah's home will burn.Convinced her emerald's power can direct the future, Talullah consults her great-great grandmother's cryptic journal on a quest to find it. The clues lead her to the Between, a mystical realm where Potential futures become reality, if only for a while. Previewing the future could have dire consequences for an untrained Seer. But, the Between's Guardian will only give up the emerald if Talullah succeeds at an impossible task. And time is running out.More than just the paths of the Potential pull Talullah in opposite directions. Caught between her loyal best friend and a charming boy who should be her enemy, her heart beats with the threat of betrayal. Of feelings unrequited. Of choosing wrong and losing everything. Talullah's home, heart, and the Between itself hang in the balance. Will she earn her third gem and steer the world onto a new, safe path...or will her choices be a catalyst for ruin?