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In a final stand of old growth timber, a stranger is found
shivering in a patch of new snow on a hot summer day. The world has
changed from the one he knew; society has stumbled and the rural
areas have lost their connection to the rest of the country. Over
the last sixty years, a culture has grown amidst the myths of the
world before, developing its own beliefs around the ever present
cycles of nature. Those who live within the shadows of the ancient
trees have never seen a television or an electric light, they have
never watched a plane climb into the sky or listened to voices
echoing from a radio. The nightmare Alexander escaped from, that
left him shivering with fear in a blanket of summer snow, is not
ready to let him go. The echoes of another world slip into the
mortal realm in the jealousy of an immortal lover who seeks to
possess the one man who has ever told her, "No." He has always held
out for the love he once knew, the woman whose memory gave him
strength through the years spent in the realm of the fae, never
submitting to the immortal Nakayla's icy embrace. And now he has
escaped to find Megan, the woman he loves, living in another
lifetime, surrounded by a world he doesn't know. Within the pages
of Remembering Tomorrow we discover that the myths of our past are
intimately tied to the environment of the present. We find that
hatred and rage are powers that can rival those of love and
sacrifice. As the story builds to a tension-filled climax, lives
are lost, the bonds of magic are severed, and we discover that
sometimes losing the battle is the only way to win the war.
An ebony finger points skyward, emerging from the center of Node.
Known simply as The Gate, it disappears into the clouds, massive
spokes extending from the immense structure to stretch through the
streets of the largest human city. No one knows who built the
towering obelisk, but all are aware of those who have been
entrusted as its caretakers. They call themselves The Maat.
Otherworldly creatures, their humanoid forms move with an unholy
speed and grace, their bodies little more than quicksilver fluid
inside a malleable membrane. Pierce that membrane and they will
die. Wielding a living crystalline blade, each warrior of The Maat
is encased in patchwork leather armor, the suit carved piece by
piece from their vanquished enemies. Once their membrane is
shielded in the tanned flesh of their enemies, they become an
unstoppable foe. The Maat have simply observed the beings of the
world Tapestry, watching as threads of fate are woven into patterns
only The Maat can comprehend. A prophecy that thirteen mortals will
change all of the worlds connected through The Gate has begun to
unfold. As the armies of darkness and light struggle to claim the
mortals as their own, The Maat begin to interfere with human
affairs. One by one, the thirteen mortals are swayed or captured.
The lines between good and evil are blurred in the name of power
and righteousness. Kai Oakman is one of the thirteen mortals that
is spoken of in the prophecy. With his faerie lover, Ko'laru, he
seeks a different way. He too gathers those spoken of in prophesy
to his side, seeking to thwart fate and live their own lives freely
in whatever manner they choose. As the noose around them tightens,
as all of reality is swept up in the prophesied change, the mortals
seek to escape their destiny but that choice may no longer be
theirs to make.
What if everything you thought you knew was wrong? We're taught in
Sunday School that angels are benevolent beings who watch over us,
who love and protect us at every turn. Yet the Revelation of John
from the Christian Bible states that it is the angels who will pour
out God's wrath on humanity, murdering billions of people. If you
were an angel and truly loved those you watched over, could you
destroy them, even if God commanded you to? And if you couldn't,
who would God send to do the job in your place?
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