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In 1754, renowned maker of clocks and automata Abel Cloudesley must raise his new-born son Zachary when his wife dies in childbirth. Growing up amongst the cogs and springs of his father's workshop, Zachary is intensely curious, ferociously intelligent, unwittingly funny and always honest—perhaps too honest. But when a fateful accident leaves six-year-old Zachary nearly blinded, Abel is convinced that the safest place for his son is in the care of his eccentric Aunt Frances and her menagerie of weird and wonderful animals.

Venetia Milton's memories of a romantic night with Gabriel Jones—an alchemist's descendant—are shattered soon thereafter by news of his death. Adopting the guise of his respectable widow, she embarks on a new career as a fashionable photographer in London, where her unique ability to "see" beyond her subjects makes her photographs highly prized. But Venetia's romantic whim causes unexpected trouble.

In this updated edition, Dr. Orloff reflects on her career and the sea change that modern medicine and psychiatry have experienced since Second Sight was first published. She expands her earlier ideas and further explores intuition's role in maintaining physical health and emotional well-being, using examples from her own and her patients' lives. This is both a remarkable self-portrait of one woman's journey toward the acceptance of intuition as a therapeutic tool, and a comprehensive look at how you, too, can develop your intuition, transform your health, and revolutionize your everyday life.

In this revealing autobiography, Sharon gives an insight into many of the visions that have appeared to her over the years, with a glimpse of the dark and dangerous as well as the rewarding and uplifting.

Special Forces Sergeant Dax Holloway crawled out of the Taliban's clutches barely alive. His captors took more than his sight. They took his humanity...Evianna Archer’s life makes sense. A brilliant coder...Until one moment changes everything...When they uncover a shocking secret, Dax must make a choice. Stay broken? Or risk his heart - and his life - for the woman who chases all his dark shadows away?

When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult’s rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers. Once accepted into the cult, men are given a young girl to marry in exchange for one of their own daughters.

Judith Orloff, MD, is a healer in two worlds: the world of traditional medicine, and the invisible world of the psychic realm. On Awakening Second Sight, Dr. Orloff shares the true story of her struggle to uncover her own psychic abilities - the patients who inspired her - and how to awaken your own gifts of the spirit. Awakening Second Sight is a respected psychiatrist's compelling personal story, as well as a provocative guide to the psychic self, and how to develop it.

When psychic Ela enters the paranormal underworld, she's plunged into a battle between good and evil - and both sides want to claim her. Mirela can prophesy the death of whomever she sees. She spends her days locked away in her apartment...Until in a devastating vision, she sees a young boy die. A secret war rages between the Shades and the Wraiths, a deadly group of sorcerers who wish to take over the world...Mirela must choose between fighting at Luka's side or believing the warnings of Talon...If Ela chooses the wrong side, then all magical beings will perish.

Washington, D.C., 1864: In a city that’s weary of war and eager for entertainment, Joseph and his father’s mind-reading act has become the toast of the town. Even President Lincoln comes to see Joseph demonstrate his amazing mental powers. It’s all an elaborate hoax, of course, but Joseph is enjoying his fame. Then he meets Cassandra, a young girl who really does have second sight - the ability to foretell events. And she’s having terrifying visions about the president. Someone is plotting to murder him. But who would believe such an accusation? It’s up to Joseph and Cassandra to interpret the visions, expose the conspiracy, and save Lincoln’s life!

Second Sight unpacks the most current thinking and empirical research on strategy implementation (SI) to help leaders and organizations make more informed decisions on how to execute their strategic priorities better, smarter, and faster. Disclaimer: the views expressed on this podcast are my own and not those of any company I may work for or with.

Join Tara in the second book of the Dying Thoughts series as she faces new challenges. Tara Leverton has a gift. Up until recently it has been kept a secret from everyone. Things have certainly changed. For one, Tara has a best friend, Kaolin. For another, Kaolin, her dad and the police know about her gift. She's got the chance to help them solve murders—actually make a difference, one that doesn't involve doing homework on time. When tragedy strikes, can Tara be the eyes seeing things that no one was supposed to see?

Paranormal real estate agent, Sloane Osborne sells haunted houses. And she's getting quite good at it. But not all hauntings are the same. Some are common manifestations but others are more sinister - dark and evil. Called in to investigate a beach front home in charming Yarmouth, Maine, Sloane envies one couple's happy future whereas hers has been ripped away. These days, she finds more comfort in hunting the dead than being among the living. But this fairy tale New England home has a dark secret: the new owner has gone missing - inside the house.

In this thrilling sequel to Seventh Son, Alvin Maker is awakening to many mysteries: his own strange powers, the magic of the American frontier, and the special virtues of its chosen people, the Native Americans. Alvin has discovered his own unique talent for making things whole again. Now he summons all his powers to prevent the tragic war between Native Americans and the white settlers of North America.

An explosion in the jungles of Guatemala left Marine Zachary Johnson completely blind. While struggling to come to terms with his disability, a strange phenomenon starts to happen: whenever he stands in front of a mirror, he sees snippets of the future.

Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard, and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with power, but he must learn to use his gift wisely. Dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.

While working on what seems like just another case, forensic pathologist Adelaide Paige discovers something so shocking she can no longer concentrate. Something is wrong with her visions, and her new assistant thinks the world should know about Addy. When her boyfriend pulls away from her, Addy fears the mounting pressure will break her if she is to lose Killian. As if things couldn't get any worse, Addy is asked to take a case in New York, taking her away from everyone who loves and supports her.

Gena Richmond is a collector of shades - sunglasses, that is. Every size, shape, color, and style. So when she finds a quirky pair at a secondhand shop, it's love at first sight. But these glasses are more than simple sun-blockers. They show her visions of what's to come...and what's coming is heart-stopping horrific.

She's a powerful, independent woman in an age ruled by greedy men and desperate gods. She trusts no one. Not a man, not a deity, not her own powerful second sight. Then a lost Norseman washes ashore. Can she resist his charms, the desires of a king and the whims of a god? Hell yes. Learn how now.

I remember going out on a date one time with a girl named Lori. I decided to take her to the Canfield fair on a Friday night. So we paid our way in and walked around and I saw a fortuneteller’s tent. I walked up to it and I could see an old woman in there lying to a customer about how rich he was going to be. Lori tells me “You should go have your fortune read". So I agreed to it and told her to wait far enough away so she couldn't hear me talk to the old woman. It was five dollars. I paid the woman. She looked into my eyes, and she asked to hold my hands.

In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world’s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional.