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It’s been 50 years since the crossroads caused the disappearance of Thomas Price, and his wife, Alice, has been trying to find him and bring him home ever since, despite the increasing probability that he’s no longer alive for her to find. Now that the crossroads have been destroyed, she’s redoubling her efforts. It’s time to bring him home, dead or alive. Preferably alive, of course, but she’s tired, and at this point, she’s not that picky.

For Dalton, spending just one night with Raven shaped the last 10 months of his life. But allowing her to walk away was the biggest mistake he had ever made. Searching yielded no results, until one day, when all hope was lost, she returned. Accompanied by her mother, Adriana Andre, first lady of the Republic of the United Kingdom, Raven carries mankind’s biggest secret and a reminder of the night she and Dalton spent together.

The day trip was only supposed to be a few hours. It was certainly never expected to transport the team of scientists to the previously unknown world of Ammar. Locals from the town of Alumyn take them in and help them learn their new environment.

Young Alvin was born the seventh son of a seventh son. By his birthright, he possesses magical powers and is destined to become something great, perhaps even a Maker. Indeed, Alvin is special. But the boy remains vulnerable to dark forces who reach out to destroy him and are willing to do anything to keep him from growing up. Carefully weaving the lore and the folk-magic of the men and women who settled a continent—as well as the beliefs of the tribes who were there before them—Orson Scott Card has created a fascinating alternate frontier America.

A young girl wrestles with her mother's madness and fits of hysteria that come with prophetic messages about things that lurk in the Arizona desert. Is her madness triggered by a tragic event linked to her mother's childhood, or is there something really lurking in the dark?