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If the future was bared before you, would it still be yours?If the past could chase you, would you run from it?If the world crumbled tonight, would you carve your own?Freedom is out of the question for practitioners of the Institute, and any supporters otherwise are dealt with violently. A system Sylvie Sirx neither refutes, nor endorsesborn from an enviable family, talented in her skills, and entirely too content with her position, her path has always been a straight one until now.Her qualifications backfire when an elder from the north descends upon her home for a Choosing. He calls upon the Drowned Tower's most sought after practitioners for a simple job that ends in blood, and then Sylvie's blissful world erupts. She finds herself in the company of the Elementalist, Jacques Dace, an insufferable but deadly enthusiast of personal reform. Together, they're swept into a spiral of powerful magic and ancient grudges. Where truth bends, stones whisper secrets of the past, and their home lies at the heart of what could very well be Ferus Terria's next recorded war.And for once, she is forced to choose a side, learning for herself what it means to master fate.

How far would you go to learn the truth?If it isnt what you expected, would you accept it?If the world rejected it, would you stand by it?With the Drowned Tower in shambles and its practitioners left to wander the foreign lands of Ferus Terria, Sylvie and Jack set out to learn more about the stone's history. Their first stop: the Red Veld. But finding answers isn't as easy as simply inquiring.They quickly find themselves stepping into an entire Institute of uncooperative practitioners, banding with an eccentric auctioneer, and standing against a horde of hired Nebbin. Where they must carve a path for themselves or risk losing what little they have leftit isn't much of a choice. The pair barrel blindly through the dark. While unknown to them, the Zenith Council stirs with revolts surging in the west and Jack's closest friend is captured by slavers interested in learning the secret to magic. The world continues to spin. But together, they realize the mystery behind the rise of the First Zenith and uncover truths that could rock the very foundation of the Institute that governs them.Some secrets, however, should never be brought to light. And there are those that would kill to keep it that way.

Everyone thinks Dean Collins is too old for Fallon Blackwood. Her parents, her friends, even Dean himself. In fact, he wants her to date guys her own age. But Fallon doesn''t care about that. All she cares about is that she can''t take her eyes off Dean, her neighbor, her best friend, the guy who taught her to ride a bike and to climb trees. And sometimes Dean can''t take his eyes off her, either. And sometimes he looks at her like he wants to kiss her. So it doesn''t matter that he''s thirty-two and she''s eighteen.All that matters is that they belong with each other, and she needs to convince him of that.Good thing they''re taking a cross-country road trip together, right?California to New York; three thousand miles and a love story in the making...NOTE: A STANDALONE set in the world of Heartstone.