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A Shadow in Eternity #2
The Key of Chaos
Meet Maya thirteen years old, schoolgirl by day, Preferred by night.
Throw in a pair of disapproving parents intent on stopping her forays into an alternate world, a two-metre-tall Watcher who can sense her state of mind, and Lev, her best friend, who could technically be her worst enemy.
Certainly, Maya’s life is quite full, and the last thing she needs is an unpleasant involvement with an ancient conspiracy. But being in possession of a valuable artefact belonging to the renegade Warriors of the Shadow, she has little choice in the matter. The question is, should she believe a two-thousand-year-old jumble of calculations, or follow her instincts and trust her Watcher’s logic?
As events spiral towards a grim climax, Maya, Lev and their Watchers are caught in a deadly race. Will they win? And at what cost?
Throw in a pair of disapproving parents intent on stopping her forays into an alternate world, a two-metre-tall Watcher who can sense her state of mind, and Lev, her best friend, who could technically be her worst enemy.
Certainly, Maya’s life is quite full, and the last thing she needs is an unpleasant involvement with an ancient conspiracy. But being in possession of a valuable artefact belonging to the renegade Warriors of the Shadow, she has little choice in the matter. The question is, should she believe a two-thousand-year-old jumble of calculations, or follow her instincts and trust her Watcher’s logic?
As events spiral towards a grim climax, Maya, Lev and their Watchers are caught in a deadly race. Will they win? And at what cost?
- GenresFantasyYoung Adult
324 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Payal Dhar
23 books48 followersPayal Dhar (she/they) has been writing stories since they were seven years old. Unfortunately, no one will ever know what was in them because they dog ate everything. They write on a computer these days, and hopes they’ll never cross paths with a Pting.
In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers.
If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at their website, payaldhar.com.
In her day job, which she does at night because she hates mornings, she is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society. She also writes books for middle-grade and young-adult readers.
If you’d like to get in touch, especially to recommend good books, you can do so at their website, payaldhar.com.
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May 18, 2012
Having read Book 1, A Shadow in Eternity, and enjoyed it, I naturally had to read the other two books in the trilogy. This one was good but, perhaps predictably, sagged a bit in the middle. There seemed to be a lot of descriptive detail that was neither interesting in itself, nor added to the plot/ characters. But it picked up tempo in the second half and left me scrambling for the next book.
November 8, 2010
highly imaginative fantasy!
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