For Aniyvwiya brothers Kiyuga and Anagalisgi, change and turmoil is all they have ever known. With their parents taken from them at an early age, they are raised by their grandmother in a culture facing threats from all sides as the white-skinned men war for dominance over land they claim as their own.Kiyuga's destiny lies in the path of the warrior, going to battle to protect his people and providing meat for his family. Anagalisgi, however, travels a different road, one of priest...

Tommen Forbes is basically your average sixteen year old: hates school, likes girls, desperate to get his license so he doesn't have to be stuck at home. Oh, and he's really a hundred and sixty years old with the ability to bend Time, to make it go faster or slower at will.His dad, Homicide Detective Walter Forbes, also has this ability. They are called Timekeepers. They answer to the Hands of Time and are charged with protecting Time itself from criminal Runners.When women...

A condemned man sits in prison, waiting to die.The public wants to crucify him.The warden wants to hang him.The gaoler wants to beat him.The priest wants to save his soul.Owain is no saint, and he would even go so far as to say he's too evil to be called something as redeemable as a sinner. He's killed six men, and that's just what he's in prison for this time. He's no stranger to rape, assault, theft, or any number of heinous crimes. He's spent more...

Thanks to the efforts of Micaiah and his band of misfits, Cassius and the Bat are dead, the Time industry has been saved, and the Hands are back in power. But not everyone is grateful for the rescue, instead blaming the Akarin for causing the problem in the first place, and some would rather that the Akarin disappeared and stayed disappeared...by any means necessary.Meanwhile, Tommen decides to head off to summer camp. He thinks it will be a good opportunity to get away from his da...

Years ago, the Aniyvwiya ignored and shunned the prophet Anagalisgi. Now, still recovering from the War of the Old Land, the Krydik are determined not to do the same to the prophet Sabelu.This proves to be a challenge for both people and prophet as Sabelu's prophecies go beyond simple divination and telling them when to plant corn. He knows the people, perhaps too well. He sees their thoughts, hopes, dreams, past and future. He sees White animals as well as frightening beings of sm...

After the death of his American father, Ola Achukma finds himself leaving home with his Chahta mother, forced along by soldiers on a cold, unforgiving march west with little food, sparse clothing, and thin blankets. Everyone says that it's for the best, that things will be better once they get to wherever they're supposed to go, but it's small comfort when he watches the people around him collapse and die.Born and raised in Aktiya Waya, Nendawagan and her people live a life of plent...

Civil war looms in the Wheel, hanging over the heads of the voters as everyone wonders whether the Time industry is heading toward another Dispersal. With rumors of a False Zero Hour taking center stage ahead of the elections, everyone is on high alert.Few understand this better than Tommen as he prepares to go before the Hands for his Apprentice review, knowing that Rifun may be all that stands between him and the vengeful Grandfathers.Even Walter is under heavy scrutiny f...

Time's up.All the stalling, all the distractions, all the negotiations, bargaining, and pleas for mercy. Done. There is only one thing left for Julianna, to move in for the kill and fulfill her mission to wipe out those with Authored Books and take her place as the Chosen One.Rifun, Godwin, and the Miaramila are in no position to stop her. The Akarin are scattered and helpless. Miach and Kayla are vulnerable and alone. Walter is powerless. And Tommen has the juiciest piece ...

A condemned man sits in prison, waiting to die.The public wants to crucify him.The warden wants to hang him.The gaoler wants to beat him.The priest wants to save his soul.Owain is no saint, and he would even go so far as to say he's too evil to be called something as redeemable as a sinner. He's killed six men, and that's just what he's in prison for this time. He's no stranger to rape, assault, theft, or any number of heinous crimes. He's spent more...

Things are quiet in the aftermath of Julianna's coup, or so Tommen and Walter believe. The last few months have been basically normal, and, honestly, it's kind of nice.Out of the blue, stunning news arrives. Rifun Ndolo has been arrested and is being shipped back to Charleston for trial. Tommen and Walter know that Rifun is too powerful to be held by something as meager as handcuffs, and they brace themselves for yet another harrowing scheme.As it turns out, Julianna has no...

Walter Forbes is dying. He took three bullets to save his son, but the poison remains, wreaking havoc on his body while he lies in a coma. Earth-side doctors are helpless, Time-side tricks are useless, and Tommen is told repeatedly to make his peace now.But Tommen is unwilling to give up without a fight, and he is prepared to go to any lengths to find a cure, even if that means risking slavery to the Borelians and causing a civil war within the Time industry.As he treads da...

Because things just couldn't get any worse.Micaiah is dead. No tricks. No schemes. He's gone. And with him goes any hope of defeating the Cult as the Akarin spiral out of control.Rifun isn't about to waste this opportunity, and he readily assumes the role of mentor for Tommen's Akari training, taking him into the heart of Cult operations and inducting him into the army.But even that pales in comparison to the war being waged on Earth, a war that is no longer a secre...