Through the supernatural gifts of five orphaned sisters, a gateway to the gods has emerged from a clearing in the deep forests of the Middle Lands and, with it, a priestess clan of holy terror and unmatchable progress. The Gateway tells the interconnecting stories of two of their descendants, Seers caught in a struggle for meaning, change, and survival amid unceasing clashes of ambition, prejudice, and animal desire. When Moishays' mother conceals the signs of his gift from The Clan on the day of his birth, he becomes the first male seer in over three centuries. The beloved pawn of his spirit...
Through the supernatural gifts of five orphaned sisters, a gateway to the gods has emerged from a clearing in the deep forests of the Middle Lands and...
Fifteen years after the suspicious death of the McCully's eldest son, "That Twisted Monument," the pear tree from which seven year old William "fell," remains a centrifuge for rumor, suspicion, and terror on the Newport estate of Au Beau Verger. Unfortunately for Sarah, a somewhat timid 16 year old maid, fresh from Canada, and Native Newporter Paul, Sarah's co-worker, this fenced off arboreal oddity has also become a gnawing fixation. When circumstance and temptation cross paths one fateful evening, Sarah and Paul discover the true depth of the horrors waiting for them inside the iron rails....
Fifteen years after the suspicious death of the McCully's eldest son, "That Twisted Monument," the pear tree from which seven year old William "fell,"...