Publisher's Synopsis
The Ur-Dream, the Cosmic Mystery, the Realms beyond the Foundation of the World-all different names for a reality, a series of realities, created by the power and energy of all the living souls on the earth. Sometimes, death can hide inside a mystery. Sometimes, a dream can kill. Zea and Tage, along with their friends in the Mandala Council, have journeyed into the Ur-Dream to discover the truth...and while they only just escaped being destroyed, they may still have been broken. Everything in the lives of these gifted young dreamers is coming to a head: what they witnessed in dreams is leading them into ever more peril within the waking world, and their own deep connection is in danger of fraying apart like a worn tapestry. Most serious of all, the next Initiate, he who would become the new Shaman, must be announced, or the tensions straining at the mixed nation of Athaelkandalae will shred the soul of its populace, as irrevocably as their ancient enemies the Kastri threaten to ruin their bodies. For the war with the people of Cybelle, the Dark Goddess, still rages in the north. An ominous drought is hot upon the land. And without a new hero to believe in, to unite them, the citizens of Athaelkandalae will turn upon each other before either one of those threats brings down its doom. Such is the power of belief. Part Three continues The Shaman's Daughter, a visionary fantasy, and the first volume in The Cosmic Mystery Series.
