Ecalain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781948869058)

"Imagine walking through a familiar forest that you used to travel through every day of your life. You grow sleepy, so you take a nap. When you open your eyes, nothing around you is familiar. You try to backtrack to find your familiar pathway again.

Before you know it, you are so lost that you don't know which way to turn - not even to return to where you had been sleeping.

This is what happens to me every time I wake up."

It has been less than a year since Mara woke up on Blazhreia, and a lot has happened. She struggles to maintain her sanity as she tries to deal with the grief of losing someone she loves, as well as remembering the different lives of other Essence incarnations.

When remnant fragments of a seal in her mind start dissipating, she slowly loses what little control she has over her Source. It does not help that Desdemona's escape exposes the presence of a traitor among Mara's comrades, and her mysterious friend, Thanos, falls under suspicion. Not only must Mara prove Thanos's innocence, but she has to pull herself together and regain control over her powers.

If she doesn't, she might truly go insane.