Author: elizabethfoster

Terror was within. Terror was without.Like her mother, she was at the water’s mercy.In the enchanted world of Aeolia, fifteen-year-old Esme Silver faces her hardest task yet. She must master her unruly Gift–the power to observe the past–and uncover the secrets she needs to save her mother, Ariane.In between attending school in the beguiling canal city of Esperance, Esme and her friends–old … Esperance, Esme and her friends–old and new–travel far and wide across Aeolia, gathering the ingredients for a potent magical elixir.Their journey takes them to volcanic isles, sunken ruins and snowy eyries, spectacular places fraught with danger, where…

Esme wants the truth about her mother’s tragic disappearance. But when her search takes her to a magical city in another realm, she uncovers challenging secrets… “A fresh new fantasy of an enchanting world” (Wendy Orr, New York Times bestselling author of Nim’s Island).