nightshade: The Ember Stone
by Fresh Ink Authors Sylvie Merryman-Lotze and Rachel Feldman
Friendship, Magic, and Mystery
Nightshade: The Ember Stone
Elodie Eeriewood has always been different. She can see magical waves called auras, which no one she knows can detect. Maybe there’s nobody else like her out there.
 Flynn Renwood has always been able to figure things out, but she has an ability of her own, and it makes absolutely no sense. It’s not something that can be explained or reasoned around, and definitely not anything normal.Â
Best friends from birth, twelve-year-olds Elodie and Flynn have worked hard to disguise their differences, even from one another. But when they fall through a portal to an enchanting, terrifying planet called Twilight Spectrum, their tightly guarded secrets begin to unravel.
Disoriented and desperate to return home, the two embark on a journey through kingdoms of ice, sand, mountains, and monsters with the help of new friends and a loyal, cat-like companion. Soon they find themselves racing against a malevolent sorceress to gain possession of the Ember Stone – a magical jewel that could determine both their fate and the fate of the planet. The deeper they venture into the heart of Twilight Spectrum, the stronger and more trusting they discover they can be, but will that be enough to save themselves, the world, and their only chance of getting home?
Sylvie Merryman-Lotze
Sylvie Merryman-Lotze is a crazy spectral who lives with her parents, sister, and cat in PA, where she writes fiction stories by herself and with her awesome friends. When not writing she can be found drawing, reading, or doing circus and altogether driving anyone in a 50 mile radius of her crazy. This is her first novel, though she hopes to write a lot more, hopefully making Elodie and Flynn’s lives a lot more wild and dangerous.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman, when not writing, enjoys reading, theater, obsessing over fictional characters and procrastinating on actually important things. She lives with her parents, two cats and a ghost of a fish (R.I.P. Bubbly) in Narberth, PA. This is also her first novel, though it hopefully won’t be her last.
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