"Cynthea Masson's writing is fluid and poetic even when she's building metaphysical worlds, and her dialogue is light, witty, and always natural." -- Apple Books "This series is well-constructed and original. Cynthea Masson does an excellent job of balancing the good and evil of her flawed characters."-- CM Magazine In Book Three of The Alchemists' Council trilogy, eternal conflicts between the Council and Rebel Branch escalate. Secrets about time-travel manipulation are revealed, uncomfortable truths about alchemical children are discovered, and Council dimension itself begins to disintegrate. Amidst this fallout, the Amber Garden dissolves, conjoined pairs separate, alchemists die, and Cedar is banished to the outside world. Efforts of both alchemists and rebels to resolve the dissolution of Council and Flaw dimensions prove futile. People of the outside world experience ever-increasing political turmoil and the risk of environmental collapse. Mercifully, the alchemists have woven a thread of hope into an alchemically inscribed book, which they release into the outside world with the purpose of attracting new Initiates to Council. At first, Initiate Virginia appears to be a disrespectful interloper with whom Jaden loathes to work. However, their combined scribal efforts prove astoundingly powerful -- so much so that they are sent through time, tasked with saving both Cedar and the dimensions.
