[Sage Seed Chronicles 03] • The Unraveling

Erin’s parents have been murdered. Cracking through the numbness of grief is the awareness that she is understanding animals and that there is a malevolent energy she can sense seeking her! As she frantically eludes the killer she concentrates on the deadly questions she has to solve: Who murdered her parents, why and why are they trying to kill her too. So focused is she that Erin doesn’t realize that the planetary quakes are becoming more frequent just like the murders.

Erin resolves to face the danger she is in, on her own terms. She cuts off her hair and hides herself, in plain sight, as a scruffy boy, taking a job on the guild caravan as it travels in the provinces on it’s autumn circuit. Her plan is to make a wide circle back toward the place of the murders, through the realm, gathering information on the killer and trying to answer the deadly questions. Her wild companions, a falcon, a skunk and an owl are indispensable on her quest, as is Lor, the glow stone guild member whose team of horses she cares for. He is also one of the few, like Erin, who carry the sage seed and has secret unique talents.

Their journey is punctuated by numerous quakes and news of more mysterious deaths. They don’t realize that the two things are related until it is too late. The “seeker” must be stopped! The fabric of her world is literally unraveling!