Cirrus@Austlit

'When a portal spins Rosette and Jarrod off in different directions, Rosette is caught in a loop of repeating events. A strange bard helps her find a way back home, but things have changed - Jarrod is missing, her mentor is a child and women are forbidden to carry swords.

'While Kreshkali leads the survivors on Earth, Rosette and her Temple Cat turn to the future for help - but which future?

'Time is their only hope, and it's playing tricks ...' (From the publisher's website.)

'The Tide Lords have gathered in Jelidia to find out the secret of how to kill an immortal ... Cayal in particular. Before they can do this, however, they must find the Chaos Crystal that brought them to this world.

'They initially head to Glaeba, where Arkady has been captured by Jaxyn. She escapes and flees to Caelum, where she runs into Warlock and his family and learns that Elyssa, Warlock's cruel immortal mistress, may know something about the Chaos Crystal.

'With every immortal on Amyrantha searching for the crystal, the stakes are very high ...' (Publisher's blurb)

'The eternal desire for immortality is at the core of this epic series. It is the story of the Tide Lords, twenty-two men and women who, thousands of years ago, traded their humanity for immortality ... only to discover it is a double-edged sword. Some still relish their immortality, while others wish only to end it.

'Jaxyn and Diala have murdered Mathu and Diala is now ruling Gleaba. Stellan is in hiding and Arkady is a slave. Declan is still trying to find her, while juggling all the other problems he has to deal with as the Queen's spymaster.

'Meanwhile, Stellan has taken charge of the Scard Army and is starting to whip it into shape. Shilly Ponting introduces him to the rest of the Cabal of the Tarot and tells him of the Lore, and the information contained within.' (Publisher's blurb)