And as she unravels a secret that could challenge Penelope’s claim to the throne, Penelope vows to divert Eyelet’s journey-straight to a dark and deadly end. And the Commonwealth’s tyrannical new ruler, Penelope Rapture, is strangely eager to speed up the clock.Īided by a band of unusual yet loyal associates, Eyelet stumbles upon a startling rumor. Framed for murder and sentenced to execution, Urlick is running out of time. Navigating her way through nightmarish lands devoid of sunlight, Eyelet Elsworth races to free her beloved Urlick Babbit, the first person to understand and accept her-differences and all. Losing him would make her overcast world one shade darker… Determined to follow the thief and recover the machine, she ventures into the deepest, darkest, most dangerous part of her twisted world. But Eyelet’s late father’s most prized invention, the Illuminator, has been missing since the day of the mysterious flash-a day that saw the sun wiped out over Brethren forever.Īlone and on the run, she finds the Illuminator-only to witness a young man hauling it away. After her mother is accused and executed for a crime that she didn’t commit, the now-orphaned Eyelet has no choice but to track down the machine-her last hope for a cure.
She’s hidden her secret affliction all of her life-a life that would be in danger if superstitious townspeople ever guessed the truth. Seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth is no stranger to living in the dark. Click on the book cover to Look Inside the book on Amazon and read an excerpt.Įven in a land of eternal twilight, secrets can’t stay hidden forever.
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