Louise Cusack:
"Destiny of The Light"
"Destiny of The Light" is the first novel in the Shadow Through Time trilogy published by Simon & Schuster Australia and released into bookstores in June 2001.
It contains elements of science fiction, magic and horror, taking a young woman from our world into the Earthworld of Ennae; a sepia world joined to ours by the Sacred Pool. Talis, her appointed Guardian, must help her through the dangerous terrain of Ennae, sacrificing everything to ensure her safety in a land where magic prevails and nothing is as it seems.
To fulfil her destiny as The Light - the woman whose child will join the Four elemental Worlds - Khatrene must overcome her amnesia and regain her childhood memories while thwarting the plans of an ethereal Shadow Woman, a mysterious tattooed man, a warrior woman of the Plainspeople, Ennae's best swordsman and ultimately, Khatrene's own beloved brother.
Her journey takes her to the royal Volcastle atop an active volcano, the Forest of Desire where every sexual fantasy is fulfilled, the labyrinth of the Altar caves, soul-destroying Rue Marsh and the haze enshrouded Plains where danger lies in every shadow.
Murder and betrayal follow Khatrene, and as the horrifying secrets of the past are revealed, she must struggle to stay alive and protect the powerful child growing within her. Trapped on Ennae, she must use all of her resources to escape the man who has systematically destroyed her family. Yet when he threatens her beloved brother, Khatrene finds the courage to confront him and the consequences of that defiance are more devastating than she could ever have imagined.
"Destiny of The Light" combines heroic courage with believable human frailties and the purest of love with the most despicable betrayals of trust. Subtle erotic undertones give way to laugh-out-loud moments, yet the wonder is never lost. Ennae exists, as do the Four Worlds, and the dangers that must be faced by a seemingly ordinary woman from our world are as close as the nearest billabong.
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