Beneath the roots of weeping willows, The dead lie shackled in their graves, Above the tombstones their voices bellow, Shattered glass of long forgotten days. When the Gate closes and Derek vanishes into the Portal instead of a demon, the doctors are desperately trying to save Rebecca's life behind hospital doors. It's a miracle that she survives. The magic of the Gate fades with Derek now gone and the world of shadows seems to be finally kept at bay. Though, upon Nick's return from NY with his new girlfriend, things start to come back to life. Amanda is strangely interested in the Diary, which makes Rebecca become suspicious. But the dark shows its true face and soon the unforeseen events lead to another startling discovery, causing Rebecca and Nick to set on the adventure to the Coterie in hopes to find a ruby and answers. But their journey is anything but easy. As the old Coterie Clock ticks the time away, they rush to save each other, dig up a centuries-old cadet corpse, and shine the lantern into the past to bring back someone they care for before he runs out of time once and for all.

here is a thin line between the living and the dead. And an even thinner line between love and magic. When eighteen-year-old Rebecca Grimwood sees a fortune teller in the heart of Washington, DC, she thinks she is just a girl haunted by a strange, recurring dream. She has no idea her destiny involves a sacrifice and a magical diary with special powers. Until a handsome stranger tells her otherwise. With his beautiful, ever-changing eyes and gallant gestures, Derek Cromwell is surely charming. Except one downfall. Derek is a dead Civil War soldier and a Sentinel of the Gate, a metaphysical boundary between the living and the dead, with a mission that can't be undone. Caught in a love triangle between a ghost of the past and her best friend, aspiring photographer Nicholas Brady, Rebecca is trying to stay true to her heart while everything around her crumbles, as she reveals the secrets that stayed buried on Civil War battlefields for generations. Secrets. And the darkness that accompanies them. At night, the disembodied voices rise with the wind, slithering between the cobble-stoned streets of Harpers Ferry. The claws of something dark scratch against the stone houses, making their lights flicker. What has brought the monsters to this town? And how does Rebecca stop them before they destroy everything, including the two men she starts to fall for? The Diary holds all the secrets. For readers who enjoy The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith, The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, and Running with the Demon by Terry Brooks.