Newcomer: Book 1 in "The Times" Series

Livia has always led a simple life out in the scrub. Ever since their parents died it's just been her and her brother, Asher. A life of surviving off the land and just living as the days come. And Livia is perfectly content with that. Then the stranger comes knocking at their door. Granted it's the first human Livia or Asher have ever met besides each other or their parents, but the fact that the stranger is a girl Livia's age just makes it that much worse. And there's something strange about her, some sort of mystery that Livia needs to figure out...or maybe it's just the world finally calling to Livia. Before she knows it, Livia has turned her back on everything she's ever known...the house she was born in, the land she's helped raise and has grown up on for eighteen years, and even her beloved brother for a while, all in exchange for an exciting adventure and change of environment with this new stranger. As Livia and, eventually, Asher travel along with this new stranger though, more questions than answers about her begin to pop up, and Livia can't help but wonder...what's her secret?