Sands of Time
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Last published Thu, May 22, 2025
"Time is an interesting thing. How souls so eternally different can be bound to one another in the most unexpected of ways."
Sun Scale, Defender of Earth, Soldier-In-Training to His Majesty the Queen, feels as though he has lived a pretty average life so far. He has a loving family, the greatest friends in the world, and a true can-do attitude. What more could he possibly ask for?
Okay, so maybe the madman who cursed them a thousand years into the past deserves a good beating, but, hey, that's for another time right?
Another time indeed, for soon he will discover a terrible truth. For all of his power and influence, the darkness inside each of his teammates continues to grow and if it is not stopped, it might literally be the end of the world. And in order to stop it, he will have to journey through the past, right the moments that went wrong, and somehow save the universe.
But nothing is ever as it seems, danger and betrayal lurk around every corner...
...and time is not on his side.
//Book 4 in the Defenders series//
//Cover was made using Canva AI//
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