Into the Ether
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  • Time 1h 27m
Ongoing, First published Nov 05, 2014
The year is 1692 and the town of Salem is gripped in hysteria. Witch trials and executions are happening regularly and residents are growing more paranoid as the days pass. 
  
  Ebeline Vidan lives on the outskirts of town, the outcast nobody pays any attention to. The orphan left to look after herself. With rationality slowly leaving the town, Ebeline is aware that it won't be long before the villagers turn their sights to her. After all, not only does she live alone on the outskirts, but her appearance isn't exactly conventional. 
  
  But Ebeline has a secret. A power that she can wield, despite having no knowledge of witchcraft. 
  
  Then she gets caught. 
  
  But it is in getting caught that Ebeline will discover the secrets of her past, make her first friends, travel to places beyond her wildest imagination and... 
  
  Become the leader of a rebellion that's been waiting for her. 

Book One of The Winter Realm Saga 
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