Publisher's Synopsis
A Bond Stronger than Life Itself.
Tev seeks to correct a mistake: Aya unjustly sentenced to exile in the Lands of Dark, from which no one ever returns. In failure to change the powerful Minister's mind, they are dragged to the all-consuming Divide of the Lands of Dark, like animals taken to slaughter. Tev and Aya venture through the Lands of Dark to defy the impossible and escape the forsaken land. Evils of the place kept at bay by a glowing crystal-its light strengthened by their bond. Their only guide a stolen book-hoping it will lead to Orta, a doorway out. Their journey will prove to be one of pain and torment, for their escape they will need to rely upon each other, rely upon the bond that transcends lifetime. From the Back CoverTev believed Aya did not actually want to end her life, everyone wants to live, it is embedded in one's soul. People want a better life, to escape the pain and the hurt. It is easy to forget everything passes, even the tough times. She needed a friend and Tev would be just that. Unjustly exiled by a powerful Minister to the strange, all-consuming Lands of Dark, the girl, Aya tells Tev of a way out of the lands, derived from the stolen Book of Laws. They venture to find the landmarks stated in the book, which will lead them to Orta-a doorway back to the Lands of Light. Keeping the evils of the land at bay with a glowing crystal-its light strengthened by their bond, a bond stronger than life itself.
