A Shadow in Eternity (Halvard series book 1)
About the book
A Shadow in Eternity
by Payal Dhar
Young Zubaan/Puffin, 2006
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What would you do if you discovered one day that you weren't really what you think you are?
And what would you do if you were only twelve years old and asked to make a choice that could change your life and the world you live in?
A Shadow in Eternity is a story about a twelve-year-old girl called Maya Subramaniam who has to make such a choice. Maya used to think that Hindi homework and a troublesome older brother were about as complicated life could get. Till she met Noah Jarryd—freakishly tall, deathly pale and icily bland.
And nothing was ever the same again.
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From the blurb
"Watcher? What do you watch?"
"You."
Maya Subramaniam goes to school, hates her brother, dotes on Rahul Dravid. At first glance, she seems like an ordinary twelve-year-old.
But not quite. For Maya knows the truth about time. Every night she travels to an alternative world known as Eternity, where she trains so she might become a Defender of the Light and keep time ticking.
Under the watchful eyes of the freakishly tall, enigmatic Noah, Maya has no problems keeping up her double life. Till, that is, she and her friend Lev unwittingly stumble upon an ancient conspiracy.
What is the "Idea" Prophecy? Who are the Warriors of the Shadow and what do they want with Lev? Is Noah all he seems or is there something he is hiding?
The answers could change Maya's life—and the world as we know it—for ever.
On the brink of childhood and adolescence, Maya sets out on an extraordinary adventure. Along the way, she discovers powers she never knew she had, perils she never wanted to face, and the true meaning of friendship.