Abrielle used to dream of a different life. Adventure. Romance. Hope.
Not of Kansas.
Now, after the loss of her mother and a move she didn’t want to make, she’s lost the will to dream anymore, let alone believe in her father’s Somedays. But a swirling wind, a wall of leaves, and a blinding darkness transform her world.
She and both of her brothers, Brogan and Matteaus, are swept from Kansas to someplace beyond–to a desert in which everything is watery brown, including the sky and the light of the weak sun. Abrielle finds herself in the middle of a realm everyone had heard of but no one believed existed. Except this version is run-down and broken, void of color and hope. Not much different from her view of life in Kansas.
When she gathers her bearings, she discovers her youngest brother is missing, lost in a land that is foreign and dying. Finding Matteaus becomes her sole focus, but when she and Brogan meet a boy named Levi, who only adds more mystery to this world that shouldn’t exist, she finds out this kingdom is much more perilous than the children’s book ever told.
Matteaus is in great danger.
There is nothing safe about Oz.
“With vivid settings, evocative descriptions, and brilliant characters facing issues relevant to our times, Emerald Illusion is a modern fairy tale that will appeal to anyone seeking a place to belong. With nods to L. Frank Baum and C. S. Lewis, author J. Rodes has created a portal fantasy that is both sweetly familiar and entirely new–with a hint of romance that adds an extra bit of tension to the plot. Highly recommended!” Serena Chase, author of the Eyes of E’veria series
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From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Emerald Illusion
Book Author: Jennifer Rodewald
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"What do you see in your dreams? . . . . . They are different . . . and so . . tempting, part of my heart wants to stay. Never wake up and to let that be the reality I live in."
Abrielle's move to Kansas with her widower father, and brothers Brogan and Matteaus, sends the siblings straight into an adventure that they never expected to take. While exploring their new property, strong wind gusts surround them in the small patch of woods behind the family farmhouse, exposing an unexpected portal into a world beyond their imagination, a world of dusty browns; devoid of hope and absent of light.
Separated from Matteaus, Brogan and Abrielle frantically search for safe cover from the powerful, heavy winds swirling with dust and dirt. Finding a cave, they encounter a fearsome warrior intent on discovering who they are and where they have came from. His name is Levi and he is certain that their missing brother has been captured by the Illusion and taken to emerald city of Oz. Not only will the journey to rescue Matteaus be treacherous, but what they will observe along the way, is only a dangerous impression.
"Emerald Illusion" is filled with deep theology, challenging one's thinking about the world that we naively view as our home, and reminding us that what lies ahead "someday" is far more real than we realize.
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