Eternity's Edge (Echoes from the Edge, #2)

What would it be like if Jesus had come to another planet?Oriannon is living the good life on the bright side of Corista, a small planet circling three suns. But things get crazy for the teen when a new music teacher arrives at her school with strange songs and even stranger ideas. Soon Oriannon is pressured to spy on her teacher, Jesmet, by using her powers to record everything she sees and hears.Could Jesmet really be a faithbreaker, like Oriannon's friend Margus says? She's not so sure, but her life is turned upside-down when she loses her way on the dark side of the planet and is taken in by an odd, cliff-dwelling people. And when her new friends face a deadly threat, can the once self-centered Oriannon follow her heart... and save half the planet?Program Summary Field:Those who live in lush comfort on the bright side of the small planet Corista have plundered the water resources of Shadowside for centuries, ignoring the existence of Shadowside's inhabitants, who are nothing more than animals. Or so the Brightsiders have been taught. It will take a special young woman to expose the truth—and to help avert the war that is sure to follow. This is the story of Oriannon, a very human-looking girl with an extraordinary the ability to record what she sees and experiences like the hard drive of a computer. When the mysterious Jesmet, thought to be a Magician in the Old Order, begins to connect with Oriannon, he is banished to Coristas Shadowside. On another planet, the new faith of its first Believers is tested in the shadow of evil In book two, readers can contemplate how biblical truths translate in another world. The planet of Corista has been thrown off its axis, and the bright side has been plunged into perpetual darkness. Are the Owling people of Shadowside to blame? With both sides of the planet in chaos, the world becomes even more confusing for 15-year-old Oriannon when her former music mentor Jesmet miraculously returns from the dead and promises his followers a special power called the Wind. But his is not the only offer of hope. Sola, Coristas charismatic head of Security, proposes the ultimate solution for peace, and she recruits Oriannon to help her carry out a seemingly perfect plan. But Oriannons closest friends are skeptical and try to convince her that the plan involves evil acts against the Owling. Should Oriannon trust the feelings of her friends? Will she embrace Solas solution as the answer to the worlds dilemma? Or will she believe the promise of an Owling holy man before she can no longer discern between light and darkness? This fast-paced adventure fantasy trilogy starts with murder and leads teenagers Nathan and Kelly out of their once-familiar world as they struggle to find answers to the tragedy. A mysterious mirror with phantom images, a camera that takes pictures of things they cant see, and a violin that unlocks unrecognizable voices each enigma takes the teens further into an alternate universe where nothing is as it seems. Find out what happens when good battles evil in an alternate universe Interfinity is imminent. In this second book in the Echoes from the Edge series, the merging of Earth and its parallel dimensions means one thing to Nathan Shepherdhe must rescue his parents while attempting to save his world and others. But signs foretell the impending collapse of the cosmos. Nathan and his friend Kelly watch the night sky transform into a giant mirror, as stars are replaced by scattered reflections of Earth. The teens are not the only ones on a mission. Mictar, a dimensional stalker who consumes the life energy of his victims, fights to control the universea universe Nathan knows belongs to God. Journeying through dimensional realities, Nathan and Kelly must draw on their God-given gifts of wisdom and courage and the help of faithful friends, as they battle Mictar for lives and worlds sliding toward the edge of destruction. Those who live in the lush comfort on the bright side of the small planet of Corista have plundered the water resources of Shadowside for centuries, ignoring the existence of Shadowside's inhabitants, who are nothing more than animals. Or so the Brightsiders have been taught. It will take a special young woman to expse the truth--and to help avert the war that is sure to follow. Fifteen-year-old Orianon, whose special ability is to to mentally record everything she sees and hears, lives a happy life with her wealthy family on the bright side of the planet Corista until the arrival of Jesmet, a music teacher whose new ideas and songs cause him to be labeled an enemy and banished to the dark side of the planet. Nathan Shepherd and his friend Kelly draw on their God-given gifts of wisdom and courage and the help of faithful friends as they continue to battle Mictar for the lives of Nathan's parents and to keep the universe out of the dimensional stalker's control. With both sides of the planet Corista in chaos, fifteen-year-old Oriannon's world becomes even more confusing when her former mentor returns from the dead, only to clash with a charismatic official who offers the "ultimate solution" for planetary peace. "I thought you said you knew how to fly this thing!"