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	(BOOK TWO OF THE THREADS OF FATE TRILOGY) Young Jiri Ivanov was on a night train. He had no idea where he was going, and to make matters worse, he was alone and without a ticket. Jiri’s mother, Patricia, told him to leave Prague or risk getting caught by the deviant police inspector, Pavel Fleischaker, who followed the cause of a dark and malicious entity known only as Tobe Healy. For Jiri, the track ahead had fogged over with uncertainty. He had no choice but to learn to trust and seek out the Protectors of the Fate - who not only believed in the mythology but also remain committed to ending the fight against an evil that had plagued his ancestors since history began. The Tethered Rope is a continuation of the thrilling story that began with The Gathering Thread. By STEPHEN P. RADFORD
	In the years 2566 Elise and Marden had no idea they were expecting a child when they signed up to a five-year contract, working within a maximum-security prison facility on the desert planet, New Paris. Four years in, and their future dreams, as a family, were shattered within the space of one night. As the skies lit up, the power across the entire facility went down. The criminals of New Paris awakened, and tore away the walls of captivity with a savage hunger. The prison staff, and the civilian population had no choice but to run, hide, and survive within in a formidable desert terrain. Years went by without any sign of a rescue. They were abandoned, without any hope of rescue. A decade later: an escape pod crash landed, and with it, came a stranger who brought with her, an opportunity that would reignite the precious spark of hope… By STEPHEN P. RADFORD & BRIAN BYERS.
	(BOOK ONE OF THE THREADS OF FATE TRILOGY) Prague, Winter, 1953. After accompanying his father to a crime scene of yet another gruesome murder, Jiri Ivanov becomes the target of a psychopath who exploits the gifted twelve year old in the hopes to unlock cryptic knowledge to control life, longevity and the hereafter. The killer’s aimless search to find three sisters or 'the three threads' has, after centuries, come to an abrupt stop. The killer has a new focus: gather the threads, with Jiri as the bait. Time is of the essence. Very few who work within Prague’s secret police believe the wild theories that investigator Nikolai Ivanov (Jiri's father) puts forward about the latest series of killings. As their inner circle of trust, safety and security gets smaller with each fresh kill, the Ivanov family must pull together to not only survive but to ensure that the clandestine truth that they hold so deep remains a secret; even if it means breaking rules that were set in motion centuries before they were born. By STEPHEN P. RADFORD