When Staci is shunted off to live with her alcoholic mother in Silence, Maine, she thinks the worst thing she’ll have to deal with is the fact that the crumbling town is stuck in the proverbial stone age. But the town’s shabby façade masks dark forces at work behind the scenes—and Staci is about to find herself caught in the middle of a very dangerous game.

Exiled from the Rimward Commonwealth, Simon Forrester must make a new life for himself as an apprentice on the merchant vessel Stacked Deck. But there are those on board plotting interstellar war behind closed doors. Now, Simon must choose sides—and the fate of an empire hangs in the balance.

Tim Ryan has always known he is different from other teenagers. But he didn’t know just how different, until he went to live with his grandmother on a tiny island off the coast of Australia. There, he’ll face enemies that want to destroy him, discover the mysterious changeling heritage that is his birthright, and grow from being a sulky boy to a young man prepared to take hold of a legacy of power beyond any he has ever imagined.

In Dave Freer’s Changeling’s Island, Tim Ryan discovers that, unbeknownst to him, he’s been a changeling all his life. Which got us thinking: What mythical/magical creature would you most want to find out you are and why? Let us know for your chance to win a signed copy of Changeling’s Island.

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Last month asked you to tell us in what scenario would seeing/knowing the future be the absolute worst? Congrats to Stephen Campbell! He’ll receive a signed copy of The Seer.

Read Stephen’s winning entry here.

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