The SHADOWS OF TIME # 1
The Healing Stone
Medieval Spain, 1212. Orphaned and alone, 16-year-old Francisco is forced to survive on the brutal streets of Toledo. In his possession is a stone with the power to heal any wound, a secret he guards fiercely. His father’s dying words echo in his mind: “Do no harm lest you break the charm.”
Living under the shadow of ruthless gangs, Francisco uses the stone to secretly heal the outcasts of society, always staying one step ahead of danger. But his life changes forever when mysterious figures reveal the stone’s origins—a technology from over a thousand years in the future, linked to a temporal war that threatens to consume history itself.
Francisco faces an impossible choice: join the enigmatic Sittiri in their battle to protect the timeline or lose the stone and the hope it brings to those who need it most. As he grapples with his destiny, Francisco must navigate treacherous alliances, ancient secrets, and his own conflicted heart.
The Healing Stone is the first thrilling installment in the Shadows of Time series, where history and future collide, and the fate of both lies in the hands of an unlikely hero.
The SHADOWS OF TIME # 2
The Stone Inside
Sittiri Academy, 1305. Medieval Spain was only the beginning.
Swept from the alleys of Toledo into Neubawni—the Sittiri’s hidden city where the future has already arrived—Francisco learns the Sittiri believe he is the prophesied One of Six, the one who will help end a time-war raging across millennia. Their wonders dazzle: a machine that glimpses tomorrow, rulers older than empires, and cadets who already know his name.
But the prophecy comes with a weight he never expected. An affliction even his healing stone cannot cure holds him back, and whispers of disappointment follow him through the halls. Cut off from the powers that define his order, he fears the prophecy is meant for someone else.
With only his stone and the quiet Voice that guides him, Francisco must find a path powered not by technology, but by trust. From plague-shadowed Constantinople to a city under siege, his courage and faith will be tested by treachery from where he least expects it.
He shall bear no device but the stone inside.