Results for "Eden" in Historical

Phee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. Coddled to within an inch of her life by a mother who refuses to let her daughter live a life other than the one she dictates, Phee yearns to demonstrate she's capable of more than simply marrying well. When word arrives that her Aunt Cleo, long estranged from the family, has passed away, Phee risks her mother's wrath to step up and accept the role of pomp—the highly honored duty of planning the funeral service.

In a distant past, during the dawn of civilization, a group known as the Guardians seek to gather and destroy forever the Royal Stones of Eden and their power to control time and space and spirit. Legends of the past collide with each other as the secrets of ancient elements are discovered and explored by several time travelers as they travel through a land of fantasy, magic, and intrigue; journey to Wales, Egypt, and to the time of the Old American West and the rule of King Arthur.