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descended is a four-book series, an epic love story steeped in fantasy set in the early 1990's on the beaches of Manly in Sydney, Australia.
descended
1990s SYDNEY.
A LOVE THAT SPANS LIFETIMES.
FOR SOME, THE VEIL BETWEEN REALMS IS STRETCHED THIN...
An imaginative tour-de-force debut about the big and small decisions we make every day and the ripple effect they have on the rest of time – even if they’re celestially pre-determined. For fans of Stephenie Meyer, Gabrielle Zevin, and Matt Haig, DESCENDED ponders whether love can endure, life after life.
Indigo Wolfe, the mysterious high school heart throb everyone wants to be or be with, is barely holding on by a thread. Because he isn't what he seems. He has secrets – secrets that consume him. Pain. Emptiness. The unending noise of all that he sees, and feels and hears that no one else can.
Why is he cursed by abilities others are not?
When he meets the ethereal Cordelia Carlisle, he's hit with a sense of recognition that traverses lifetimes. Only she can make his world silent. He’s welcomed into her family, and as they grow closer he lets her see the parts of him he keeps hidden.
The only thing he can't show her is that she's everything to him.
When they're torn apart, Indigo descends into darkness and is left standing on the precipice. He must search the depths of his soul – and his powers – and choose, whether to give up, or to fight: for himself, for answers, and for Cordelia, the one he seems destined to love and to lose over and over, life after life after life…
Fresh, masterfully written, and deeply moving, this award-nominated debut is the first in a gripping four-book series that melds paranormal romance with magical realism.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
The following lists include spoilers for descended. Proceed at your own risk.
When you enter the world of descended, you’re stepping back into the 1990s, an era of political incorrectness where anything goes.
The descended books are books about life, and life can be confronting and heartbreaking and pretty damned full on at times. This series doesn’t shy away from the big stuff; it never has and it never will. Its pages contain emotionally confronting content which some readers may find isn’t productive for them to explore. If you’re particularly sensitive, you might want to set it aside. If you don’t mind spoilers, below are lists of triggers for both descended and transcended.
content warning:
Mental illness
Depression
Suicide
Homophobia
Bullying
Drug use
Domestic violence
Alcohol use
Child neglect
TRIGGER WARNINGS
The following lists include spoilers for transcended. Proceed at your own risk.
When you enter the world of descended, you’re stepping back into the 1990s, an era of political incorrectness where anything goes.
The descended books are books about life, and life can be confronting and heartbreaking and pretty damned full on at times. This series doesn’t shy away from the big stuff; it never has and it never will. Its pages contain emotionally confronting content which some readers may find isn’t productive for them to explore. If you’re particularly sensitive, you might want to set it aside. If you don’t mind spoilers, below are lists of triggers for both descended and transcended.
content warning:
Eating disorders
Cancer
Mental illness
Suicide
Homophobia
Bullying
Racism
Death of a loved one
Domestic violence
Drug use
Alcohol use
Child abuse
Violence
transcended
Deeply moving, raw and thought-provoking, transcended, is the much-anticipated sequel to the award-nominated debut, descended. Welcome back to Sydney’s Northern beaches in the 1990s.
Indigo loves Cordelia.
But Cordelia loves Drew… Or does she?
Worst of all, Reinenoir loves Indigo. In fact, she loves him to death.
With Reinenoir’s true identity revealed, it’s become clear her obsession with Indigo is personal. She wants him; him and his power.
But all Indigo wants is Cordelia. She’s the love of his life but she’s just shattered his heart. In every fibre of his being he knows they’re meant to be, that they have been, time after time, life after life. Indigo is torn: should he fight for her, or wait for her to realise their souls are irrevocably tied only to one another’s?
When they’re hit with an unimaginable tragedy, Indigo is forced to question the power of predestination and the true meaning of life, love and death. Will it bring him and Cordelia together, or tear them further apart?
And all the while Reinenoir is out there. Watching. Flexing her growing power. Waiting to see if Indigo will switch sides and join her coven. She’s kept her end of the bargain after all, allowing him time to decide, but her threat was clear: if he denies her again, she’ll turn the full brunt of her powers against him.
And now, Indigo’s time is up… and Reinenoir knows exactly who to hurt to break him…