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Adventure that includes Assassination. Abortion. Adoption. Attempted rape. Acrophobia. Agnosticism.Atheistic honor vs. Christian honor. Barter economy necessitated by disaster. Burying those suddenly killed. Cheating suspected among Christian honor students. Calendars in other worlds. doubting. Deception. Demon possession. Defending a mountain fortress against impossible odds. Dying in the line of duty. EMP(electromagnetic pulse) Exorcism. Emryss and Elphia as planets?

Fairness. Faith asking for facts. Fallen humans from other worlds. God in other worlds. Horrible natural disaster. Hatred of killing and war. Interplanetary romance. Justice. Jesus' death and resurrection for salvation everywhere? Kidnapping. Killing to survive. Missionary responsibility-how far does it go? New laws and rules. Numbers and logic. New important stories and records discovered. Order vs. anarchy. Passion. Princes, Princesses, and other royalty. Prophecy from another planet. Quick, necessary marriages. Risks of commitment. Redefining time.

Survival without electricity. Substance abuse in a "fairy-tale" world. "susquehanna" behind walls. Speaking in tongues. Stories within stories, carefully analyzed. "Sci-fo" format. Tabloids and truth. Travel to other planets? UFOs. USA shrinking in size (to 47 states) and power. Vows to win at all costs. Visions that language can't explain. WDSS. Witches. Worship In other worlds. X with the "hanging spikes" -a legitimate symbol? Young - too young - love, necessary but dangerous. Zareba's best secret.

A mysterious global crisis seen from the mountains of northeaster Pennsylvania- from Aeron to Zareba- in 500 pages with several illustrations by Dominic Catalano It's all here and more.

I have to be honest, I didn't think I would like this book at first...What with it being Sci-fi! I'm not that big into that genre...But I decided that I should give it a whirl, especially when John said it had romance in it...What girl could turn it down...Then I thought that it was going to be really 'alien-y' but they are basically regular people like you and like I.

Once you get started with this story, your not going to be able to put it down!!! I started reading thinking it was going to take forever, but then I couldn't stop reading, and I ended up staying up WAY to late :) Now the first part, is kind of slow, but once you get to the heart of the story it just gets better and better!!!

It starts with the Story of Death of the Tavern...This is the story of the beginning! And then the Secrets of Zareba is the end of the beginning...

I have to say, this has to be the hardest review to write...I'm trying to figure out what I can say, without giving away the good stuff :)

It all starts with Micheal and Triana, getting accused of cheating during a history project, because their stories are very similar, causing the teacher (Mr. Cample) to suspect them of talking to each other during the course of their projects.
So Mr. Cample calls a meeting of the Children and their guardian/parent... Dr. Jonas Harwell, adoptive father of Michael, and guardian of Triana, sits down and starts explaining everything...How these two kids who have never heard of the opposite story, could have been so alike...It takes you through reading both stories, and lets you in on some secrets of Triana, and Dr. Harwell!!'