Stranger Things meets Robin Hobb in this Cold War portal fantasy series set in a world of dark conspiracies and quantum magic, where reality can’t be trusted but family means everything.

 

Sergei relives his mother’s tragic death in nightmares every night… but he’s the only one who believes she’s still alive.

 

Sergei lives an ordinary 1980’s American life… but every night he travels back to the frozen Russian lake where his mother made the ultimate sacrifice for her children’s freedom. So when a mysterious woman tells him his mother is alive, he jumps at the chance to find her.

 

The problem? The only clue to her whereabouts is an otherworldly book written in a language no one has ever seen before.

 

Lured into a risky game of cloak and dagger with a shadowy government cabal that wants his mother as badly as he does, Sergei will risk everything to find the truth. But when his nightmares start bleeding into reality, his double life might tear his family completely apart before he has a chance to bring them back together.

 

The clock is ticking. With one last chance to save his mother from the ruthless forces plotting to use her, can Sergei make it in time... Or will everyone he loves suffer the consequences?

 

To Dream a Darker Realm is the new, completely revised first book in the genre-bending Rai Ascendant series, blending portal and paranormal with epic fantasy. If you like complex intrigue, messy friendships, and flawed but relatable characters, you’ll love this thrilling dark fantasy by award-winning author Angela Boord!

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