What appeared at first to be a medieval English village is actually an enclosed Biodome. Fillion lives on the outside of their small town.

At 15 (almost 16), I can understand and identify with her small acts of rebellion. This isn’t the relationship she wants with him, and she’s not sure she ever wishes to marry. When her best friend shows that he would like to marry her, Willow recoils. Willow is also nearing the age when the women in her village marry, which is expected of her. Together they are responsible for raising their baby sister Laurel, a responsibility neither is ready for. She wants to hurt him, but instantly feels shame when he shows his own pain to her. Never being close before, she lashes out at her brother’s apathetic attitude. Grieving and heartsick, Willow is oblivious to her older brother’s grief. Did someone murder him, and if they did, why? As new information comes to light, his father’s death becomes more of a mystery. Leaf must determine his next steps in order to gain his father’s title and the respect of the other town elders. His father was the Earth Element, a noble in their medieval village. As the eldest, Leaf is now responsible for his younger sisters and at a loss as to what to do next. They’ve just lost their father to what appears to be a massive heart attack. I became lost in the world Sundin created, and y’all I couldn’t get enough! It’s unlike anything I’ve read before, which is refreshing to say the least. Following the story of three young adults, you get a clear picture of what is happening. The Middle Ages clashes with the near future in an unforgettable quest for truth, unfolding a story rich in mystery, betrayal, and love.įuture collides with the past in Legacy by Jesikah Sundin, the first book in her series The Biodome Chronicles. Their encounter launches Fillion into a psychological battle with his turbulent past as he rushes to decode the many dangerous secrets that bind them together-a necessity if they're all to survive. Risking banishment, the siblings search for clues, leading them to Fillion Nichols, an Outsider with a shocking connection to their family. Now everyone in their quiet town is suspect. A death Leaf believes is the result of murder. One that believes death will give way to life.Īll is ideal until their father bequeaths a family secret with his dying breath, placing an invisible crown of power on Leaf's head. Sealed inside this biodome since infancy, Leaf and Willow have been groomed by The Code to build a sustainable world, one devoid of Outsider interference. He's from the future, haunted by her death.Ī chilling secret binds their lives together.Ī sensible young nobleman and his sister live in an experimental medieval village. She's from the past, locked inside a world within a world.

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