Through the Magic and Madness of Fortune: Waker World Adventures: Eka and Christelle Book 3

RECAP We’re back for that final moment, when all is revealed! Of course, you have to read the book for that but, hey, that’s why you’re here. In case your break from Christelle and Eka’s adventure has been a while, here’s a little catch up. Eka and Christelle met (or reconnected, unbeknownst to them - aren’t words like that wonderful) back in Manatee Isles down in Florida. And there they discovered they had hidden, magical gifts. Unfortunately, all this had been taken away by their families, along with their memories, when they were children. I know, that’s horrible. Of course, the intentions were mostly noble, keep them safe from whatever had attacked the Waker world, blah, blah, blah, but good intentions don’t always lead to good results. So, Christelle was not happy with her family for making this decision for her. At least that’s the story for Christelle. In case you forgot, the Waker world is the hidden magical world Christelle and Eka were born into, full of people, called Wakers, with energy, or uliee, that allows them to work with the natural world around them in incredible ways. Flying on air, surfing on water - without a board, grow a tree home in minutes, even grow a ship out of trees. Anyway, remember that all those Wakers, except for the cool ones of course, thought little Eka had something to do with her family’s death at the hands of whatever monster had killed them, since she was the only survivor. Unfortunately, Eka’s uliee (that’s the Waker’s energy from Gaia, which gives them the ability to work with the spirits of the natural world, in case you forgot) was different from all other Wakers’ uliee after the attack, which didn’t help stir rational feelings. As it turned out, her uliee was actually part Gaian (the spirit of our planet, which provides all Waker uliee), part Iridan (you remember, the spirit of a sun that came from the same universe as Lintu, our bad guy, and was hunting him). Anyway, I guess their non-logic was, if she floats, she’s a witch. Sometimes people are weird, and not the fun kind of weird). So Eka and Christelle learned all of this while developing their magic and fighting off the frustrated, lacking in magic, Nalos who just happened to be working with Lintu (the parasitic spirit from the other universe). Just when they thought they’d pulled off a miracle and won the day, Lintu showed up and Irida managed to save them all from his life draining magic. Left with more questions than answers and no one interested in helping them, they headed off to the Hawaiian Waker community, with a minor diversion to Oregon along the way to pick up Eka’s awesome grandparents (mother’s side) and to leave her awesome truck and vardo behind. That’s the part I’m not over yet, I loved that setup! They made their way across the water in a cool living tree ship, getting there just in time for an age old Waker Rally to start. And the Rally prize? A secret gift from Gaia! Woot woot! Christelle was determined to confront the old Earth spirit and finally get her answers on how to defeat Lintu (after he had shreaded her uliee back in Florida). Nothing, and no one, was going to get in her way. Not really the way to win a team sport. Meanwhile, Eka, whose gifts just weren’t running right, went in search of answers to get to the bottom of what happened the night her family died. Oh, and to get away from her Hawaiian grandmother, on her father’s side, who’s a real jerk for inspiring the suspicion surround Eka since she was a child. Along the way, she met Liney, a young cosmic spirit that was pulled, by accident, through a rift from that other universe with Lintu and Irida. Liney’s uliee is similar to the part of Irida that Eka carries and Eka feels a connection to this similar being. Eka noticed that her uliee was morphing, as her Gaian part merged with her Iridan part. Liney is able to show Eka some cool magic they could do, like portalling and dissolving into energy. Eventually, a dying Irida eventually super charges Eka, like Gaia had done for Christelle when she healed Christelle’s shreaded uliee, and Eka’s magic is off the charts. Christelle finally learned that she has to work with others. She also discovered that, with the help of some traveling Wakers, she could search out her mother for training, but also to finally see her again. Eka learned what happened to her family and that her brother may still be alive. Oh, and they win a skirmish with Lintu with the help of Christelle’s upgraded uliee, Eka’s new magical skills, and a weapon type device that Sema and Win had figured out how to construct from an old Waker book. So, Christelle isn’t so angry anymore, especially when she finds out where her mother might be and sets out to get some closure. Eka sets out to find further information about Lintu’s entry into this world, going on anything Liney might remember, to help stop him. And now, back to the saga of two Chill Chicks on the adventure of a lifetime.