Aponlea-once a grand and flourishing civilization-now forgotten by the world at large.Its existence a mystery. Its survivors: 20 men. These 20 men-the patriarchs-made a home of new terrain and passed along traditions, whispers of their homeland, to their descendants.Now it's 1999, and a teenage girl named Kelly Johnson has caught whim of the prophecy of the nearly dead civilization. And she is eager to see the day of its destined revival. But when Kelly doesn't get enough answers from her own family, she is invited into the world of her next door neighbor, Dane Morris. Dane was raised in a family engulfed in the passions and obsessions of all things Aponlean. Not only does he speak the ancient language, but his home holds the largest literary collection of Aponlean history in the world. The very works of the lost land in its rarest and rawest form, right in his family's very own library! And it means nothing to him now.A near-death experience leads Dane to question everything he's ever believed. His budding friendship with Kelly only feeds his desire to separate from the darkness looming over his family and his lifestyle. But if his overzealous father and brother ever found out he was rejecting his religion, it could cost him his life.Both Kelly and Dane's journey to finding self-purpose are intertwined with their unlikely friendship. They seek the truth, and they will stop at nothing to find it.
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