Most people wonder if Tambolia exists. It might be better to think - given all the time the universe has had to establish something like a Galactic Library, why wouldn’t it exist? Of course, access is the key and the most challenging part. The Galactic Library has two initial conditions: one is the Mark of Emptiness; the other is Self-Secret. Once you understand these conditions, you can enter this library. Misha and his grandson, Shilo, figure out how to get to Tambolia, a Galactic Library, by asking the question, where do people go when they figure it out? The solution is Tambolia. The problem they discover is: why is the patriarchal model, which we are suffering from, so invested with the ignorance of their own ignorance?

Kellen’s mother has always insisted that her only child was born male, not female—so Kellen has been raised as a boy. At school, she meets Gryffin, whose mind is as strong as his legs are damaged, and the two become friends and allies. A few years later, the two get jobs working at an inn nearby. When it is discovered that Gryffin is the kingdom’s new Dream-Maker—someone whose mere presence can help dreams come true—he is whisked away to the castle, leaving Kellen behind. By now, their friendship is shading into something more. Will it endure?

“Rufin offers his readers a return . . . to a time when the wildest dreamer could be a wealthy merchant—Jacques Coeur, the treasurer poet” (Les Echos). After a brilliant career as a trader, Jacques Coeur was summoned to the court of Charles VII and appointed Master of the Mint in 1436. He rose to become the King of France’s visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his opposition to the crusades, and his efforts to develop trade, brought France out of the darkness toward the Renaissance and modernity. At the height of his success, his ill-considered infatuation with Agnès Sorel, King Charles VII’s favorite mistress, precipitated Coeur’s fall from grace. In Rufin’s delectable prose this true story becomes a gripping tale of adventure, a novel of ideas, and a moving love story. “The Dream Maker blends with skill and efficiency politics, business, travel and love. All of this written in a classic, elegant prose, of which Jean-Christophe Rufin has long had a command.” —Le JDD “Rufin bestows such immediacy to this artist of finance, such vitality that we hear the sound of Coeur’s own voice telling us his life.” —Télérama “Rufin has re-established his eloquence and spirit, that of the great novelist of the people. . . . His new novel is both a chivalric odyssey and a brilliant reflection on power.” —Lire “The vivid portraits of Charles VII and Agnès Sorel give readers an intimate glimpse into court intrigue in 15th-century France.” —Washington Independent Review of Books “A fascinating novel.” —Historical Novel Society

Relieving his early days out of college, Dan recalled his encounter with the old shepherd Damianos while he had been taking another trip down to the past in company of his wife, Malou. Damianos guided him through the maze of his recollections and offered him the possibility of forging an alternative future for himself. Meanwhile, Dans family Malou, Stefano, Daniel and Gaby has been searching for Dan. Traveling back to the time at which Dan was lost, they were told that Dan had chosen to take an alternative path to reach his future. Dismayed but willing to accept her husbands choice, Malou and the three children were preparing themselves to follow Dan into the future, when Daniel disappeared unexpectedly after going for a swim at the marina where the family cruiser was moored. Dan and Gustavo, together with Chippewa, the Dream Maker are about to find out that Dans son, Daniel, was probably lost in time when we rejoin the family and friends in Dream Maker Book 3

It is early evening in eighteenth-century Eastern Europe, and two teens have just risked life and limb to escape from a lifetime of child labor at the hands of a wicked psychological mastermind, Dr. Frederick Fud. Now Will and Dee are running for their lives. But when they stumble upon a cellar with a secret door, they are suddenly transported into a community of extraordinary mentors who are about to change their lives forever. Dr. Fud, one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom of Id, is determined to continue his quest to capture the two teens and make them pay dearly for their mistakes. Meanwhile, Will and Dee meet Master Servante, the leader of an underground community of scholars and inventors, who comforts the frightened young people with his promise to protect them from danger. As Servante and his community help the youths elude attempts at recapture and uncover their extraordinary destinies, Will and Dee must find the courage to face their greatest fears. In this fantasy tale, the two teens must trust Servante to overcome their painful past, in order to transform their dreams into realitybefore the evil doctor finds them.

Those who know and know they know are in deep trouble. Avalon discovers she has the skillful means to influence things at a distance. Disciplining this insight requires years of practice with the help of mystic masters. Discovering this skill is unique to humans and essential in the protection of the Galaxy’s Culture Collectors.

This is book 2 of the Tambolian Paradox book series.