DAR & Earth: Yasteron

DAR & Earth: Yasteron continues the story of Aelish and Isabela, who must both somehow rise from the ashes of their shattered lives after the cliffhanger in Book Two. Aelish ventures back to DAR to reclaim her beloved Thagar. As she reviews the devastation in the N.W. Quadrant from Yasteron’s bombs, she agonizes over whether to annihilate the entire kingdom or forge ahead with a peace treaty in accordance with her Oath of Peace. While Aelish struggleswith that decision, Isabela tries to recover from the unfathomable betrayal by her first love, Glen, a Yasteron spy, and her capture and torture by Yasteron soldiers in her research lab.

While in DAR, Aelish discovers that one of the deadly vials Glen brought to the dinner party in her home, survived the bombing of the underwater bunker, where he was being interrogated by Thagar. The vial contains scientific information that Isabela has been searching for, in order to stop a burgeoningclimate syndrome already causing early symptoms worldwide.

Aelish defies the medici in DAR, who are unable to save Thagar’s life, and with the help of Isabela brings him to Earth for lifesaving human medical treatment. Despite the bombs crippling essential magic within DAR and destroying important tactical equipment, she secures an exit strategy to bring a severely injured Thagar to Earth.

Finally, back on Earth, Aelish gives the vial to Isabela, who immediately begins analyzing its contents. Isabela quickly discovers that the climate syndrome will single-handedly wipe out the human race once the overall global temperature reaches 1.4C. She develops a groundbreaking vaccine to stop the climate syndrome, which she wants available at no cost to humanity. At first, Wainbridge Medical Center denies her complicated and expensive methodology, but a benevolent billionaire named Andrew Miles Devereux emerges to assist Isabela. Once everything is in place, he and Isabela head to the World Health Organization to share her research with the world. However, Yasteron tries to thwart Isabela’s discovery. While she survives the assassination attempt on her life, Andrew Devereux is severely wounded.

Aelish is magically alerted that Isabela is in grave danger. She locates her on the billionaire’s helicopter and exposes herself as a magical being. Aelish makes the bold decision to tell Andrew Devereux about DAR, hoping it will provide Isabela with someone she can confide in. But her decision backfires and has an unforeseen impact on Isabela, fracturing their relationship. As Isabela forges ahead with her vaccine to stop the climate syndrome, her mental health begins to crumble under the pressure of trying to save humanity without Aelish’s love and guidance.

While Isabela works on the vaccine, Aelish works on the Peace Accord between DAR and Yasteron. While it often seems futile, she continues her pursuit of peace, hoping to stop the kingdom’s escalation of the climate crisis on Earth. She joins the peace delegation from DAR and heads to Yasteron for the signing of the Peace Accord, despite Thagar begging her not to go. She goes anyway for the sakeof peace and to win back Isabela’s trust. On the last grueling day of negotiations, an hour before the Peace Accord is scheduled to be signed, Aelish is informed there is an urgent transmission from Earth. What happens next will change her life forever, as Book Three ends, leaving the reader breathless.