Wheaton, South Dakota, doesn’t seem like the place to reverse the downward spiral of Josh Cooper’s life.

Gravel roads, a small-town high school, and farm life were radical enough. Then, a series of paranormal dreams transport Joshua to the distant past and a parallel life with an ancient family identical to his own.

As the threat of imperial invasion grows, Joshua tries to reconcile how a girl in his new high school also appears in his ancient household. In the present, she helps him gain a place in his new life through basketball. In the past, they share the impending disaster of being conquered by a heartless enemy. Through it all, Joshua searches for the hope to carry him into a future worth living.

Published in September, 2022, this is Thomas Walker’s first book with Midwestern Books.

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