The Hourglass

Times are changing inside and outside the Boundary. Many people are becoming restless in their confined cities and moving out to resettle the wilderness. The once-abandoned children, now young adults, find that having more neighbors brings both blessings and problems.

Meanwhile, President Dahl has renewed his quest for the elusive life-extending formula as he faces reelection. Confident of victory, he is unaware that his younger daughter, Priscilla, is determined to sabotage his campaign and end his evil reign. When she runs away and slips across the Boundary, she discovers people and a way of life that are nothing like she had known before.

Aided by illegally born Benjamin Grey and others, Priscilla hides from the government agents searching for her, hoping her absence stirs a scandal that will destroy her father's popularity. As Ben shows her more of his wild, untamed world, she finds herself facing a choice: freedom and forbidden love, or a cloistered life of luxury and privilege.

Will Dahl sacrifice his daughter to ambition? Will Priscilla be able to turn the course of the election? And how will Ben and his friends deal with the unexpected return of an old enemy? Discover all this and more in The Hourglass, book two in the Wild Children trilogy.