What if the worlds you dreamed up as a child were real? Judah has been frequenting the land of Astoria through a portal in her neighbor's cotton field since she was five. Her daily visits to the centaur Lyle's cottage provide Judah both a friend and an escape from the reality of her mother's mental illness. What Lyle hasn't told her is that Astoria banned human adults ages ago, and the portals of Astoria close upon a human’s coming of age. When Judah surprises Lyle by sauntering into Astoria on her thirteenth birthday, Judah soon realizes she has become a fugitive in a land she once considered a refuge. For readers who loved The Chronicles of Narnia, T.A. Lawrence offers a modern take on a portal fantasy adventure. Complete with clever riddles, an enchanted forest, an epic journey across a stunning world, and the occasional Southernism, readers are in for an adventure they won't forget.

Judah escaped the Forest of Atalo once; surely she can do it again. Right? Locked out of her home, separated from her family, and trapped in a world that doesn’t want her, Judah has one find the secret treasure hidden deep within the Forest of Atalo. Preferably, before the forest takes her mind. She made it out once before. But this time, she’s alone. Except for the shadow. The shadow that moves when it thinks she isn’t looking. Fast paced and packed with mind-twisting riddles, this second installment in The Astoria Chronicles will keep the reader second-guessing at every turn. A sinister plot is weaving its way through Astoria. The question Will you figure it out before Judah does? Or will you both be too late?