Excerpt from Eon by Alison Goodman, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

I smiled. “Thank you, sir. And travel well.”

He nodded and raised his pastry in salute, then joined the flow of people in the center of the walkway. As his solid form merged into the shapes and colors of the crowd, I felt as though he was taking my mother and father with him. Two half memories that were already fading, leaving only an imprint of a smile like mine and the smell of sun-warmed skin.

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