L. E. Palphreyman
ASIN: B00CTWBUZ6
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 322
Once upon a time, when our land was not quite as old as it is now, there existed a clock tower…
Evelyn has grown up in a children's home attached to an ancient church building. On New Year's Eve, the night before her thirteenth birthday, she finds herself in the forbidden crypt of St. Eilian; the crypt that Sister Mary has been so keen to keep her away from. And there is something, or someone, in there; hidden amongst the shadows.
Soon she finds herself forced back into the time of the Timekeeper and, alongside the mysterious Epoch, is swept into a dangerous revolution taking place within the hidden networks of forgotten libraries. The only way that she can hope to get back home is to find the blue hourglass. But she is not the only one looking for it.
Meanwhile, a strange carnival that no-one can remember is travelling about the land, the Timekeeper's daughters are losing track of ...