In the third Truth novel Useless is teaching Alissa how to locate a septhama point (a spot where emotional resonance creates distress – in lay terms, a ghost) when she somehow jumps back four centuries, to a time when the Hold is full of Keepers, students and Masters, long before Lodesh becomes Warden of Ese’ Nawoer, before the horror that destroys that city, and almost half a millennia away from her love.
Talo-Toecan is away from the Hold, as is Keribdis, and Alissa is taken under the wing of Master Redal-Stan. She becomes friends with a youthful Lodesh, not yet Warden and blissfully unaware of the tragedy he will cause, and delights in the living Ese’ Nawoer. But, despite protestations of love from Lodesh, Alissa is desperate to return to her own time, and to Strell. As I did last time, I began the final chapter of the Truth quartet as soon as I put Forgotten Truth down. – Alex
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