The Key of Chaos (Halvard series book 2)
About the book
The Key of Chaos
by Payal Dhar
Young Zubaan, 2007
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The events unfolding in A Shadow in Eternity had left Maya confused and distraught. Noah, her Watcher, had left her, and she had discovered something about herself that she would rather not have. And even though Noah does eventually come back, she remains more than a little rattled.
But back in training at the Halvard Castle, Maya finds that more pressing matters engage her. Being a Preferred inevitably brings with its own series of positives and problems. While it is great to be back, Chiyo's distrust of her remains a stumbling block. She also manages to develop a interest in someone, which brings out Noah's most rabid fatherly instincts.
Meanwhile, the Warriors are hot on the heels of Yazid and Kilyana, and are also trying to deal with the complications that Maya's involvement in the matter have thrown up. Will they attempt to eliminate her or coax her on to their side?
As things get more and more complex, Maya has a strange visitor who triggers off a series of events that could spell doom for some of the book's main characters.
From the blurb
Meet Maya Subramaniam: thirteen years old, schoolgirl by day, Preferred by night.
Throw in a pair of disapproving parents intent on stopping her forays into an alternate world, a two-metre-tall Watcher who can sense her state of mind, and Lev, her best friend, who could technically be her worst enemy.
Certainly, Maya's life is quite full, and the last thing she needs is an unpleasant involvement with an ancient conspiracy. But being in possession of a valuable artefact belonging to the renegade Warriors of the Shadow, she has little choice in the matter. The question is, should she believe a two-thousand-year-old jumble of calculations, or follow her instincts and trust her Watcher's logic?
As events spiral towards a grim climax, Maya, Lev and their Watchers are caught in a deadly race. Will they win? And at what cost?
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