eclipse total

Previously

…Hemlock’s voice, suddenly clear and strong, echoed from the darkness at the edge of the clearing. “The time of waiting is over. The choice is upon us.” Elara looked from the shimmering anomaly to the ancient stones, to Finch, his face a mixture of terror and awe, and finally to Armitage, his carefully constructed world crumbling around him. The total solar eclipse had not just plunged the world into darkness; it had illuminated a truth far more profound, and far more terrifying, than anyone had dared to imagine. The gate had opened, and what lay beyond was no longer a matter of scientific conjecture, but of terrifying, imminent reality. The night was far from over.