A.L. Lester

It's 1918, and Matty returns home to the family farm from the trenches only to find his brother Arthur dying of an unknown illness. The local doctor thinks cancer, but Matty becomes convinced it's connected to the mysterious books his brother left strewn around the house. Rob knows something other than just Arthur's death is bothering Matty. He's know him for years and been in love with him just as long. And when he finds something that looks like a gate, a glowing, terrifying doorway to the unknown, it all starts to fall in to place. Matty's looking sicker and sicker in the same way Arthur did. What is Rob prepared to sacrifice to cure him? The answer is in the esoteric books ... and with the mysterious Lin of the Frem, who lives beyond the gate to nowhere. It's taken Matty and Rob more than a decade to admit they have feelings for each other and they are determined that neither social expectations or magical illness will part them now.

Inheritance of Shadows

“No secrets though,” Matty said. “If Arthur hadn’t kept this a secret, he might still be alive. I don’t want to lose you, either.” He bit his lip and then smiled. “I’ve become used to having you about, you know.”


Rob met his smile with one of his own. “Well. I suppose I’m handy with the cattle.” He scuffed the toe of his slipper on the carpet.


Chapter 21