The Crimson Vault (The Traveler's Gate Trilogy Book 2)

Either way, it is theoretically impossible for two Incarnations of the same Territory to exist simultaneously."

Lights and colors swarmed his mind, where his Elysian power normally rested, as though a dozen dams had burst within him at once. So much that had once eluded him became clear. Simple. He had the answer to all the world’s problems, and he had to share them. No, he didn’t have the answer. He was the answer.

the stone amulet, armoring his skin; the bottle of liquid gold, flooding cheery warmth through his body and lending him new vitality; the iron scroll, granting him more knowledge of combat and tactics than he could have earned in one lifetime.

From Lysander’s outstretched hands, a scream seemed to tear the world in half. Simon’s thoughts boiled up, as though everything he had ever wondered was pressed against the inside of his skull at once.

Then he attacked.

“Damasca is true evil. Their human sacrifice is proof enough of that. Maybe your Simon has seen the light, but he draws his power from Valinhall. He is no true Traveler. I would distrust him for that alone.”

has to do with the stress of living alongside worlds so wholly unlike our own. He

You’ve got about two minutes left of this, Caela said, before you die, go insane, or merge with the Incarnation, or whatever it is that happens when two Valinhall Incarnations exist at the same time. Personally, I think you’ll turn into a sofa.

“I remember the Grandmasters of old, and I do not agree with Alin’s assessment. I believe you should be on your guard.” “Thank you,” Simon said to the bird. In his own ears, his voice sounded dark. He felt as though he was back in Valinhall, surrounded by traps and enemies and the certainty that, as soon as he put a foot wrong, he would die. In som