A dual-timeline novel of psychological suspense fueled by witchcraft, abuse of technology, and a heroine from the Middle Ages.
Dowry negotiations for Eliza's handfasting are underway when her sister discovers a fence beyond which girls speak of wonders. When a series of catastrophes befalls the demesne, witchcraft is suspected. Eliza prays for the strength to protect her sister from accusations, a prayer granted in the strangest way possible.
Bellumfort Institute is preserving humankind's past in high-fidelity, interactive simulations. The verisimilitude of the simulations requires the emotional input of girls raised in historically accurate conditions girls like Eliza. Her medieval ethos collides with the arrogance of the Institute's mission and unveils multifaceted cruelty disguised as a common good.
With remarkable women, searing vengeance, and the annihilation of self, Aulisyn is an unsettling dual-timeline novel that dissolves the barrier between "now" and "then" to challenge an insidious horror that transcends epochs.