Indigo Time (Paperback or Softback)

Destiny is not a thread—it is a web.

Marrula Tamara, once Empress of Worlds, has been exiled to a planet called Strand. Centuries have passed, and her fellow exiles and their mortal children have spread across the land. Humanity has grown and prospered on this new world, but Marrula desires only revenge. In the city of Bralle, she clings with an iron fist to her immortality, her rule, and her formidable psychic powers.

In remote Tarlannat Hold, deadly time storms herald the birth of a truly exceptional child, none other than Marrula's great-granddaughter Nikkolue. Finally, what Marrula has sought for mortal lifetimes has come: power strong enough to rival her own. By invading the troublesome child's mind from afar, filling her dreams with visions of glistening cities and eternal life, she will ensure the girl's loyalty. With Nikkolue's power at her command, Marrula will at last be able to return to her lost life in the celestial Empire.

The fingers of her influence have spun a web of fear and enemies. How can mere mortals, even the descendants of an eternal queen, hope to thwart a woman who can bend time itself to her will?

“Fans of George R.R. Martin and Guy Gavriel Kay will find much to love in Sally McBride’s richly textured tale of intergenerational intrigue.” - Terri Favro, award-winning author of Sputnik’s Children and The Sisters Sputnik

Sally McBride's short stories and novellas have appeared in many magazines, anthologies and best-of collections, and are collected in two volumes: The Fragrance of Orchids & Other Stories, and The Price of Memory & More Stories, both published by Brain Lag Books. She has won Canada's Aurora Award, received Hugo and Nebula nominations, taught fiction writing, and edited and co-published speculative fiction. Her previous novels include The Nightingale's Tooth from Brain Lag, and Water, Circle, Moon from Masque Books. Born and raised in Canada, Sally divides her time between Toronto and the mountains of Idaho where she enjoys skiing and hiking with her husband. She has several works of speculative fiction in progress.