Through the River and Over the Woods: The Elusive Way of a Wandering Vera (Hardcover)

Vera is eight years old when she slips her hand into a cell-currency machine and donates her pinkie to a collection plate. In her early teens, she hides in a plum tree and waits for society to correct its mistakes and for her parent's relationship to stop mirroring the political strife of the Cold War. With Shadow Puppets threatening the free world and with her father's phantom making Vera's home life unbearable, Vera has every reason to portal away from the flashy, identity-driven narrative that consumes the late decades of the twentieth century. Her chance comes when a Waybrink opens and Vera is allowed a glimpse of Beyond. But she hesitates one moment too long. An opportunity that could have marked the end of her struggles culminates instead in her journey of a lifetime.