The Acolyte

After crossing the universes to join with Toma Osahi's group of renegades in their battle for control of the Church of Regents, Laila Johar finds herself in a precarious position. While they both share the same goal-wresting control of the Church from the Grand Regent Dejian Molijc-Osahi doesn't know who Laila really is. What will he do if he finds out?While Laila struggles to keep her identity secret, Osahi and his people pull her deeper and deeper into a search for her missing friend, Ana Arajuano, that promises to shed light on the dark secrets of the Watchers' Order and the Acolytes. Before she can find those answers though, Laila will have to face what lies within.Crossing the universes has unsettled the already shaky equilibrium in her mind. If she wants to restore herself, she will have to act fast, for the consequences of what Acolytes did to her are only continuing to destabilize her. And David Aeida lurks somewhere, waiting for his time to come.The third volume of the Sojourners Cycle continues Laila's journey for some measure of justice for what was done to her, while battling universes divided, both within and without. Clint Westgard is the author of The Shadow Men Trilogy and the science fiction epic The Sojourner Cycle, the first volume of which, The Forgotten, was published in 2015. In addition, he has published a work of historical fantasy set in colonial Peru, The Masks of Honor, and a retelling of the Minotaur legend, The Trials of the Minotaur. Clint Westgard lives in Calgary, Alberta. David Aeida, sub-Regent of the Church of Regents, can't remember anything about who he is. But he finds himself in the middle of a vicious conflict between the Church and a guild, the Society of Travelers that patrols the crossings in the multiverse. Both will stop at nothing to gain whatever knowledge he possesses. Most dangerous of all, is the implacable hunter, known only as the Seeker, who has his own reasons for wanting to find him.Born from the chaos that followed the arrival of the Society of Travelers in its universe, the Church of Regents has as its sacred mission to find the one true universe, of which all others are reflections. But the Society has outlawed anyone from crossing the universes, and will do anything in its power to stop the Church from following its mission.Laila Johar has been at the center of that conflict for years, divided in her loyalties. One of the chosen of the Church's founder, she also might be working with the Society of Travelers to destroy the faith. For betrayal and lies are at the heart of both the Church and the Society, forever locking them in a dance of desire and guilt, love and revenge, with consequences for all the universes.