A middle-grade adventure series about three friends, impossible artifacts, forgotten histories, and the threads that bind one generation to the next.
Every mystery begins with something small. A clue. An object. A name. Then the past starts pulling back.
What if the things we lose are not gone at all?
Ezra Puckett and his friends are drawn into a mystery that reaches far beyond anything they expected. Strange connections, inherited secrets, and objects with histories of their own lead them into a story that has been unfolding for generations.
Three artifacts. Two ancient philosophies. One event that could rewrite history.
The mystery widens beyond one family and one set of lost things. Old histories begin to converge, the purpose of the artifacts becomes more dangerous, and Ezra, Maya, and Levi find themselves caught between forces that understand connection very differently.
They do not approach the world the same way—and that is exactly why they work.
Curious, persistent, and pulled toward mysteries other people might leave alone. Ezra has a talent for noticing the thread everyone else missed.
Sharp-eyed and grounded, Maya brings instinct, skepticism, and courage to a mystery that increasingly refuses to behave rationally.
Thoughtful and analytical, Levi sees patterns where others see coincidence—and often asks the question that changes the direction of the search.
The series mixes invented mystery with pieces of real history, legend, language, geography, and folklore.
Connections can be discovered, followed, tangled, inherited—and sometimes severed.
Objects carry stories. In Ezra's world, some of those stories are far more literal than anyone expected.
Legends, old maps, forgotten places, and family records form pieces of a much larger puzzle.
The central conflict is not simply good against evil, but connection against severance—and what happens when either goes too far.
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Author: T.W. Francko
ISBN: 979-8-2408-8132-9
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T.W. Francko is an author and educator whose fiction blends mystery, history, mythology, and speculative ideas. The Ezra Puckett series grew from a fascination with how objects, stories, places, and people remain connected across time.
The result is an adventure designed for young readers who like puzzles, legends, strange discoveries, and the feeling that the world may be hiding one more layer than it first appears.
Visit the Author SiteThe first adventure uncovered the threads. The next one asks what happens when those threads begin pulling everything toward the same point.
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