33 episodes
The Secret Corridor Danelle Julienne
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What if it were possible to create a better future by sealing off the past—permanently? Seven years ago, this question set in motion a daring operation that resulted in a devastating loss for the agents of the Collective. The magical rebel order had finally managed to free the future from the dark grip of Zahlamaer—a centuries-old magician with a dangerous mastery of time travel, earth energy, and mind control—but their youngest and bravest agent, Ian Holtfield, was trapped in the past, seemingly forever. Then one night, the time travel corridor is mysteriously reopened, and the swampy southern town where twelve-year-old Mitch Scarlett lives becomes the center of a supernatural struggle to control a magical art on the verge of extinction. The granddaughter of a small-town illusionist, Mitch spends her days dodging bullies at school and nosing around the old books her grandfather keeps locked away in the attic. But after a strange encounter with a man whose amber eyes look a lot like her own, the family secrets start coming out: the reason for her parents’ disappearance, the home she never knew she had, and the magical powers that were stolen from her. As Mitch is drawn deeper into the world of the Collective, boring school days give way to a bold rescue mission with a motley group of new friends. Through backwoods bayous and New Orleans cemeteries to royal French courts and Babylonian gardens, a timeless flow of magic pulls Mitch and her Collective of magicians back into the twisted orbit of an ancient enemy. The Secret Corridor: A Tale from Time is a middle grade novel in weekly installments for readers who love magic, mystery, and time travel. Chapter 33: A New Mission concludes Season 1. Season 2 is scheduled for release in Fall 2023. Queries about the project can be sent to corridor.county@gmail.com.
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Chapter 33: A New Mission
In the Season 1 finale, the agents of the Collective return home to Ol’ Cypress and make a startling discovery. As they piece together the events that have transpired in their absence, it soon becomes clear that Zahlamaer has been one step ahead of them the entire time. Under threat of attack, they must separate in order to work out different parts of a new operation to save the future.
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Chapter 32: Back Home
After seven long years of separation by time, space, and secrets, the remaining agents of the Collective are finally reunited. On the long walk home through the marshy swamplands, tempers flare over past crimes, and Ian and Mitch are confronted with painful revelations.
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Chapter 31: The Escape from Time
Mitch, Ian, Izzie, and Reece land in the Timekeeper’s holding chamber, desperate to get back to the Sun King’s Court before moonset. Timekeeper Pollistone is suspicious of their mission but grants them passage so he can resume his search for a precious artifact that has gone missing from his vault. In the flarefield, the junior agents of the Collective are met with a horrifying sight, and Ian must come to hard terms with the permanence of the past.
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Chapter 30: The Tower
Zahlamaer returns home to an ancient past haunted by traumatic loss.
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Chapter 29: No More Secrets
Mitch and Ian arrive at the stardoor to the Sun King’s Court just in time to stop Izzie and Reece from tumbling into the clutches of Zahlamaer. Long-held secrets about Mitch’s mother and her relationship to the Trust start to spill, but with hours to go before moonset, the four junior agents of the Collective must make a hard choice in order to have any hope of returning to the present.
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Chapter 28: Hello and Goodbye
Mitch and Ian emerge from the flarefield greatly changed after their time spent trapped in the Sun King’s Court. Reunited with the senior agents of the Collective, the two have very different responses to their homecoming welcome, but both are equally shocked to learn that Reece and Izzie are headed into grave danger.