Every few decades, a new Keeper is chosen to protect the gateways between the spirit world and our world. On the day of his 21st birthday, Desmond wakes to find a strange, cursed mark in his arm, with no knowledge of where it had come from. Upon discovery of The Echo and realizing how real the existence of the spirit world is, he becomes determined to find a way back to his normal life. A task that should be simple enough, if it wasn’t for the mysterious stranger that initially saved his life. Now, Desmond must unlock the secrets of the current Keeper and persuade him into finding a way to break their curse once and for all. *** “I told you not to come back here!” “You’re still hurt.” “Don’t you know what’ll happen to you if you stay?” “I’ll die if I stay in The Echo.” “So, what could be so important that you’d risk your own death?” “The Dark Ones, if we stop them, I think we can break this curse.” The Echo is created by Rachelle Keener, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.