THE MIRROR BETWEEN WORLDS

Mara Whitmore has spent most of her life fixing things other people have given up on. At twenty-five, broke but stubbornly independent, she inherits her grandparents’ neglected farmhouse in the quiet agricultural town of Bellwood. The property is almost worthless—a crumbling house, overgrown fields, a broken greenhouse, and a locked room nobody in her family will explain. Mara intends to turn it into a working farm and finally build a life that belongs entirely to her. Then she discovers the mirror. An antique standing mirror hidden upstairs does not reflect her bedroom. Instead, it shows a ruined research station in another world—and a man holding a rifle. His name is Elias Blackwood. Seven years earlier, Elias watched his world, Veyra, collapse during an event known as **The Falling**. Cities were destroyed, nature changed, strange creatures appeared, and an energy called Aether began altering the world. Now Elias survives at Blackridge Station, protecting a handful of survivors while desperately trying to rebuild something resembling civilization. Neither of them understands why the mirror connects their worlds. But they quickly discover something extraordinary.**They can trade.**Mara has what Veyra desperately needs: food, seeds, medicine, tools, technology, and the knowledge to turn barren land into productive farms. Elias has what Aurelia has never seen: rare minerals, Aetherite, lost technology, and resources created by a world forever changed by The Falling. What begins with a bag of rice and a handful of beans becomes the foundation of something neither of them expected. A farm becomes a business. A business becomes an industry. A few survivors become a settlement. And a simple exchange between two strangers slowly becomes a bridge between civilizations. But prosperity attracts attention. As Mara’s farm grows, strange financial patterns begin raising questions in her world. In Veyra, factions begin competing for access to the resources Elias has discovered. Meanwhile, the mysterious mirror grows stronger—and increasingly unpredictable. There are numbers appearing in the glass. Symbols Mara recognizes from her grandparents’ journals. A sealed laboratory beneath Blackridge Station. And one terrifying message:**MERIDIAN IS AWAKE.**Mara soon learns that her family knew more about the mirror than they ever told her. Elias discovers that Blackridge was connected to the same secret research project that may have caused The Falling. The two worlds were never supposed to touch. And Mara was never supposed to find the door. As they uncover the truth behind the **Meridian Project**, they discover that the mirror isn’t simply a gateway between worlds. It is part of something much larger—something capable of changing the boundary between realities. The closer Mara and Elias become, the stronger their connection to the mirror grows. And the stronger the mirror becomes, the more dangerous it gets. They will have to decide whether to keep their worlds apart, risk everything to connect them, or build something neither world has ever seen before. Because saving the future may not require defeating an enemy. It may require **building a future worth saving**.And somewhere between planting the first seed, sharing the first meal, surviving the first storm, and learning to trust someone on the other side of a piece of glass, Mara and Elias discover something more important than survival. They discover home. Two worlds. One impossible door. A farm built from nothing. And a love that may be the key to saving them both.** — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: THE MIRROR BETWEEN WORLDS — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠