Battle of the Beanfield and The Courtship of Brett Poole: Two Jamie Poole Diaries

Two stories. One monster. Tristan, Monster of Time, the breaker of Time.

Travel back to the Free Festival at Stonehenge. On June 1, 1985, the Wiltshire police intend to prevent the festival at any cost. What occurs leaves a black eye in England's history. Based on actual events, history meets fantasy as Dorothy Davis and her family head for Stonehenge with other peaceful travelers. Dorothy is recovering from an illness that has stolen her sight. This trip was intended to lift her spirits as she adjusts to a new life. Her daughter, Linda, is rebellious and would rather be anywhere but stuck in a hippy-painted Winnebago with her parents. Until she meets Tristan.

Will there be a spark of romance between Linda and Tristan? How much danger are they and Linda's parents in when police descend upon the peaceful travelers who only desire to enjoy a festival at Stonehenge? This is when Dorothy gains her powers as an Oracle.

In the future, Jamie will meet the Oracle, Dorothy Davis. Her university roommate will be Linda's daughter, Lenore Taylor. The Battle of the Beanfield is more than a historical event when Tristan manipulates his way into the family.

Next, travel forward about a decade to where Tristan continues to tweak time and impact lives.

Everything Jamie knows about her parents' early relationship is based on lies. Julia, Jamie's mom, meant no malice, but she changed details of meeting Brett to protect Jamie, not realizing that in changing details-hiding certain ones-she endangers everyone. Brett vanished when Jamie was six months old. Twelve years later she found him. Naturally she had questions. She turned to her mom, and Julia recounted how they met. Nice, simple, and uncomplicated-and heavily edited.

She skipped everything about getting lost in a cave where Brett blacked out. "Buried alive!" he screamed as if it were real. Julia realized there was more to it when Brett continued to have blackouts after they married. "Tristan's blood!" he'd curse. But he screamed this during blackouts as well. Who is this Tristan?

Whoever Tristan is, he's dangerous, and Julia refuses to speak his name. How could she have known that one day Jamie would meet him? Divorce is never easy, but Brett wasn't a bad man. The circumstances behind why he disappeared were complicated.

And the consequences of Julia's lies? They continue to unfold throughout Jamie's life.

This is the unedited truth.