"The Dark Star. She is the Forgotten Queen, the Aeor, the Origin. According to the Elders the only remaining parts of the Queen exist as time." -Vincent Lemair Renata Stone thought she was having a regular end to her work day at the salon, when a thunderstorm and a broken mirror open a Gateway in time. Traveling through the mirror, Renata emerges in an Amaranthine Loop-another dimension comprised of a time paradox that erases eons of memory. . Unknowingly reunited with figures from her past-and future-Renata attempts to understand her true self and why she feels drawn to the mysterious and brooding Vincent, a being more than human with unexplainable abilities, who grasps the workings of the Universe in ways she never even thought to imagine. While Renata and Vincent unlock the secrets of their intertwined pasts, they must be careful not to catch the attention of the Trackers, a predatory species dedicated to maintaining the energy balance in the Amaranthine Loop by any means necessary. . Meanwhile, on board the spaceship Lupus Obsidian, a vessel able to pierce the dimensional veil and travel through time, Aldric and his daughter Peaches search for signs of their matriarch Renata, who has been lost in time for centuries. Aldric and Peaches attempt to breach the Loop from the future to save their bloodline and the genesis of a powerful species known as the Aeorians. But the family crew of the Obsidian have truths that must come to light before the Amaranthine can fall... . The Anchor of Time is Book 1 of the Forgotten Queen Series in the Shadowglass Universe.