When people hear “time-travel adventure,” they usually expect pure imagination—and there’s certainly plenty of that in Masters of Time . But one of my core goals in writing The Mark of Aion  was to ground the story in real, accurate history . Because while the characters may be fictional, the world they step into is not. Why Accuracy Matters Kids are naturally curious. When they read about a real place or event—even inside a fictional story—they often want to know: Was that r

Let’s be honest—history doesn’t always win the popularity contest with kids. For many, it feels like a long list of names, dates, and places that don’t connect to their world. But what if history didn’t feel like the past at all? What if it felt like an adventure? That’s exactly the idea behind my middle grade series, Masters of Time , beginning with The Mark of Aion . Making History Feel Alive When I started writing The Mark of Aion , I didn’t just want to tell a story—I wan