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