It's a different genre than the time travel series. This is a Young Adult novel, the coming of age of Ryan Colton in Wilson's Ferry, a small town in rural New Hampshire.
The Promise of Living is a heart-rending
coming of age novel of sixteen-year-old Ryan Colton and his quest for his own
authenticity. Ryan's mother died when he was young, and he and his father carve
out a tenuous but trusting relationship. Ryan works on Lee Hemmer’s farm with
his best friend Dave in Wilson's Ferry, New Hampshire, a stifling, small town
where, in 1975, everyone, it seems, has something to hide. Ryan has a
mysterious series of premonitions and visions that reveal the darker secrets of
the townspeople. His gift becomes overwhelming when he visions a murky murder
at the high school and cannot prevent its occurrence.
Ryan seeks the help of a Boston transfer student and a
famous psychic to not only focus his gifts to solve the murder but to finally
accept his own personal feelings for Dave. Ryan struggles with his own power of
being different in the world and knows that the true resolution lies within
him.
