Secrets are a part of Rose Callahand's life. Three hundred years ago, the human world and the world of Myth underwent a cataclysmic Merge. The human town of Hope survived because four wizards protected it from the destructive magic of the Merge. Recently, the magic has warped, harming those it was meant to protect. Rose had been entrusted with a magical necklace, which if reunited with its sister necklace on the other side of the shield would remove the shield and banish the twisted magic. Her mission? Failed. And the Necklace? Lost. Years later, Rose’s world is turned upside down when a friend from Hope unlocks her memories of the past and brings to light another secret. Can she and her friends rekindle her quest and free the town of Hope? Thorn of the Rose is the standalone, second book in the Merged Series.