Kate Gordon's adventures continue in two other novels, Heartlight and The Merlin Effect. In Heartlight, the first novel in this trilogy, Kate and her grandfather travel to a distant star to save the earth's sun from extinction. In The Merlin Effect, Kate finds herself helping her father with his search for a sunken galleon off the coast of Baja California that just happens to contain the legendary Horn of Merlin. Like The Ancient One, these two novels combine science, fantasy, and myth with a strong female heroine who has extraordinary adventures in remarkable and intriguing settings. All three books, which can be read in any order, explore connections: between people and other people, people and other cultures, and people and other forms of life.