Philips continued: “The addition of Talis and their specialist skills is a strategic shift for SAGE as we expand our offerings into software that supports learning and research. By delivering technology solutions Talis is breaking down barriers to student success, responding to the evolving needs of academic librarians, and overall improving access to resources in Higher Education.”

We are tremendously excited to support the growth and development of Talis’s suite of teaching and learning solutions for Higher Education.”

“Talis is a dynamic and talented group who have proven excellence offering Software as a Service alongside specialist knowledge of the academic library market. Karen Phillips, Senior Vice President, Global Learning Resources SAGE said: This new move is in response to the evolving student, researcher, and library needs. This acquisition marks an important step for SAGE as it moves SAGE's product portfolio beyond content-led resources into technology solutions that support teaching, learning and research in the higher education institution. Instead, after a climate disaster alters the course of history around the world, advanced civilizations develop over centuries, fueled by Indigenous knowledge, culture and determination and powered by the mysterious Adanadi that arrived in the wake of the disaster.SAGE Publishing has acquired Talis, a technology company, and its enterprise teaching and learning platform, Talis Aspire. And when a strange, passionate young woman shows up with stories of a dark cult and asking for help, there's nothing that can stop it from bursting into flames.Hemlock & Sage is the first novel set in the world of Coyote & Crow, an alternate history science fantasy where colonization of the Americas never happened. When the ceremony does not go as planned for either of them, their worlds begin to spark and smoke. Tusika's family has power and a long line of Abilities-and the expectations that come with that. Niya comes from a modest background and her family has never received special Abilities from the Adanadi. Best friends with a bond that goes beyond sisterhood, the two young women have chosen to undergo the ceremony together.But each of them brings with them their own secrets and burdens. But Niya and Tusika are not your average citizens of Cahokia. For most, it is a ceremony focused on that single individual, surrounded by family and loved ones. It binds the recipient to their chosen Path animal and, in some cases, bestows upon them a supernatural gift. In Makasing, the Adanadi ceremony is a nearly universal rite of passage into adulthood.

Hemlock and Sage by Tali Inlow