Empire of Shadows
β Scribed by Jacquelyn Benson
- Book ID
- 115229304
- Publisher
- Crimson Fox Publishing
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781959050124
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Nice Victorian ladies don't run off to find legendary lost cities.
One trifling little arrest shouldn't have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it's only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions.
When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she's holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There's just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.
To race him to the ruinsβand avoid being violently disposed ofβshe needs the help of maverick surveyor Adam Bates, a snake-wrangling rogue who can't seem to keep his dratted shirt on.
But there's more than Ellie's scholarly reputation (and life) on the line. Her enemies aren't just looters. They're after an arcane secret rumored to lie in the heart of the ruins, a mythical artifact with a power that could shake the world.
Between stealing...
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