{"product_id":"ancient-passages-paperback","title":"Ancient Passages - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Pence\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere ancient myths echo through crumbling ruins and long-forgotten gods lurk in the shadow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e some legends refuse to die...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Rempart never expected to become a guardian. But after the devastating events in Russia, his ten-year-old half-sister Zoe is all he has left-and she carries shadows he cannot explain. She speaks of things she should not know. She dreams of voices that are not her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd someone is watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesperate to protect her from the influence of their alchemist father, Michael retreats to the ancestral Rempart estate on Cape Cod. But Zoe does not belong in its polished halls-or in the private school meant to make her ordinary. The darkness that touched her mother has not released its hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cryptic lead draws Michael to a remote Sicilian village steeped in the myths of Persephone and the underworld. There he meets Eden Burrows, a brilliant scholar obsessed with decoding the Voynich Manuscript-a book long rumored to conceal the ultimate alchemical secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Michael and Eden begin to unravel the manuscript's hidden structure, he realizes the truth is more dangerous than legend. The philosopher's stone is not metaphor. It is a method. And someone has been guiding them toward it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManipulation tightens like a vice. Zoe's condition worsens. And Michael begins to understand that every step he has taken may have been part of a design far older-and far more personal-than he imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the haunted coasts of Cape Cod to the sun-bleached ruins of Sicily, \u003cem\u003eAncient Passages\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping occult action-thriller of forbidden knowledge, corrupted legacy, and a battle for the soul of a child-and the future of mankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook FIVE of the Ancient Secrets Series: Where the past is buried... but never dead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom hidden relics to forbidden knowledge, the \u003cem\u003eAncient Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e novels follow archaeologist Michael Rempart across continents as he uncovers mysteries history tried to erase-each tied to alchemy, ancient power, and dark forces that refuse to remain buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for Readers Who Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchaeological thrillers with global stakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient mysteries rooted in real history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlchemy, relics, and forbidden knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupernatural suspense with dark undertones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-intensity adventures spanning past and present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Ancient Secrets books: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...occult secrets centuries old and mortally dangerous to explore... Highly recommended.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Hellnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vampires, demons, history, alchemy, globe-trotting characters that don't let you down, and a smattering of romance. This series has it all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53597032546611,"sku":"9781949566567","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/tHDXujj62T9781949566567.webp?v=1782961226","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/ancient-passages-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}