The mountains are deadly, even to those who know them well. Sura doesn’t know them at all. She is a stranger here, lost and alone.

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Barely out of childhood, she faces an impossible task. To deliver the sacred crystal Skull, N’gueta, to an ancient stronghold in a secret valley where the Skull will be safe from the clutches of those who covet its power for their own dark purposes.

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Destiny has other plans. A crashing wave of snow and ice sweeps Sura and the Skull from the path, burying them in an icy tomb. Held in the mountain’s frozen embrace, N’gueta will lie undisturbed for a thousand generations.

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The Skull sleeps. Hidden, but not lost. Forgotten, but not gone. For the journey is not yet at an end…

Available as Kindle, KU and paperback

Published June 2025; Lyra Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-73944440-9-9

388 pages

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