An invisible intelligence agency entrenched in the Vatican. A mysterious woman from Haiti. The sole survivor of a secret society amongst the Cosa Nostra. Graverobbers and scholars. Assassins and spies. Each on collision course, tear a swath through an underworld of lethal beauty.

Renowned treasure hunter, Howie Lyon, has spent his life unearthing the greatest mysteries lost to time. A star-crossed crossing of chance and fate aligns him with Ingrid, a woman as rare and exotic as the treasures he hunts. Launched into a quest beyond imagination, they face terrific and terrifying consequence. Where everyone is a master of deception, they're swallowed inside a realm of darkness. The deeper Ingrid and Howie venture through the ancient wonders of the world, all they've known to be true of history unravels at every turn, shattering belief in science and faith alike. With the hourglass nearly drained, this secret will prove not only the end of time, but of existence.

...Each step they made upon the crystal path toward this sea of meadowed forest, wrapped within its gully of prismatic seduction, pastel fire beneath the diamond skin rippled out, down, all around. Their boots left the crystal, finding the kaleidoscope of colliding color, a blanketing tapestry of mystery. Then they saw it....

Tumble down the rabbit hole as gravity screams by, whispering haunted poetics. Lush and elegant, this journey will brand itself on your soul darkly, stunningly. Lose yourself, to find the shocking origin of science and religion. Enchantment awaits.