Secret of the Slaves |
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| Authors: | Archer, Alex |
| Publisher: | Worldwide Library |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC028000, FIC028010 |
| ISBN: | 9781426805905, Related ISBNs: 0373621264, 142680590X, 9780373621262, 9781426805905 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 352, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: When archaeologist Annja Creedis hired to find the lost city ofPromise in Brazil, she is more thanintrigued. Legends abound of amagical place where slaves wererumored to have discovered thesecret to eternal youth and life.
But strangers are not welcomein Promise.
Annja soon learns that the residentshave gone to extreme lengths to guardtheir precious secret. Making herway from the steamy port of Belémto the brutal slums of NortheastBrazil, Annja faces unexpected peril,from poisoned arrows to Amazoniananacondas. As she navigates througha land where spirituality collideswith the material world, Annja mustdistinguish between what is real andwhat is imagined for fear of makinga wrong move. Because anyone oranything could be her enemy.
And she's getting too close….
But strangers are not welcomein Promise.
Annja soon learns that the residentshave gone to extreme lengths to guardtheir precious secret. Making herway from the steamy port of Belémto the brutal slums of NortheastBrazil, Annja faces unexpected peril,from poisoned arrows to Amazoniananacondas. As she navigates througha land where spirituality collideswith the material world, Annja mustdistinguish between what is real andwhat is imagined for fear of makinga wrong move. Because anyone oranything could be her enemy.
And she's getting too close….
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