Caitlin O'Shaughnessy is hiding out at her stepfather
Magnus' house after a recent date that went very bad. She
discovers a package he's mailed home for her and wonders at
its strange contents, a set of Napier bones and an old
manuscript. When Magnus, a world-renowned mathematician,
fails to return home and another prominent professor is
found dead, Caitlin and her best friend travel to Calix to
find out what's going on.
Dominic Fortune has been sent to the U.S. to find a
valuable manuscript recently missing from his island nation
of Calix. As the crown prince of Calix, he takes his
responsibilities seriously. His father is dying of an
unknown disease, a curse that's been passed down from
generation to generation, and Dominic has begun to show
signs of having it himself.
On Calix, Brother Ambrose is desperate to have the Calixian
manuscript returned. And he will stop at nothing to make
sure it's back on the island.
For Caitlin and Dominic, time is running out to find Magnus
alive, as they unravel the shrewd plot to kill them all
before they discover the weird circumstances of the life of
Hamish MacNeill contained in the manuscript. His is a life
that reads more like a fairy tale, but with a deadly twist
and immortal repercussions.
Mulvany's story is fast-paced and sexy, with some unusual
paranormal elements. A nice read.
When Caitlin O'Shaughnessy's stepfather -- world-renowned
Medieval English professor Magnus Armstrong -- is abducted
in Scotland, she jets across the Atlantic to help find him.
Her only clue: a teardrop-shaped charm on a broken chain
left behind in the struggle. The authorities in Edinburgh
are useless but Caitlin soon finds a partner in her
desperate search -- sexy playboy Dominic Fortune, who's
funding genetics research at the university. Traveling to
the Mediterranean island of Calix, where the charm
originated, they share a journey full of danger, passion,
and magical surprises. But Dominic carries with him more
than a few secrets -- about his identity, about the dynasty
that has ruled Calix for more than 2,000 years, and about
the charm's link to the quest for eternal life. Racing
against time and surrounded by people she's not sure she
can trust, Caitlin must use all her wits and an ancient
magic to save her stepfather and herself and to uncover the
many mysteries of the man by her side.
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