But Lia is not the only one seeking her grandfather’s secret, and she soon finds her expedition threatened by a shadowy adversary and aided by a most unlikely ally.Ī richly imagined novel of archaeology and adventure, Skaar takes the reader along on a journey from the back alleys of Belize Town through the lush islands of the Caribbean and into the verdant twilight of the Honduran jungle. Having crossed half the globe from the narrow lanes of Oxfordshire, England to the shores of the Caribbean Sea, Lia Hathaway must navigate a country torn by revolution to reach the ruined city and decipher the secret her grandfather discovered there forty years earlier. Into this volatile mix, arrives headstrong Miss Cyrilia Hathaway determined to lead an archaeological expedition to the remote Mayan ruins of Copán.
Guided only by the words of her grandfather's journal, Lia will leave behind all that she has known to enter a world of startling beauty and unsuspected danger.Ĭentral America at the turn of the twentieth century is a land of treasure hunters, banana barons, mercenaries and revolutionaries.
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