By Stephen R. Lawhead
The quest for answers―and final survival―hinges on discovering the cosmic hyperlink among the surface Map, the Shadow Lamp, and the Spirit Well.
The look for the map of blue symbols started in a wet alley in London yet has when you consider that improved via house and time and comprises extra seekers.
Kit, Mina, Gianni, Cass, Haven, and Giles have collected in Mina’s 16th-century espresso condo and are united of their decision to discover a course again to the Spirit good. but, with their shadow lamps destroyed and key items of the map nonetheless lacking, the adventure might be way more tough than they think. And while one among their very own disappears with Sir Henry’s cryptic eco-friendly e-book, they now not recognize who to trust.
At a similar time, the Zetetic Society has exposed a terrifying mystery which, if confirmed, will rock the very foundations of construction. the hunt for solutions isn't any longer restricted to getting better an unknown treasure. The destiny of the universe will depend on unraveling the riddle of the surface Map.
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