Into The Jaws Of The Lion (Arkana Mysteries Book 5)

by N. S. Wikarski

“There’s a 52% chance that the next Dan Brown will be a woman … or should we just make that 100% now?”  (Kindle Nation Daily)

The Arkana Thriller Series
Where do you hide an ancient relic that has the power to change the course of history? As Cassie Forsythe and her Arkana team discover, you scatter clues to its whereabouts across the entire planet. Five artifacts buried among the rubble of lost civilizations point to the hiding place of a mythical object known as the Sage Stone. Psychic Cassie, bodyguard Erik, and librarian Griffin find their quest hampered at every turn by agents of a cult known as the Blessed Nephilim. The cult’s leader, Abraham Metcalf, wants to exploit the power of the Sage Stone to win a war of religious genocide.

Although keeping the relic out of Metcalf’s hands is important, it is even more critical to keep him from finding the Arkana’s troves of archaeological treasure. This cache, which has taken centuries to amass, proves the existence of advanced matriarchal cultures on every continent predating patriarchy by thousands of years. The Nephilim would like nothing better than to destroy the cache and its guardians. The global treasure hunt for the Sage Stone has put the Nephilim and the Arkana on a collision course. The only question is whether any of them will live long enough to claim the prize.

Volume Five – Into The Jaws Of The Lion
Hot on the heels of their victory in Africa, a new clue sends the Arkana team to India in a race to claim the third Minoan relic. Beating the Nephilim to the prize is the least of their worries. Abraham Metcalf’s plan to release a deadly plague on an unsuspecting world moves one step closer to reality as does Leroy Hunt’s recapture of Metcalf’s child-bride. Every effort to throw the mercenary off the girl’s trail only draws him nearer to his prey.

A rift among the members of the Arkana team threatens to destroy the relic hunt altogether. Held captive on a frigid mountaintop in the Himalayas, they are forced to summon all their resources not merely to complete their quest but simply to survive the night. If you thought you knew where this saga was heading, be prepared for a shocking twist when Cassie, Erik and Griffin wander blindly Into The Jaws Of The Lion.