DA VINCI CODE meets TOMB RAIDER in this multi-award-winning and #1 bestselling thriller that combines intrigue, history, science, and mystery into pulse-pounding action.

A computer-app designer.
An encrypted relic.
Can she and the VanOps team decipher the dangerous code before extremists trigger a high-tech apocalypse?

Genre Grand Prize Winner – Global Thriller Awards – Chanticleer International Book Awards
Bronze Medal Winner – Adventure – Readers’ Favorite Awards

Broad-shouldered covert operative Bear Thorenson wants his girlfriend, Maddy Marshall, to join VanOps, but the software expert and aikido black belt isn’t sure she’s ready for a hazardous dark-operations role that might risk the life of AJ, the nine-year-old boy she wants to adopt. But when an armed Russian thief escapes over her fire escape carrying an ancient star chart, her heart drops. She must join Bear in the mission to retrieve the chart, as it may lead to a superconductive meteorite that fringe members of the Russian government want to use to spark a global war.

Setting off on a mad dash to uncover the chart’s celestial secrets, the VanOps team joins up with a world-renowned archeoastronomer. As the group races across the globe through the dangerous bazaars of Morocco, fallen Turkish temples, and Egypt’s perilous Valley of the Kings, they have to fight to stay even a half-step ahead of sinister assassins.

With millions of lives on the line, can Maddy and Bear crack the chart’s secret code?

SOLSTICE SHADOWS is the second novel in the fast-paced, multi-award-winning VanOps thriller series. If you enjoy smart edge-of-your-seat suspense by James Rollins, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, or Clive Cussler, you’ll stay up late turning the pages of Avanti Centrae’s “rousing sequel.” (Kirkus Reviews.)

“Fans of complex and highly detailed espionage and action thrillers are certain to dive right into this mixture between Indiana Jones and Dan Brown.” ~ Readers’ Favorite

“Unputdownable. Avanti Centrae packs a thriller parachute with endless suspense and a rip-cord ending. SOLSTICE SHADOWS is meticulously researched, the history, science, and locales offering a rare ‘you-are-there’ authenticity. Brew a large pot of java, as you will read through the night. Brilliant.” ~ K.J. Howe, international bestselling author of SKYJACK

An instant Barnes & Noble Nook #1 Bestseller and #1 International Bestseller! SOLSTICE SHADOWS, multi-award-winning bestseller, will take you on a heart-pounding mission you’ll always remember. Enjoy this wild thrill ride today!