Xanadu's Cavern
()
About this ebook
For thirty years, Epiphany Mayall has worked as a psychic medium in the small Spiritualist community of Watoolahatchee, Florida. But when a renowned cave diver and environmental activist goes missing, Epiphany is asked by her friend, Alexa Destin, to help find him. His disappearance coincides with a fight between local environmentalists and an Australian developer who wants to build an up-scale subdivision and golf course on 2500 acres adjacent to fragile springs and caves along the Watoola River in Florida. Epiphany suspects foul play, but there's nothing to connect the diver to the developer. Epiphany decides to ask for help from Maro Gaido, a Chicago-based PI and ex-FBI arts crimes investigator who has previously worked with her on art theft cases. They soon discover that the diver's disappearance is also somehow connected to the illegal removable of valuable fossils from the same springs and caverns where the diver went missing.
As Maro and Epiphany dig deeper, they also find that RAce Energy, a rogue energy company headed by billionaire Derrick Rarian, is also involved. They have encountered RAce Energy several times during their investigations into the international black market in stolen art and antiquities, and they understand what they are up against. Nevertheless, they are determined to continue their investigation.
Cassadaga, Florida, was the inspiration for the village of Watoolahatchee. Known as "the psychic capital of the world," Cassadaga is home to the oldest Spiritualist community in the Southeast, with more than twenty working "mediums." O'Connor has been visiting and conducting research there since 1980.
Xanadu's Cavern blends literary style with a paranormal/cli-fi twist. This novel will appeal to readers who love a literary page-turner, as well as those who have an interest in paranormal phenomena and environmental issues.
Mallory M. O'Connor
Pat Caren is a retired teacher and social worker who studied Literature at Eckerd College and did graduate work at the University of Florida. She has been a member of the Writers Alliance of Gainesville since 2013 including a term as President from 2019 to 2020. Charles Cobb serves on the Board of the Matheson Museum. He is a curator and archaeologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Ronnie Lovler is a freelance writer and editor and a contributing writer for the Gainesville Sun. She serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. She is a former correspondent for CNN in Latin America was also a Knight International Journalism Fellow in Colombia Mallory M. O’Connor, holds degrees in art, art history, and American history from Ohio University. She taught art history at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College for over twenty years. She is the author of two non-fiction books and six novels.
Read more from Mallory M. O'connor
American River: Confluence: Book Three of the American River Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican River: Currents: Book Two of the American River Trilogy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Xanadu's Cavern
Related ebooks
The Promise Tree: Book One Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe City, Not Long After Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perpetual Arrivals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoonlight in the Redemptive Forest Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Night-Born Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Tears of Dark Water Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Colour of Clouds Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWisdom of the Universe: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelected Poems - Laurence Hutchman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Way to Come Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Fire: "For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsU.P. Reader -- Volume #7: Bringing Upper Michigan Literature to the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Groundwater Diaries: Trials, Tributaries and Tall Stories from Beneath the Streets of London (Text Only) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Meridian Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK - 37 Illustrated Stories among the Story People: 37 Illustrated Stories from the Story People Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJourney to the South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Immortal Muse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeating the Devil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gold Machine: Tracking the Ancestors from Highlands to Coffee Colony Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWinging Home: A Palette of Birds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful Illusion: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWitchbroom Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Another Kind of Eden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Collected Poems: 1950 - 2002 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cult of Water Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Night-Born: Jack LONDON Novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Alaskan Laundry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Moscow But Dreaming Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Mystery For You
None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Short Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hidden Staircase: Nancy Drew #2 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Club: A Reese's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dean Koontz: Series Reading Order - with Summaries & Checklist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summit Lake Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Murdery Mystery Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Xanadu's Cavern
0 ratings0 reviews