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The Roman Candle: Bone Guard, #6
The Roman Candle: Bone Guard, #6
The Roman Candle: Bone Guard, #6
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A hidden masterpiece points the way to a treasure lost since the fall of Rome!

 

Before fleeing her Mossad pursuers, his Nazi client, the Warden, leaves Grant Casey a final gift—or is it a curse? An unknown Caravaggio, coveted by collectors, and hunted by the man who chained Grant to a sinking ship and left him for dead. When the painting goes missing, an ambitious art restorer will do anything to gain access to the lost work—even if it's over Grant's dead body.

 

Renaissance science and the artist's tragic life and untimely death provide the clues, while team member D.A.'s past rises to haunt the hunters. The last thing Grant wants is to get involved, but if his enemy wins the race, it's literally the beginning of the end:  the flame to inspire the Apocalypse.

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Release dateSep 5, 2023
ISBN9781941107362
The Roman Candle: Bone Guard, #6
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E. Chris Ambrose

E. Chris Ambrose also writes dark historical fantasy novels as E. C. Ambrose: the Dark Apostle series about medieval surgery, from DAW Books. Developing that series made the author into a bona fide research junkie.  Interests include the history of technology and medicine, Mongolian history and culture, Medieval history, and reproductive biology of lizards.  Research has taken her to Germany, England, France, India, Nepal, China and Mongolia as well as many United States destinations.  In the process, E. C. learned how to hunt with a falcon, clear a building of possible assailants, pull traction on a broken limb, and fire an AR-15. Published works have appeared in Warrior Women, Fireside magazine, YARN online, Clarkesworld, several volumes of New Hampshire Pulp Fiction, and Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. The author is both a graduate of and an instructor for the Odyssey Writing workshop, and a participant in the Codex on-line writers' workshop. In addition to writing, E. C. works as an adventure guide, teaching rock climbing and leading hiking, kayaking, climbing and mountain biking camps.  Past occupations include founding a wholesale sculpture business, selecting stamps for a philatelic company, selling equestrian equipment, and portraying the Easter Bunny on weekends.

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