Melissa Saulnier

When Detective Emma Stone examines what locals call a hiking accident near Talkeetna, Alaska, the skull fracture doesn't match the fall. The young geologist's defensive wounds bring FBI Agent Jeremiah Steele to her investigation. Stone reads crime scenes like sheet music, catching details others miss. Steele analyzes evidence with mathematical precision. Oil and water-until they discover Marcus Chen died protecting a secret hidden in Alaska's gold-bearing streams. Their search leads to the Alliance compound, where solar panels and organic gardens mask a darker purpose. The survivalists preach environmental protection, but someone believes murder is conservation. When Emma's cover is blown, she flees through wilderness where her father's harsh survival training becomes the difference between life and death. Through a spring storm that grounds helicopters and floods roads, Emma evades armed pursuit while Steele races to find her. The killer waits in an abandoned mining cabin, where Alaska's unforgiving landscape will deliver its own verdict. Gold sparked Alaska's first murders in 1898. Now it's claiming new victims, and two mismatched investigators must survive the wilderness to stop a killer who sees death as preservation.

To every truth-seeker, dreamer, and wanderer who dares to peer beyond the veil, this journey is for you. To the shadows of history that whisper about giants beneath our feet and the ancient skies watched over by the serpent-bearer, Ophiuchus. To the minds captivated by the Antikythera mechanism's enigmatic gears, the mysteries of the Vatican's secret archives, and the hidden paths traced by Ley Lines. To the hearts intrigued by the tales of the Knights Templar's courage and the enigmatic hum of CERN's particle collisions. And to those who dive into the depths of Jesuit missions and emerge with questions meant for the ages. This work is dedicated to your insatiable curiosity and undying quest for knowledge. May it inspire revelations as limitless as the cosmos

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER There is a constant battle to have the most power. Some will kill to have it and hide the knowledge from others. What happens when you've discovered proof that there were beings on the Earth long before humans? With more mysteries being revealed, some would keep the knowledge for themselves.

NERVE-TINGLING RIDE Kaira Munroe, a New York journalist for East Coast Traveler, arrives at Meadow Manor to attend her grandmother's Wake and a major announcement-the unveiling of a family secret that could change the history of the world.

For millennia, humanity has been captivated by the pantheons of ancient civilizations - from the gods of Sumer and Babylon to the deities of the Hebrew scriptures. But are these divine figures merely figments of our ancestors' imaginations, or could they have been real entities that once walked the earth? In this exploration, I look into the rich tapestry of ancient texts, archaeological discoveries, and enduring legends to uncover the truth behind the gods. Traversing the cradle of civilization, from the cuneiform tablets of Mesopotamia to the scrolls of the Dead Sea, I try to unravel the mysteries that have long shrouded these otherworldly beings. Was the Sumerian king list a historical record of actual rulers or a mythical account of demigod-like figures? Did the Babylonian gods, with their complex hierarchies and celestial associations, hold sway over the ancient world? And what are we to make of the enigmatic references to the Nephilim and Watchers in the Hebrew Bible - were they fallen angels or remnants of a bygone era of supernatural beings? I invite you on a journey through time, where the boundaries between myth and reality blur, and the true nature of the ancient gods is unveiled. Prepare to challenge your conceptions of the past and uncover the hidden truths that lie buried within the legends of old.

Kaira Munroe, a New York Journalist for East Coast Traveler, arrives at Meadow Manor to attend her grandmother's Wake and a major announcement regarding forbidden history - the unveiling of a family secret that will change the face of her view of the Vatican and the world forever.As the Wake begins, Father Murphy introduces Alex Mirabelli, a Jesuit Priest, and Astronomer. Kaira finds she is captivated as she awaits the unveiling of her grandmother's secret, which Kaira is beginning to realize will be more controversial than she could have dreamed. The beautiful wake is suddenly disrupted, and the revealing of the last wish of Kaira's grandmother, Victoria, teeters on the brink of being lost forever.Facing imminent danger from an invisible secret Order who think nothing of murder, Kaira is forced into a desperate escape. With her is Jonathan Bell, her high school sweetheart. Together Kaira and Jonathan flee on a perilous quest to unlock the ancient forbidden secret.

When heiress Kaira Munroe and world-renowned Oceanographer Jonathan Bell, are summoned to a remote location in the Caribbean to analyze a mysterious golden disc - set between the pillars of an ancient Stonehenge - they discover evidence of the unimaginable. Their worst fears are confirmed when on the verge of documenting the golden disc, the earth's magnetic field opens over 200 feet below the Caribbean ocean. Fallen Race: The Celestial Clock careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths in the battle between science, physics, and religion. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking of all. Who was on the earth thousands of years ago? This exciting, fast-paced thrill - the second book in the Fallen Race Trilogy - is guaranteed to take you for a ride.