Pleiades Rising - Couverture souple

Candland, Christine

 
9781462020164: Pleiades Rising
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ISBN 10 : 146202016X ISBN 13 : 9781462020164
Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

When seventeen-year-old Maggie Marland and nineteen-year- old Will Brighton explore a Chumash Indian cave in Malibu, California, they fi nd a mysterious gold coin and the centuries-old bones of Yacate, an Aztec shaman. Later, Yacate appears to Maggie in a dream. She is convinced he wants her to return his bones to Mexico. While her parents are away on a cruise, Maggie, Will, and Sammy, her fourteen-year-old brother, travel south of the border in search of what is to be Yacate's final resting place. Uncertain of where the bones are to be buried, the three pursue clues that ultimately lead them to Teotihuacan, the "home of the gods" They arrive on the eve of the Summer Solstice when the Pleiades star cluster is set to appear before dawn. Maggie and Will investigate a mysterious cave located under the two-thousand-year-old Pyramid of the Sun. There, they discover the ruins of an ancient civilization and the mysterious object that awaits Yacate's return. Maggie's determination to find the secret of the Aztec's bones, brings this spellbinding adventure to its exciting conclusion.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When seventeen-year-old Maggie Marland and nineteen-year- old Will Brighton explore a Chumash Indian cave in Malibu, California, they fi nd a mysterious gold coin and the centuries-old bones of Yacate, an Aztec shaman. Later, Yacate appears to Maggie in a dream. She is convinced he wants her to return his bones to Mexico. While her parents are away on a cruise, Maggie, Will, and Sammy, her fourteen-year-old brother, travel south of the border in search of what is to be Yacate's final resting place. Uncertain of where the bones are to be buried, the three pursue clues that ultimately lead them to Teotihuacan, the "home of the gods" They arrive on the eve of the Summer Solstice when the Pleiades star cluster is set to appear before dawn. Maggie and Will investigate a mysterious cave located under the two-thousand-year-old Pyramid of the Sun. There, they discover the ruins of an ancient civilization and the mysterious object that awaits Yacate's return. Maggie's determination to find the secret of the Aztec's bones, brings this spellbinding adventure to its exciting conclusion.

Biographie de l'auteur

Pleiades Rising is Christine Candland's second book. Her first novel, Topaz Woman, won awards from the London Book Fair and USA Book News. To research Pleiades, Christine explored Chumash Indian caves and ancient pyramids in Mexico. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Michael. Visit her online at www.pleiadesrising.com.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
146202016X
ISBN 13 
9781462020164
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
228
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1462020178 ISBN 13 :  9781462020171
Editeur : iUniverse, 2011
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