While spending the summer on an archaeological dig near Florence, Italy, with his mother, eleven-year-old Hector meets an Etruscan boy who needs help to foil his treacherous uncle's plan to make him a human sacrifice--1,000 years in the past.
Jane MacGuire, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, goes on the run for her life when a painting included in her Paris exhibition draws the attention of the members of a mysterious cult who determine Jane must die.
Invites them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life as an Aztec sacrifice, how to avoid becoming one, and what happens to your soul after you die.
Describes rituals and sacrifices practiced by different cultures throughout history, such as mummification, Chinese foot binding, fire walking, and others.
Former British Special Air Service officer Ben Hope is enlisted by his first love, world-famous opera star Leigh Llewellyn, to investigate her brother Oliver's death, and soon finds himself caught up in a mystery involving Mozart and a shadowy organization that may have killed the composer and is now gunning for him and Leigh.
When a Mayan girl in ninth-century Guatemala suspects that the High Priest sacrifices anyone who stands in the way of his power, she proves herself a hero.
