Length of Novel:

119,440 words

Keywords and Market Focus:

Fiction, Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Cold War, China, Mao, Burma, Fairies, MI, British Foreign Office, Russia, Tomb, Suspense, Mummy, Archeology, Mystery, Britain, Scotland, KGB, Scotland, Ceridwin, Gaelic, Celts, Queen Elizabeth, Anglican, Dragon, Goddess, Warrior; will fascinate anyone interested in mystery and suspense—will appeal particularly to those who enjoy archeological historical mystery and suspense novels.

Genre:

Fiction Suspense

Synopsis: 

Daniel Long’s life changed. His family moved to a new neighborhood. He graduated and is entering a new school in the Sixth Form. He has left behind bullies and teasing and a painful schooling. Some of that teasing came about because Daniel has no idea what his father does for a living. His father works for the British government and always carries two pistols. Their family moved because of a promotion. The rest of the bullying came about because Daniel is an intellectual who loves to study languages. Though Daniel ran track because his mother thought it was safe, he never really imagined anything different for his life—then he met Sveta and Klava Calloway.

 
Sveta and Klava are remarkable twin girls. When Daniel first meets them, he is sixteen and they are fourteen. At fourteen, they are entering the Sixth Form with Daniel at the same school. They speak multiple languages and won’t say how many or what. They know what Daniel’s father does for a living, but they won’t tell him. Their parents work for the British government too. But there is something more peculiar about these girls. They are different and they are handicapped. Sveta is deaf, and Klava is blind, but their disabilities don’t seem to slow them down. There is more, much more Daniel doesn’t understand about them.
 

Sveta and Klava take Daniel on as their special project. They invite him to come to America with them for the summer to visit their grandmother and grandfather, Leora and Paul Bolang. Daniel has no idea the plan is for Colonel Paul Bolang to train him in manly arts. These were all the skills Daniel’s mother feared for him to attempt. They were the kinds of activities she protected him from, and Daniel discovers he loves them. He is remarkable at them—he has the best teacher in Colonel Bolang to train him. Daniel learns to shoot, ride, fence, operate weapons, and vehicles—all the skills of a professional soldier, or a spy.
 

At the same time Daniel is in training, so are Sveta and Klava. Their training is more arcane; Leora Bolang leads it. Daniel has no idea what it could be.
 

Sveta has more than a friendly attraction for Daniel Long. She made Klava step away from an interest in the intellectual young man. She brought Daniel along to train with Paul Bolang. She is preparing Daniel to be her warrior. Whatever that means, and Daniel is all for it. He has discovered he loves soldiering more than intellectual pursuits. He has discovered he is a man of action. He finds that he is falling in love with Sveta Calloway.
 

Following Sixth Form, Sveta and Klava attend Oxford and Daniel Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. All is well until Daniel receives a cryptic letter from Sveta and Klava’s adopted mother, Kathrin. Sveta and Klava are both missing, and they are lost in Communist China…

Author's reviewer’s quotes: 

Sveta wants a warrior, and she has marked one for her own. She has to train him and bring him up to her standards, but she has a plan for that too. What she didn’t imagine is how she could change too.

Excellent final novel to the series. All I can say is, wow--the characters are strong and their growth in maturity is powerfully depicted. All this and blazing adventure too.

What a goddess wants, a goddess usually gets even if she is barely a woman and turning fifteen. Too bad Daniel Long has no idea what is about to hit him.
 

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