Indiana Jones meets National Treasure in this exciting, unique, female-driven mystery adventure. If you like Indiana Jones, National Treasure and The Mummy , Will she find the relic and stop the curse of the Specter Queen, or will the ancient order bring about the end of the world? Sam must solve a deviously complex cipher to save the world – one that will lead her on a treasure hunt to discover the ancient relic at the heart of the ritual. It is here that they discover an ancient order with a dark purpose – to perform an occult ritual that will raise the Specter Queen, the Celtic goddess of vengeance and death, to bring about a war unlike any the world has ever seen.
Ruthless strangers intent on reclaiming the contents of the package are after Sam, Joana and Bennett, on a high-stakes chase that lands them in the green hills outside Dublin, Ireland. But when a mysterious package arrives, Sam's peaceful, uneventful life comes to an end. When her father didn’t return home from the Great War, Samantha Knox put away her aspirations for archaeological adventures, retreating to the safety of her workplace – the antique bookshop established by the wealthy father of her childhood friends, Joana and Bennett.
What is Curse of the Specter Queen about?
Maybe the prince was never the key to her future, and maybe she'll have to fight to find her own happily-ever-after.Author Jenny Elder Moke turns back time to the 1920s and takes young readers on a fast-paced, mysterious adventure to uncover dangerous secrets that await Sam, Joana and Bennett in the first book in an all-new series by Disney books. But as Aralyn has to put her trust in others to survive the challenges of retrieving each lost piece of the blade, she begins to question everything her mother has taught her about survival and success. She's determined to find the missing pieces of the blade and use its power for her own gain, even if it means dragging her bumbling fairy godmother and an annoying lady knight along with her.
She discovers a prophecy, an ancient blade from the original fairy godfather of the kingdom of Novador that could restore the kingdom to its former prosperity. But when Ellarose, now the princess, comes to beg her help in saving the kingdom from ruin, Aralyn seizes the opportunity to get everything she's ever wanted. Now she spends her days sweeping the cinders and washing dresses as her stepsister, Ellarose, once did, plotting her revenge against the girl who robbed her of her future. Holly Black's The Cruel Prince meets Jennifer Donnelly's Stepsister in this fairy-tale reimagining featuring a kingdom on the brink of ruin, and one wicked stepsister's journey to become the heroine of her own quest.Īralyn has lost everything-the coveted glass slipper, the prince's hand in marriage, and her only chance to save her mother and sister from destitution.
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