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Beneath the Dragon's Scale
A disgraced cartographer, Elias Thorne, races against his ruthless rival, Silas Vane, to find the legendary city of Zerzura, hidden by an ancient dragon scale map. The map's cryptic riddles and the unforgiving desert terrain, rife with…
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…The sharp crack of hoofbeats shattered the quiet. Finch stiffened at the window. "Riders. Four of them, coming fast." Elias crossed to look. His face went pale. "Tariq ibn Rashid. Vane's hound." "Are you certain?" "I'd recognize that scarred face anywhere. We need to leave. Now." Finch was already moving, gathering papers with frantic hands. "Through the back. There's a passage behind the bookshelf — leads to the alley." Elias grabbed Tasha's arm. His grip was firm, urgent. "Can you keep up?" "I'm not as fragile as I look." "I never thought you were." Outside, Tariq's voice cut through the evening air, rough as gravel: "Search every room. Vane wants everything this old fool has hidden."