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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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Previously
…But as they started down the slope, a figure emerged from behind the pillars—tall, broad-shouldered, clad in dark leather armor. Captain Tariq Ibn Rashid. He smiled, a cold, hard expression that didn't reach his eyes. "Vane expected you would come here," he said. "He sends his regards." Behind him, a dozen armed men stepped out from behind the pillars, their rifles trained on Tasha and her companions. Tasha's hand tightened on the obsidian fragment. The hope she had felt flickered, but did not die. "Elias," she whispered. "Trust me." "Always." She raised the fragment, and the symbols on the pillars began to glow.