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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
…"I told you, Thorne. You can't outrun me." Silas Vane stepped into the moonlight, a pistol in his hand. Behind him, Tariq emerged, his blade slick with blood. Tasha's blood ran cold. "Zahra..." "She delayed me," Tariq said, his voice flat. "Nothing more." Silas smiled. "Now, I believe you have something that belongs to me." Tasha clutched the scroll tighter. The obsidian stone burned against her skin. And somewhere, deep in the desert, the first riddle's answer echoed in her mind: The path is never straight. She met Elias's eyes. In them, she saw the same resolve, the same desperation. They had nowhere to run. But the stone was still pulling. And Tasha made a choice.