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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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…Elias drew his pistol, stepping in front of Tasha. "Stay back, Vane." "I don't think so, Thorne. You've led me to the prize. I wouldn't dream of leaving without it." Zahra raised her hands, the air shimmering around her. "You will not defile this place." "I don't intend to defile it. I intend to claim it." Tasha looked at the well, then at the stone in her hand, then at Elias. She made her decision. "Elias," she said, her voice steady. "Trust me." "What are you doing?" She stepped toward the edge of the well, the darkness yawning before her. "I'm fulfilling my destiny." "Tasha, no!" But she was already falling, the darkness swallowing her as the world above faded to silence.