Rika Teferi, a former soldier in Eritrea’s war for independence, is working on her doctorate in the Cairo Museum when an accidental tea spill uncovers hidden writing on a papyrus written by Queen Tiye to her youngest son, Tutankhamun.  Horrified at the spill but aching to read the entire secret text ...

In 1559, forty-nine Spaniards exploring a tributary of the Orinoco River reached a sheer-sided, cloud-capped mountain called Tepui Zupay.  When they tried to climb it, all but six of them were slaughtered by Amazons.  Or so claimed Friar Sylvestre, the expedition’s chronicler.  But Sylvestre made ...

Eric Foster’s dream of becoming a master perfumer turns to nightmare when police accuse him of making a fragrance that drives people to kill. While a student at the top perfume school in France, Eric creates a perfume he calls Balquees, a formulation based on the fragrance the Queen of Sheba wore to ...