The Deathless
An Historical Occult Mystery
Ponce de León searches for the Fountain of Youth only to discover an unspeakable evil that never dies. Only the remarkably brilliant ethnologist Harriette May Eddy dares to challenge the eternal spirit of the body-snatching Kamiri. The story is set over four hundred years from the time of Columbus in the West Indies to beginning of the 20th century on the west coast of Canada.
EXCERPT
Stevenson, suddenly aware he wasn’t alone, turned on the cot and faced the intruder
who nevertheless continued to advance. The alcohol made it difficult for Stevenson
to assimilate all the information at once – the huge black man, the colors he was
painted, the pot, the obvious malice he intended. Stevenson didn’t think he recognized
the monster as one of the bearers, though God knows he had never seen any of them
decorated in war paint. Just the same he decided to call upon his authority as “boss
man,” head of the dig, and rising on his elbows and reaching for his spectacles,
as if they would give him greater command, he decided to put a stop to this nonsense
immediately.
“Go! Wrong place!” Stevenson ordered.
The painted man advanced,
lifting the metal pot. Stevenson tried to kick free of the blankets wrapped around
his legs.
“What is your name?” Stevenson demanded.
“Lopez–” the monster
said.
“Well, you’re in big trouble, Lopez.” Stevenson could not kick his legs
free. He did not know any Lopez. “Damn it! I said go!”
The monster raised the
cooking pot above Stevenson. Something rustled inside and jingled the lid.
Lopez
spoke again. “From the Savior...”
He turned the pot upside down. The lid fell
but was caught by the chain and dangled in mid-air above where Stevenson squirmed.
The two-foot long, brightly banded red, yellow and black coral snake continued down
onto Stevenson’s shirt.
Published by Ballantine Books, New York
“...A STIMULATING READ..”
“It’s a story about malevolent evil, eternal life, (Ponce de León is just one of the characters), spirit haunting, voodoo, bodies all over the place. It ranges from Florida to Cuba and winds up in turn-of-the-century Gold Rush Vancouver. It has a wonderfully strong female protagonist and it is exhaustively researched and detailed.”
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