Ancient Deceptions

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He followed a memory he should have buried. Evil was waiting.</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When archaeologist Michael Rempart learns that Irina-the woman he once believed dead-is alive in St. Petersburg he abandons everything to find her. Fifteen years have passed since they were young and in love. Time has hardened them both.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Irina is more than changed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shadows move behind her eyes. Her thoughts slip into voices not her own. And whenever Michael is near her reality fractures.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He is drawn into visions of imperial Russia-into the glittering decaying court of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra where Rasputin's mysticism festers beneath crystal chandeliers and whispered rituals. What once destroyed an empire has not died.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It has endured.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As an ancient force tightens its grip on Irina's mind Michael realizes the past is not finished with them. History is alive. And the greatest deception may not be what he was told-but what still walks beside him.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the frozen canals of St. Petersburg to the shadowed Carpathians of Ukraine Ancient Deceptions is a dark occult action-thriller of possession imperial decadence and a love that may not survive the truth.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><strong>Book FOUR of the Ancient Secrets Series: Where the past is buried... but never dead.</strong></p><p>From hidden relics to forbidden knowledge the <em>Ancient Secrets</em> novels follow archaeologist Michael Rempart across continents as he uncovers mysteries history tried to erase-each tied to alchemy ancient power and dark forces that refuse to remain buried.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Perfect for Readers Who Love</strong></p><ul><li><ul><li>Archaeological thrillers with global stakes</li><li>Ancient mysteries rooted in real history</li><li>Alchemy relics and forbidden knowledge</li><li>Supernatural suspense with dark undertones</li><li>High-intensity adventures spanning past and present</li></ul></li></ul><p></p>