Ancient Illusions

<p><strong><em>A long-lost diary a rare book of ghost stories and unrelenting nightmares combine to send archeologist Michael Rempart on a forbidden journey into the occult and his own past.</em></strong></p><p></p><p>When archaeologist Michael Rempart returns to his ancestral home after years of self-imposed exile he expects memories.</p><p></p><p>He does not expect nightmares.</p><p></p><p>Visions stalk his sleep. Voices whisper from the dark. And a long-lost diary tied to the legendary writer Lafcadio Hearn reveals a secret buried deep within his bloodline-one that leads halfway across the world to Japan... and straight into the mystery that has haunted him since childhood: his mother's fatal fall from a third-story balcony. Accident. Suicide. Or murder.</p><p></p><p>But the past is no longer content to remain buried.</p><p></p><p>As those closest to him fall victim to the same waking nightmares Michael realizes something is hunting them-something ancient intelligent and merciless. To stop it he must follow Hearn's trail to the shadowed landscapes where ghost stories were born and demons still walk in legend.</p><p></p><p>Yet the deeper he searches the clearer the truth becomes:</p><p></p><p>The evil pursuing him isn't just supernatural.</p><p></p><p>It's personal.</p><p></p><p>From the windswept shores of Cape Cod to the haunted echoes of old Japan Michael must confront the secrets his own family tried to hide-even if the final revelation destroys everything he believes about love loyalty... and himself.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ancient Illusions</strong> is a dark supernatural thriller of forbidden knowledge ancestral sins and the terrifying power of illusions that refuse to fade.</p><p></p><p><strong>Book THREE 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><img src=//:0 height=1 width=468></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>