![]() ![]() The story seamlessly blends swashbuckling action with an emotional exploration of friendship, loyalty, and the magic of things we can’t rationally explain. Once they arrive at their destination - a village surrounded by forests, high in the Andes - they meet a band of locals that will change everything Merrick understands about himself and his family. Soon, he’s on his way to South America, armed with a map, reassuring promises, and the help of his old friend, an able-bodied explorer. It’s a terrible idea - he can barely walk, and his confidence is at an all-time low - but it’s also a terribly attractive idea. Then the India Office comes calling again, insisting that he continue with his mission to Peru to filch the bark of the cinchona tree, crucial for the treatment of malaria. A former smuggler with the East India Company, he’s mourning the loss of his career, his physical prowess, and a much-anticipated journey to Peru. ![]() When we meet our hero Merrick Tremayne, it’s 1859, and he’s at his family’s dilapidated estate in Cornwall, England, ostensibly recovering from a severe leg injury, but mostly hiding from the world and licking his wounds. It begins as an action story, but then unexpected magic slowly creeps in and bam! hits you in the solar plexus with romance, adventure, surprising revelations, and big feels. This novel takes you high into the Andes mountains of 19th-century Peru and deep into the heart of native lore. ![]()
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