Two centuries ago, a covert expedition following Lewis and Clark vanished into the Idaho wilderness. Two centuries ago, a covert expedition following Lewis and Clark vanished into the Idaho wilderness. Now seven students have disappeared in the same mountains—and archaeologist Michael Rempart is the only man who suspects the truth. In his forties and dangerously compelling, Rempart carries more than academic controversy. He is the last heir of a lineage steeped in forbidden alchemy—and he knows that those who draw too near him rarely remain untouched by its shadow.

A dying priest. A forbidden relic. And a secret powerful men will kill to protect. When powerful men begin dying in grotesque and inexplicable ways, archaeologist Michael Rempart recognizes the pattern before anyone else does. The deaths point toward a secret buried decades ago—one powerful enough to destroy anyone connected to it.

A long-lost diary, a rare book of ghost stories, and unrelenting nightmares combine to send archeologist Michael on a forbidden journey into the occult and his own past. When archaeologist Michael Rempart returns to his ancestral home after years of self-imposed exile, he expects memories. He does not expect nightmares. 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…

He followed a memory he should have buried. Evil was waiting. 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. But Irina is more than changed. Shadows move behind her eyes. Her thoughts slip into voices not her own. And whenever Michael is near her, reality fractures.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Where ancient myths echo through crumbling ruins and long-forgotten gods lurk in the shadow some legends refuse to die... Michael Rempart never expected to become a guardian. But after the devastating events in Russia, his ten-year-old half-sister Zoe...