Following the huge success of her Boudica series, Manda has written a one-off, fun-for-all romp that we really enjoyed. The end of the world starts now... ancient wisdom predicts this with uncanny precision. But it also provided the key to staving off apocalypse: a flawless sapphire of incomparable beauty carved into the perfect likeness of a human skull. Hidden for four centuries, the crystal skull is found by Stella Cody, who inherits its legacy of dark secrets, intrigue and murder. Facing an increasingly implacable enemy, Stella and her lover, Kit, struggle to crack the code that hides the skull's resting place. But time is against them, and they have hours left to uncover the secret that may yet save the world...

The date is set. Time is running out. Hidden for four centuries, a crystal skull of exquisite beauty has just been found by Stella Cody, who also inherits its legacy of dark secrets, intrigue and murder. Facing an increasingly implacable enemy, Stella and her lover, Kit, struggle to crack the code that hides the skull's intended resting place.

The search to uncover the fate of the skull takes Stella and Kit from the intellectual rigour of Cambridge University to the untamed wildness of England's prehistoric stone circles. But time is against them, and they have only days - hours - left to uncover the secret that may yet save the world...

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