The spellbinding historical novel by bestselling author Manda Scott is now out in paperback. A thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth-century queen to a shattering end-times prophecy.

Here's the paperback edition of this superb novel. A flawless sapphire of incomparable beauty, carved into the perfect likeness of a human skull and hidden for centuries the crystal skull is found by Stella Cody. 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...

"I love all Manda Scott's books, but this is her best yet: original, imaginative, scary, rooted in the past but as current as tomorrow's nightmare."-Lee Child

"With a talent for combining physical and emotional action, and superb descriptions of the natural world, Scott writes with an intensity that makes this book a nail-biting tour de force."-The Guardian