| Novelist Margaret Evans pens second installment of Mayan mystery trilogy.
Trial in Jade: The Mayan Return Pieces of jade kept finding Amy Parrish. In the mail. Passed by strangers. Rare, polished jade from Guatemala that were left in secret but intended to unlock one. The California archaeologist soon discovered that together they were the key to deciding which of two competing Mayan bloodlines would lead the way into the coming Sixth World. That Amy's worldwide trips to prepare the world for the new age were tarnished by an ancient manuscript that portended the ugly battle between Umoxtl and Xarantu.
"We will all die if I do not face them," Xarantu muttered. "There will be no Sixth World."
Follow Parrish as she struggles to decipher the secrets in a race against time before the trial begins. Watch the Mayan prophecies continue to unfold in this exciting second book of The Maya Earth Trilogy as the young heir to the new kingdom is kidnapped, and a culminating battle inspired by the evil Xibalbans from the Mayan creation story tips the world onto the brink of darkness and chaos.
- National book reviewer Anne K. Edwards hails Trial in Jade: The Mayan Return as "a great combination of genres with a good measure of suspense."
- TCM Reviews raves about Trial in Jade's "Action and drama . . . I will definitely be on the lookout for book three in this series."
Trial in Jade: The Mayan Return is novelist Margaret Evans's second installment in a trilogy based on the popular belief the Maya will lead the world into the next coming age in 2012. The Central America civilization's grandeur vanished in the 9th century, but its descendants live among us today, readying for the new world.
"The new age will surprise us," says Evans, expressing her long-lived interest in the culture through a mystery novel trilogy. "Maya everywhere are preparing for this great event. They're re-activating monuments, rededicating temples, cleansing and purifying themselves. Just like my protagonist, Amy Parrish, I can't wait to see what will happen."
Margaret Evans is a graduate of Georgetown University in her hometown of Washington, D.C. Her short stories grace the pages of such magazines as Ascent Aspirations, Underground Window, Palabras Press, Prose Toad, Mannequin Envy, Fullosia Press, and ken*again. She's a member of The International Women's Writing Guild (IWWG), Sisters in Crime, Mid-Atlantic Book Publishers Association (MBPA), and Friends of Mystery.
Trial in Jade: The Mayan Return is Evans's third full-length novel and follows the highly-acclaimed The Sixth World ("A really good thriller story," Midwest Book Review; "If you liked The Da Vinci Code, you'll love The Sixth World!" Ibbetson Street Review; "The Sixth World draws the reader in from the start and never lets go," Roundtable Reviews), which entered its second printing in January 2007. Hostages to Murder, a collection of six mystery novellas, was released by Moonlight Mystery Press in 2006.
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