First published 2023
Inez Olivera lives among the wealthy elite of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, but her parents spend their time traveling the world while she remains behind. When news arrives that they have died, she inherits their vast wealth and gains a mysterious guardian who works as an archeologist with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Inez refuses to accept the official story. She boards a ship to Cairo, carrying her sketch pads and a golden ring her father mailed to her before his death. The ring connects her to ancient magic that has been mostly abandoned by the modern world. Her guardian's assistant seems determined to block her investigations at every opportunity. Inez must master the old magical forces to learn what really happened to her parents. If she fails, she will become a victim in a deadly conspiracy that reaches far beyond her family.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, archaeology, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Buenos Aires, Cairo, Egypt
Period: 19th Century
416 pages · ebook · Wednesday Books