The Mountain Mother Cipher (Arkana Archaeology Mystery Thriller Series Book 2)

Where do you hide a mysterious artifact that has the power to change the world? You scatter clues to its whereabouts across the entire planet. Five objects buried beneath the rubble of lost civilizations point to the hiding place of the fabled Sage Stone. The real adventure begins when a secret society known as the Arkana deploys its agents to recover the relic. They find their quest hampered at every turn by members of a fanatical religious cult called the Blessed Nephilim. The cult's leader, Abraham Metcalf, believes that the Sage Stone can help him create a terrifying new world order.
 
Although keeping the relic out of Metcalf's hands is important, it is even more critical to keep him from finding the Arkana's troves of archaeological treasure. This cache, which has taken centuries to amass, proves the existence of advanced matriarchal cultures on every continent predating patriarchy by thousands of years. The Nephilim would like nothing better than to destroy the cache and its guardians. The global treasure hunt for the Sage Stone has put the Nephilim and the Arkana on a collision course.The only question is whether anyone will survive long enough to claim the prize.
 
Volume Two - The Mountain Mother Cipher
The Arkana agents race to Turkey in search of the first artifact while still struggling to function as a team. Griffin frets about doing fieldwork, Cassie doubts her psychic abilities and Erik barely tolerates the other two. The treasure hunt leads them to ancient megaliths on the top of Mount Ida. There they square off against Nephilim operatives in a cliffhanger of a confrontation.
 
At the worst possible moment, the trio discovers that the Nephilim aren't their only competitors for the lost relic. Unforeseen obstacles and unknown enemies thwart their efforts to complete their mission and escape unharmed. This new crisis teaches Cassie where her real loyalties lie. Will all the members of the Arkana team make it home alive? That's only one of the many puzzles within the pages of THE MOUNTAIN MOTHER CIPHER.