Elizabeth Lowell departs from her bestselling Donovan family series long enough to craft a bit of spellbinding suspense in Moving Target, a story of ancient relics, powerful magic, and timeless adventure. When Serena Charters inherits pages from a rare medieval manuscript after her grandmother’s murder, it launches her into a life-and-death race that will span an inhospitable desert and centuries of time. The pages are part of a legendary tome known as The Book of the Learned, and when Serena has them appraised, rumors of their existence trigger several events. An old man with a vile temper and a desperate need to own the pages seems ready to go to any lengths to get them. A handsome rarities expert named Erik North has his own interest in authenticating and securing the pages. And Serena, who knows only that her grandmother’s final words to her were to trust no man, must try to find the truth behind the power of the pages and the destiny that lies within her heart.
The troubling message from Serena Charters's late grandmother appears in a package containing four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript -- a strange inheritance that hides many secrets...and has already cost many lives. Seeking answers, Serena turns to Erik North of Rarities Unlimited, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a passion for the past. Without warning, they are thrust together into the center of a lethal firestorm that rages between two worlds--one long dead, yet living on in an ancient text, the other chillingly alive and fraught with peril. In the blink of an eye, Serena and Erik have become targets of an unseen and determined stalker as they get closer to shocking revelations about Serena's legacy, the cold murder of an eccentric old woman in the heat of the Mojave Desert...and just how far a remorseless killer is willing to go. And now their only slim hope of survival is to keep moving.
The troubling message from Serena Charters's late grandmother appears in a package containing four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript -- a strange inheritance that hides many secrets...and has already cost many lives. Seeking answers, Serena turns to Erik North of Rarities Unlimited, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a passion for the past. Without warning, they are thrust together into the center of a lethal firestorm that rages between two worlds--one long dead, yet living on in an ancient text, the other chillingly alive and fraught with peril. In the blink of an eye, Serena and Erik have become targets of an unseen and determined stalker as they get closer to shocking revelations about Serena's legacy, the cold murder of an eccentric old woman in the heat of the Mojave Desert...and just how far a remorseless killer is willing to go. And now their only slim hope of survival is to keep moving.
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BN ID: | 2940170037902 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 08/16/2016 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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