An ARKANE Thriller by J.F. Penn

Valley of Dry Bones

The power to raise the dead… will mean the end of all life.

Seven nights of rain open a hidden bone chamber beneath New Orleans' oldest cemetery, and a monk dies protecting an empty casket.

Five finger-bone reliquaries, scattered across the old Spanish Empire, hold a power out of Ezekiel's valley: the power to make dry bones live.

A dying billionaire will pay any price for them.

When one of ARKANE's own is taken, Morgan and Jake have three days, a trail from the bayou to the Philippines to Alcatraz, and a ritual that begins with digging your own grave.

First, you must dig your own grave.

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“Penn's books are always incredibly readable and exciting, but it's the extras that she adds which make these books so special.”Godiva2000, Amazon review
“This author just gets better and better! Valley of Dry Bones is impossible to put down ... The characters are engaging, the situations are page-turners, and the descriptions of the locations are true to life ...”Sharon, Amazon review
“Cracking series. Yet another great story from a fantastic archaeological story writer. I couldn’t put it down, I was engrossed throughout right up to the ending I didn’t see coming. Roll on the next one.”Steve, Amazon review
The real mysteries

The research behind the book

New Orleans

St Louis Cemetery No. 1

Marie Laveau's tomb, the city of the dead above ground, and a chamber the rain opened.

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History

Pere Antoine

The real Capuchin priest, the Inquisition's man in New Orleans, who baptised and married Marie Laveau.

Voodoo

The faith behind the cliche

Jo's guides showed her how deeply voodoo entwines with Catholicism. The book honours the tradition.

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Ethnobotany

The science of zombies

Wade Davis's The Serpent and the Rainbow: the real anthropology beneath the resurrection powder.

Silicon Valley

The immortality industry

Young-blood transfusions, longevity labs, the Methuselah Foundation: the death-cheating economy is real.

Scripture

Ezekiel's valley

Come, breath, from the four winds: the vision of dry bones made to live again.