With Persephone’s Bangle in Jesus and Ahmed’s possession, the thieves travel to South Africa and set their sights on the country’s gold supply housed in its Reserve Bank. Using the artifact’s power to steal the necessary armaments to crush the South African Army’s ill-prepared response, only the small contingent of Americans and Russians with their own artifacts can stop them, if they arrive in time.
Dr. Ryan E. Hartung spent most of his life growing up in small-town Nebraska. After earning his Ph. D. in organic chemistry from the Ohio State University he then made a quick stop with his family in the garden state before finally settling in Tucson, Arizona. Ryan continues to live in Tucson with his wife Elizabeth, his two daughters Amber and Keira, their dog Ginger and currently untamed hamster Brave. He is the author of the World’s Divide series of novellas among other novels.