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Emeryk Quintillus has been part of my life for a long time now - around ten years in fact. When I created him, it was during a challenging time in my life. In early 2015, I was seeing rather more of the medical profession than I would have chosen. My body was telling me that what I had hoped would sort itself out wasn't going to, and my symptoms caused differences of opinion between specialists and consultants who examined me. Biopsies were taking place. Need I say more? Cancer is always a devastating diagnosis. I would have a fight on my hands.
Through five drafts of Wrath of the Ancients, Quintillus developed. The worse my personal news became, the more evil I poured into him. It was a catharsis of sorts and it is altogether possible that the fully formed Quintillus that stalks the pages of the Nemesis of the Gods trilogy wouldn't be half the demon he is without his creator having to fight her demons.
Waking the Ancients - part two of the Nemesis of the Gods trilogy - is now back in beautiful new ebook and print editions. Here's what to expect:
Egypt, 1908
University student Lizzie Charters accompanies her mentor, Dr. Emeryk Quintillus, on the archeological dig to uncover Cleopatra’s tomb. Her presence is required for a ceremony conducted by the renowned professor to resurrect Cleopatra’s spirit—inside Lizzie’s body...
Vienna, 2018
Paula Bancroft’s husband has leased Villa Dürnstein, an estate once owned by Dr. Quintillus. Within the mansion are several paintings and numerous volumes dedicated to Cleopatra. But the archaeologist’s interest in the Egyptian empress deviated from scholarly into supernatural, infusing the very foundations of his home with his dark fanaticism. And as inexplicable manifestations rattle Paula’s senses, threatening her very sanity, she uncovers the link between the villa, Quintillus, and a woman named Lizzie Charters.
And a ritual of dark magic that will consume her soul . . .
