Oliver hadn’t gone into the forest expecting anything other than a few hours of solitude and maybe, if he got lucky, a couple of rusted nails or soda can pull tabs. That’s what his metal detector usually uncovered. But on that particular overcast morning, something changed. He was several miles deep into the woods, far…
Introduction: An Ordinary Day Turns Extraordinary The sun beat down on Junkyard Treasures, a sprawling auto salvage yard on the outskirts of Ashton, where rusted chassis and forgotten vehicles went to die. For Rick Morales, a seasoned mechanic with grease permanently etched into his fingerprints, it was just another Tuesday—until a routine tire puncture unraveled a conspiracy that would…
Chapter 1: The Map That Shouldn’t Exist It began with a torn leather pouch discovered in the attic of a deceased man’s cabin. Inside were: The cabin belonged to Elias Harrow, a reclusive World War II veteran who lived alone in the Smoky Mountains until his mysterious death in 1997. Locals assumed he died of…
