This saga started when Marcus Flavius – a Centurion on special assignment for Emperor Hadrian, was dispatched to the mountains in the east with his men to seek out a mythical promise of the secrets of eternal life and miraculous healing.
Despite falling in love with Shalama, the High Priestess of the Goddess of life in the wondrous valley among the mountains, he turned his back on her offer to remain in the valley. She gave him an elixir that would aid healing with the strict instructions not to use more than two drops per dose. After being mortally wounded by attacking bandits, his second in command gave Marcus the entire bottle and with it sentenced him to an eternal curse – every fifteen years he regressed to age 20 and changed gender.
The time is just after the Second World War as we pick up Marcus’ tale. Marcus meets Brigadier William Knox and they form a firm friendship. Recently becoming a widower, William decided to join Marcus to venture across the globe in search of the valley and a means of ending the curse. William has an ulterior motive: he seeks to rid himself of the curse he was born with.
On the journey, Marcus tells William of several more episodes or incarnations he had experienced – from the Spanish Armada as a Spanish sailor, to the American Civil War as the wife of a military surgeon for the Confederate army, and many others.
Finally, they reach the mountains, but will they find the answers they both seek?
Genre: Historical Mystery
Despite falling in love with Shalama, the High Priestess of the Goddess of life in the wondrous valley among the mountains, he turned his back on her offer to remain in the valley. She gave him an elixir that would aid healing with the strict instructions not to use more than two drops per dose. After being mortally wounded by attacking bandits, his second in command gave Marcus the entire bottle and with it sentenced him to an eternal curse – every fifteen years he regressed to age 20 and changed gender.
The time is just after the Second World War as we pick up Marcus’ tale. Marcus meets Brigadier William Knox and they form a firm friendship. Recently becoming a widower, William decided to join Marcus to venture across the globe in search of the valley and a means of ending the curse. William has an ulterior motive: he seeks to rid himself of the curse he was born with.
On the journey, Marcus tells William of several more episodes or incarnations he had experienced – from the Spanish Armada as a Spanish sailor, to the American Civil War as the wife of a military surgeon for the Confederate army, and many others.
Finally, they reach the mountains, but will they find the answers they both seek?
Genre: Historical Mystery
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