Ancient Secrets

Spiritual associations with the bodys seven Chakras are manifested in a necklace stolen from the Zulu goddess Ebony. Until recently the seven gemstones of the necklace have been effectively sealed in a type of jewelers paste made of pulverized vulture bones. As the paste is rubbed or chipped off through natural wear and tear the curse that the beads contain increases the power of the stones until the necklace has the power to kill. Elementary teacher Beatrice Olenmurphy, affectionately known to everyone as The Story Lady, is the last one who possessed the necklace as the story begins. She has suddenly, and for no apparent reason, fallen into a coma. The doctors are baffled and unable to provide a cure or any hope for recovery. Her son, Daringer Smith a professor of Archeology and his colleague Professor of Anthropology, Abigail Stonehenge; along with the apprentice shaman known as Sangoma (Chet) Kampa, who has tracked the necklace from South Africa to Beatrice Olenmurphy; team up to try to return the stolen necklace via a treacherous trek, Indiana Jones style, through the Valley of Kings in South Africas deep jungle. Chet has been able to lift the curse from Mrs. Olenmurphy and thus pulled her out of her coma. According to Zulu legend the necklace must be returned by a woman with a pure heart before natural disasters wreak havoc on the earth, Mrs. Olenmurphy is deemed that woman.