Rosa And The Veil Of Gold
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On Sale:
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24/07/2006
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Paperback
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Beyond this world, behind the veil of history, lies the kingdom of the Rus ...
When an ancient golden bear is found walled up in a dilapidated St Petersburg bathhouse, researcher Daniel St Clare and his frosty colleague Em Hayward set out for Arkhangelsk to verify its age. But in the deep of night they are mysteriously set adrift, sinking ever deeper into the secrets and terrors of the Russian landscape.
Daniel′s lost love, the wild and beautiful Rosa Kovalenka, knows the only way to save him is to outwit the haunted Chenchikov family or is it Papa Grigory, full of tales and riddles of times past, who will free them? He might instead destroy them all in order for his world to survive ...
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Critical Praise for
Rosa And The Veil Of Gold
′91The twists and turns are brilliantly handled, building up pace to the final startling conclusion′
Australian Bookseller & Publisher
′not until the gorgeously cyclical conclusion will the reader have all the clues captivating′ Courier-Mail
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