Middleworld: Book One in the Jaguar Stones Trilogy, Vol. 1

Max Murphy is unexpectedly summoned to San Xavier inCentral America where his archeologist parents have gonemissing while excavating a remote Maya temple. The locals,descendants of the ancient Maya, warn that the gods are angry andwhisper darkly of the Jaguar Stones, the five sacred stones of Middleworld(the world of men). So begins Max Murphy's hair-raising adventures in thetropical rain forests of San Xavier. He will unlock ancient secretsand meet strangers connected to him in ways he could neverhave imagined. Fate has delivered a challenge of epic proportionsto Max. Can he rescue his parents from the Maya Underworld?Can he save the modern world from the Lords of Death? Only the Jaguar Stones can help him now as he confronts evil in a thrilling tale replete with hauntedtemples, zombie armies, human sacrifice and impenetrablejungles . . . BOOK TWO: EL CASTILLOThe moment Max has been dreading. When the Maya Lords of Deathcall in their favor, Max and Lola must follow the trail of theConquistadors back to medieval Spain. In a parched and dusty land, farfrom the lush rainforest, they confront magic, madness and torture asthey try to unlock the secrets of the Yellow Jaguar Stone. BOOK THREE: THE RETURN OF THE HERO TWINSWith the end of mankind looming, Max and Lola journey to the MayaUnderworld for a final showdown against the Lords of Death. And justwhen you think it's over, the battle erupts into the terrified streets of21st century Boston . . . ABOUT THE AUTHORSJon Voelkel grew up in the jungles of centralAmerica. He survived monkey stew, giant ratsand a plane crash in the rainforest, to meet hisEnglish wife, Pamela, when they were bothworking at an advertising agency in London.They now live in the wilds of Vermont. TheJaguar Stones trilogy is their first collaboration,not counting their three children.Voelkel, Jon is the author of 'Middleworld: Book One in the Jaguar Stones Trilogy, Vol. 1', published 2007 under ISBN 9781575255613 and ISBN 1575255618.