Books with title The Quetzal Skull

This it the sequel to book one "Narwhal".Gray's discovery of a narwhal tusk engraved with ancient runes ( in book one) has alerted a drug dealing cabal who believe the prophecy that the finder of these runes will lead to their downfall Gray must be traced and annihilated.Is his encounter with Juan Perez, a Colombian shaman, a coincidence? Is it pure chance that links his destiny with that of a sacred crystal skull?

Gray has been driven from his island home where he had discovered a narwhal tusk washed up by the tide. The tusk engraved with magic symbols had led him into many dangers including being suspected by the islanders of dealing in witchcraft. To add to his troubles a gang of drug dealers are now on his trail because they believe in a prophecy that Gray’s knowledge of the symbols will lead to their downfall. When Gray meets Juan, a shaman from Colombia, the plot thickens since Juan’s whole life has been dedicated to driving such evil gangs from his homeland. Juan’s possession of an ancient magic crystal skull could be the key to destroy the gangs. But when Juan dies suddenly and unexpectedly Gray is left with a terrible responsibility and dilemma.

THE QUETZAL SKULLGray's discovery of a narwhal tusk engraved with magic runes and his supposed miraculous powers have alerted the attention of a drug-dealing cabal. They hail from a superstitious native clan who believe the prophecy that the finder of such runes will lead to their downfall. Gray must be traced and annihilated. Is his encounter with Juan, a Colombian shaman, a coincidence? And is it pure chance that links his destiny with that of a sacred crystal skull?

Hidden passageways…a suit of armor that moves…a small town with big secrets. Is there a better way to spend the summer?After purchasing a monkey skull at an estate sale following the death of the last of the town’s founding family, Remy is curious how the animal died. She enlists the aid of the school’s outcast—a teen with a strange fascination with dead animals. They team up with a runaway and together volunteer to straighten the shelves in the mansion’s library. But they have more than shelving books on their minds, because when Remy completed her reconstruction, she discovered that the skull wasn’t from an animal.There are others who know the skull is human. And there is one person who will stop at nothing to keep its identity a secret.In the tradition of Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, three thirteen-year-olds dabble in CSI to reveal a town’s long-kept secret. Along the way, three unlikely friends discover their true talents.This mystery is appropriate for ages 11 to 111.(The author also writes the Chase Dagger series as Lee Driver as well as the Sam Casey series under her own name - S.D. Tooley)

Joanne and her friends pile into Ken's Corvette with a picnic basket and climb to the top of Mount Lemmon at nine thousand feet enshrouded in pine forests. Let the senior school picnic commence! They start playing hide-and-seek. Joanne races back into the woods to conceal herself behind a tall pine. She trips over a human skull. It is just lying there on the ground staring back at her with vacant eyes.A thug points a gun in her back and threatens her that if she tells anyone what she saw she will die. He backs her up against another tree and makes her count to one hundred before she opens her eyes. The thug and the skull are gone!What is the lone skull doing on the mountain top? Who was killed? How long ago? Joanne finds herself ensnared in an elaborate intrigue from which she can only hope to emerge alive.

On an eerie waste plot, Josh finds a cat's skull that belongs to Nancy, a strange Polish woman who feeds wild cats. From that moment the skull seems to have power over Josh's life and possibly his death, yet he cannot relinquish it."I tell you, boy, you take. But then...it take you. More...and more...you want it until you are dead but cannot die. How you like that, boy? Dead...but still alive." Nancy's words are ominous.Kevin, a sinister new classmate persecutes Josh, steals the skull, and incites Josh's friends to beat him up on a lonely path beside a rail track.Unless Josh can find a solution to the problem of the skull and Kevin, worse may happen. This is a story of a boy, on the brink of maturity, who discovers himself.

It seemed as though a dragon, for it could be nothing else, had reared out of the ground in the night . . . and then been turned to stone by the first rays of the dawn sun. Starting with the living beast, the Megalosaurus herself, over 144 million years ago, The Skull follows the Marchant family from generation to generation, exploring key moments in history shaped by radical philosophical and scientific change. Whether feeding in a frenzy, seen as evidence of the devil, kept as a token of scientific heritage or used an easy way to make a quick buck, the Megalosaurus skull continues to change lives over millennia, long after her untimely demise. In this superb fictional tale, scientific and historical fact is blended with drama, intrigue, and life-changing scientific discoveries that not only affect the Marchants, but science, philosophy and civilisation as we know it.

Three 13-year-olds dabble in "CSI" to reveal a town's long-kept secret. The first in the Remy and Roadkill Series. To help practice facial reconstruction, Remy purchases a monkey skull at an estate sale. Curious how the animal died, she enlists the aid of the school's outcast -- a teen with a strange fascination in dead animals. They team up with a runaway and together take a job in the mansion's library. But they have more than shelving books on their minds, because when Remy completed her reconstruction, she discovered that the skull wasn't from an animal. There are others who know the skull is human. And there is one person who will stop at nothing to keep its identity a secret.

"I tell you, boy, you take. But then...it take you. More and more...you want it until you are dead but cannot die." Old Nancy's words are prophetic but Josh, popular and happy, becomes a victim of his active imagination. When he finds a cat's skull belonging to the strange pagan woman who feeds wild cats on a vacant lot, Josh assumes that it is powerful magic. He keeps it, thinking that it will help him to deal with Kevin, a sinister bully who has joined his class. The skull seems to act like a curse when Kevin steals it and gains mastery over Josh's friends. They beat him up on a lonely path beside a railway. Unless Josh can find a solution to his problem, there may be worse to come. "The Skull" is a story of self-discovery by a child of eleven on the brink of maturity. The pagan superstition in the book, combined with conflict between Josh and the psychopathic Kevin, resembles award winning author David Almond's "Clay". A similar theme of bullying appears in Anne Fine's "The Tulip Touch": pagan magic features in Theresa Breslin's "Whispers in the Graveyard" and Harriet Goodwin's "The Hex Factor".

Three 13-year-olds dabble in "CSI" to reveal a town's long-kept secret. The hardcover version of the first in the Remy and Roadkill Series. To help practice facial reconstruction, Remy purchases a monkey skull at an estate sale. Curious how the animal died, she enlists the aid of the school's outcast -- a teen with a strange fascination in dead animals. They team up with a runaway and together take a job in the mansion's library. But they have more than shelving books on their minds, because when Remy completed her reconstruction, she discovered that the skull wasn't from an animal. There are others who know the skull is human. And there is one person who will stop at nothing to keep its identity a secret.