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Relics III – Lair of the Ancients
$19.95 - $29.98eBook: $6.99
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Series: Relics, Book 3
Genres: Paranormal, Science Fiction, Thriller, Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Empire Publishing
Publication Year: 2022
Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle
Length: 362 Pages
ASIN: B0BKTP3RXJ
ISBN: 9798360893936
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The tragedy of December 1st is still fresh in the minds of Sam, Nathan, and Trent. As Sam adjusts to his new life of becoming a father after losing his own to Nergal, he does not know there will be no respite for him or his friends. They believe their ordeal, which started in Talihina, Oklahoma, two years earlier, was over, and they had realized their triumph over Nergal and his grip on Southeastern Oklahoma.

About the Book

The tragedy of December 1st is still fresh in the minds of Sam, Nathan, and Trent. As Sam adjusts to his new life of becoming a father after losing his own to Nergal, he does not know there will be no respite for him or his friends. They believe their ordeal, which started in Talihina, Oklahoma, two years earlier, was over, and they had realized their triumph over Nergal and his grip on Southeastern Oklahoma.

With the deaths of the Choctaw elders, Addison, and Joshua, came a loss of wisdom and foresight into the true nature of their enemy. Nergal had established his dominion over the area thousands of years before the first nations people migrated in and began establishing their civilizations in the area. He would not give it up now, especially now that these humans were in possession of a prized relic of his.

The mysterious obelisk the men had manipulated to their advantage in the hills of Honobia was recovered from the smoldering wreckage of the helicopter that had become Paul Eastman’s funeral pyre. Nathan and Trent alerted their commander, General Malcolm Henderson, to the relic and its mysterious properties. After an inspection by a Department of Defense physicist, the General knows of only one man who might have insight into the unique qualities of the relic. To their surprise, the obelisk had survived the inferno and seemed to repair itself.

Eben Maqor, a hyperintelligent polymath with his feet planted firmly in two of the world’s most renowned intelligence agencies, is called to investigate the object. Immediately recognizing the exotic nature and properties of the object, Maqor has the object moved to the laboratory of an enigmatic aerospace tycoon who has been missing for two years. Under the scrutiny of the tycoon’s daughter and an ex-WWII German fighter pilot, the object’s true nature and its relevance to another ancient relic also become known.

Maqor knows the object’s significance to Nergal and that the fallen angel will not rest until he recovers the obelisk. Realizing the danger posed to the men who recovered it and that the dizzying coincidences occurring, such as Trent’s past romance with Jenna Weston, the daughter of the missing tycoon, are not coincidences at all. They are merely the residue of battles fought thousands of years earlier between God and his rebellious creations.

He knows Nergal, one of the most rebellious of the fallen, will use every weapon available to retrieve what he sees as his property. For Sam, there will be no rest between battles, no time to mourn his losses or celebrate his new son. As for Nathan and Trent, what they thought was a victory was, in fact, merely an opening maneuver. It will force them to battle new menaces. The most dangerous will come from institutions they should be able to trust, Congress, and the Pentagon.

These human enemies will ultimately kill them and ruin their names and reputations if they cannot figure out a way to counter them, but before they can do anything to save themselves from their government. They must defeat Nergal and his creatures inside his “Lair of the Ancients.”

Endorsements
This was the best series I ve read. As a Bigfoot enthusiast, I initially read the first book for the Bigfoot story. Then when the story explained the Nephilim/Fallen Angels theory, my faith in God and love of biblical history kicked up the desire to read more Relics stories. It also caused me to do a deep dive in biblical history research. I am so thankful to have read the first Relic book that started me on this interesting trip down the rabbit hole. Thank you to the author and may I say your way with words and ability to research and not be fearful of using God and faith in your books in the increasingly sinful world we live in.
– Cheryl Westerman
I read all three of the Relics Trilogy books and I loved the way the author brought a good story to a conclusion in this third book. The characters are interesting and the adventures made this a compelling read. I look forward to more series from this author.
– Luca Storm
About the Author
John Vandeventer

John Vandeventer is originally from Plano Texas. He is a sixteen-year veteran of the United States Air Force. His lifelong love of military aviation history and his interest in UFOs has always made him an avid reader. His other hobbies include target shooting and more recently writing has become an enjoyable pastime for him. The author’s first novel RELICS was first published in 2017 after he spent a little over two years writing the novel and researching the topic of Sasquatch as he wrote. In 2018 the author and his wife moved to Honobia Oklahoma in the heart of Oklahoma Sasquatch Country. John has been a guest on several Bigfoot and Paranormal Podcasts. He was also a guest speaker at The Honobia Bigfoot Festival in 2018, he also served as MC for the 2021 Honobia Bigfoot Festival and will return to MC again in 2022. In 2021 John became an active writer again, after meeting and signing with Empire Publishing. RELICS: The Dark Autumn, (Second Edition), and RELICS II: The Honobia Remnant, both published in the last quarter of 2021. In February of 2022, John decided to retire and devote himself to being a fulltime author. He started a Young Adult Series title SHADOW CHASERS, the first offering of this series The Rock Creek Wildman, published in June 2022, to great reviews. RELICS III: Lair of the Ancients, will be John’s second new book of 2022, and the finale of the RELICS series. John hopes to have the next SHADOW CHASERS book, Haunted Sky released in time for Christmas 2022. John plans to start 2023 with the first book of his new series, ET-Enigma Team.