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    Manganese Magic
    Manganese Magic
    Manganese Magic
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    Manganese Magic

    By Terri Talley Venters

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    Archaeologists Victoria Ventures and Tommy Garrison are in Asia to cross three Disneyland parks off their Bucket List. In this fourth installment of the Under The Magic Series, the spelunking couple flies to Hong Kong and checks into the Hollywood Hotel. After a big breakfast buffet at Chef Mickey’s, they mistakenly ride a roller coaster—Big Grizzly Runaway Mine Cars. While waiting in line, they notice the rock formation hosting the ride is real. When the ride breaks down, Victoria jumps out of her mine car and vomits in an alcove. When Tommy jumps out to check on her, they discover a real mining cart on a separate set of tracks. Curiosity takes over and they jump into the cart, release the lever, and roll deep into and underground honeycombed with caves where they discover the find of a lifetime!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerri Talley Venters
    Release dateDec 25, 2018
    ISBN9781370011780
    Manganese Magic
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    Terri Talley Venters

    Terri Talley Venters, Author of Carbon Copy, Tin Roof, Silver Lining, Luke’s Lithium, Copper Cauldron, Cobalt Cauldron, Calcium Cauldron, Chromium Cauldron, Zirconium Cauldron, Sulfur Springs, Europium Gem Mine, Noah’s Nickel, Manganese Magic, Platinum Princess, Plutonium Princess, Under The Magic, Iron Curtains, Body Of Gold & Elements Of Mystery Terri received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, and Master’s degree in Taxation from the University of Florida. She is a licensed CPA and a Second Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. She lives on The St. Johns River in Florida, with her husband, Garrison, and their two sons. For more information about Terri’s books, please visit her website  www.ElementsOfMystery.com. Terri is the daughter of Leslie S. Talley, author of Make Old Bones, Bred In The Bone, The Closer The Bone & The Bonnie, Bonnie Bone. For more information about Leslie’s Cozy murder mysteries, please visit her website www.MakeOldBones.com

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      Manganese Magic - Terri Talley Venters

      Manganese Magic

      By: Terri Talley Venters

      An Elements Of Mystery—Under The Magic Adventure

      Manganese Magic Copyright ©2018 by Terri Talley Venters

      Cover illustration © 2018

      For information on the cover art, please contact Valerie Tibbs

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes. If you are reading this book and did not buy it or win it in a contest by the author, you are reading an illegal copy. This hurts the author. Please delete and purchase a legal copy from one of its distributors.

      This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The living human characters and story lines are created from the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. However, the places mentioned above the earth’s surface are real, even down to the menu items. But the places beneath the earth’s surface are created from the author’s imagination.

      Editor: Leslie S. Talley

      Smashwords ISBN-9781370011780

      If you are interested in purchasing more works of this nature, please stop by www.ElementsOfMystery.com.

      Printed in The United States of America

      Sharing any electronic file without the copyright holder’s permission is illegal and subject to a fine of up to $250,000.

      Elements of Mystery Books

      By:

      Terri Talley Venters

      Carbon Copy Saga

      Carbon Copy

      Tin Roof

      Silver Lining

      Luke’s Lithium

      Cauldron Series

      Copper Cauldron

      Cobalt Cauldron

      Calcium Cauldron

      Chromium Cauldron

      Zirconium Cauldron

      Under The Magic Adventures

      Sulfur Springs

      Europium Gem Mine

      Noah’s Nickel

      Manganese Magic

      Platinum Princess

      Plutonium Princess

      Stand Alone Novels

      Iron Curtains

      Body Of Gold

      Elements of Mystery

      Hidden Helium

      Prologue

      Alexandria, Egypt

      48 BC

      You’re going to think I’m crazy. Ptolemy grabbed papyrus scrolls by the dozens.

      I never doubt you, or your premonitions, Master. Ptolemy’s long-time friend and servant hastily stuffed scrolls into a cloth sack.

      I’ve heard of Julius Caesar and his tyrannical ambitions. He is on a warpath to conquer the world. And Egypt is in his path!

      Yes, Master.

      The precious scrolls of the Alexandria Library are our most prized possession. My ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter, founded this library. I’ll be damned if I let Caesar take it, or worse, destroy it. Ptolemy filled another cloth sack and handed it to another servant to tote to the horse-drawn cart.

      We’re going to need more men, the servant suggested.

      Luckily, I have an army of loyal servants. Ptolemy smirked.

      Not to mention your fleet of merchant ships.

      Aye. That I do. Ptolemy filled another sack with precious scrolls. I’ll do whatever it takes to save these scrolls. I’ll sail all the way to China if I have to.

      Chapter One

      Where to? the Uber driver asked from the curb of Hong Kong International Airport.

      Disneyland, Victoria Ventures said, just barely above a whisper.

      Embarrassment flooded her for coming all the way to Hong Kong and going straight to Disneyland. She stared at her reflection in the rearview mirror. Her face, tan from spending most of her time outside on archaeological digs, now appeared flushed with shame. Her ice-blue eyes stood out, sharply contrasted by her waist-length, ebony hair. She resembled a tan Meagan Fox, or so she’d been told.

      Here is the address of the hotel. Tommy Garrison showed the driver his iPhone’s screen. After the driver typed the address into his navigation system, Tommy leaned back in his seat and grabbed Victoria’s hand.

      Are you going to tell me which hotel we’re staying at? Victoria asked with piqued curiosity.

      Disneyland Hong Kong represented the fourth Disneyland around the world that they’d visited. After their first date at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, the archaeological couple made it their mission to visit all six Disney locations around the world. Given what they’d found beneath the Orlando, Paris, and Shanghai parks, they were anxious to see what great archaeological finds rested under the magic in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Anaheim.

      Why can’t you just be surprised? Tommy shook his head in frustration.

      Fine. Sighing, she crossed her arms. Miffed that he wouldn’t tell her, she stared at his beautiful sea-green eyes. His tan face, capped with straight, sandy-blond hair, reminded her of a younger Ewan McGregor. Then her frustration abated. How could she be mad at someone

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