Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana)

Independent shop in WedgwoodDirections

Available from Lovestruck in Seattle when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

NICE VICTORIAN LADIES DON’T RUN OFF TO FIND LEGENDARY LOST CITIES. One trifling little arrest shouldn’t have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it’s only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions. When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way. To race h