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Manila Luzon has always been an adventurer. But when her beloved archaeologist father disappears in the jungle while searching for the fabled Ruby Pearl, she trades in the dangerous life of an explorer for the safety of performing in cabarets. That is until the night an old family friend stops by to ask her to go in search of the Ruby Pearl herself. The Ruby Pearl is a gem with a mysterious past and an even more mysterious power. And Manila isn't the only one after it. Someone else is desperate to find it before she does - someone who might also know what happened to Dr. Gregorio Luzon. Using a handful of clues and her own psychic intuition, our intrepid heroine plunges into the jungle, and possibly into love with the handsome guide she becomes entangles with. But if Manila can't find the missing stone before her competition does, her many questions will go unanswered.
Authors
Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than 75 books in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction. His work for adult readers includes the best-selling novels What We Remember, The Road Home, Changing Tides, Full Circle, Looking for It and Last Summer, and his five essay collections in the "Trials of My Queer Life" series. His novel Lily was a Tiptree Award Longlist title and a finalist for both the Lambda Literary Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. He is also the author of the Sickening Adventures series of books featuring popular contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race. As a writer for young adults he is the author of the novels Suicide Notes, Z, and Love & Other Curses, and under the name Isobel Bird he wrote the popular "Circle of Three" series. His work has been nominated for 14 Lambda Literary Awards, twice winning for Best Humor Book, twice for Best Romance Novel, and once for Best Mystery. He was also nominated for a Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award (for his novel The Dollhouse That Time Forgot).
