This exciting sequel to The Obsidian Mask is based in Italy. A dangerous international thriller, intertwined with archaeology and history will get your heart thumping and your brain ticking overtime. What could stolen art hidden by the Nazis during WW11 in Italy, Hannibal's elephants of war from almost 2,000 years ago, and a cache of Etruscan ships buried in silt beneath a Pisan railway station possibly have in common? Some very odd goings-on while Natasha and Alex stay at Lorenzo and Gabriella's Italian ancestral in the Trebbia hills, lead to a disturbing secret. But the four young teens realize too late, that some secrets are probably better left well hidden.