Smuggling for the East India company
nearly cost Merrick Tremayne his leg. Stuck back in England in a crumbling ruin
that his brother refuses to even try and repair, Merrick spends most of his
waking hours in the greenhouse where his great grandfather, explorer Harry
Tremayne planted the exotic plants he found in Peru, Merrick can keep anything
alive except the strange tree that Harry planted in the garden which has just
blown up the house! Merrick convinced he is going mad, the other thing Harry
brought back was a statue and it appears to be moving of its own accord.
Before he completely loses his
marbles Merrick is recruited into another smuggling operation, this one
destined to fail, his attempt to obtain cuttings from the cinchona trees that
sit just above the tiny settlement Harry visited known as New Bethlehem or
Bedlam for short is liable to get him killed by the people controlling the
quinine trade. That will be grounds to bring in the army. What Merrick and his
companions find is a place caught in time, protected by ancient beings and more
of the moving stone statues and a link back to his great grandfather, a priest
named Raphael.
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