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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

The Fifth Mark - A Martin County Mystery — Book Two

 


Premise:

Weeks after sealing an ancient artifact beneath the hills of Dover Hill, retired ranger Eli Turner and history teacher Kate Lander are ready to put the past behind them. But when a newly uncovered fifth cipher mark appears on a forgotten map—located deep in the woods near Indian Creek—they realize their journey isn’t over. It’s only just begun.

As strange geological tremors ripple across the region and local wildlife vanishes from areas near the new site, Kate and Eli are pulled back into a mystery older and darker than the Civil War secrets they thought they'd put to rest. The fifth mark doesn't lead to treasure—it leads to something buried before history was written.

Tracked once again by Ryland and the American Sovereign Trust—now more desperate and dangerous—Eli and Kate must decode a new set of symbols, navigate a hidden cave system beneath the Martin County hills, and confront the possibility that what lies below isn’t just ancient...

…it’s alive.

Set against the haunting landscapes of southern Indiana, The Fifth Mark is a story of forgotten knowledge, enduring guardianship, and the thin boundary between what was meant to be remembered—and what was meant to be sealed away forever.

 

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