Read by Nancy Van Iderstine

Challenge is coming. Shani and Masud, the duo comprising the earth Elemental Sphynx, can feel it in the unusual tectonic shifts rattling the walls of their home in India, their refuge. This overwhelming sense of impending doom tells them it's time to return to Egypt. After decades away, they are strangers in their homeland. And to each other. Somewhere along the way, the most critical piece of their combined power-their mental connection-weakened and snapped, leaving their power vulnerable and their hearts adrift, even as another Challenge bears down on them sooner than anyone expected. Their oracle, Ramla, offers few clues and even less comfort. Not only does she sense that Shani and Masud's connection has been sabotaged, Ramla herself is dying-another vital link on the verge of breaking right when they need it most. From the tombs of Pharaohs to the halls of Elementals, Inc., Shani and Masud race to rekindle their love and find out who is behind the danger hurtling toward them-before the world is once again swallowed up in blood and chaos

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