About This Book
In this mystery thriller, a determined writer sets out to prove that the Resolute desk in the Oval Office in Washington D.C. is a fake. Annabelle knows where the genuine desk is and not only that. She believes lost souls haunt the desk.The Resolute desk was made from the timbers of a nineteenth century British ship that sailed into the Arctic on a quest to find the Northwest Passage and the lost explorer, Sir John Franklin. Hopelessly trapped in the ice, her crew abandoned the ship. The HMS Resolute eventually broke free, sailing 1,200 miles in the treacherous icy waters.Did the ship navigate by chance or did a ghost crew guide her?Annabelle is a docent at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. The museum exhibits highlight the life and times of President Reagan including a replica room of the Oval Office containing a replica Resolute desk.When unexplained and even dangerous events happen in the museum, Annabelle searches for clues within the desk's secret drawers and within its very timbers.The curator, Rusty, overworked and nervous, brings together rare artifacts for an exhibit on the HMS Resolute and lost Arctic explorers. A prize relic of the Inuit is a mystical Wind-Maker Spirit mask whose powerful magic awakens spirits forgotten and forlorn.Annabelle's feisty daughter, Whitney, a security guard at the museum, struggles with post-traumatic stress after her military service. She doesn't believe in ghosts until she becomes the target of a malevolent entity. Whitney's erratic mood swings threatens her sanity and her rocky romance with another guard, the handsome Alex, adds to the drama.As Annabelle strives to solve the mystery of the Resolute desk, spirits evil and primitive arise endangering those she loves. Hidden within a long-lost world is the answer, if only the seekers can survive to find it.
