Nick Smyth

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The Condor Stone by Nick Smyth

A life force dormant through the ages is suddenly reawakened in an English Midlands town in the 1970s, plunging the fate of a family into the exotic and mysterious past of the Inca Empire in The Condor Stone (published by AuthorHouse), the historical fantasy by Nick Smyth.

Written with both anthropological integrity and fictional licence, The Condor Stone delves beneath a modern family's strange experiences to reveal an ancestral connection with Incan rulers and a powerful artifact.

As the story moves from the present to the past and back again, a destiny takes shape that will leave readers wondering about their own paths through life.

Visitations from the past

When a beautiful, mysterious orphan from Cornwall falls in love, she experiences frightening visions apparently connected with a previous life she knows nothing about.

A family in torment

Her first child, a daughter, develops extraordinary powers over birds, animals and other children.

Her daughter draws a mysterious sign that inexplicably terrifies the mother and ultimately traumatises the whole family.

The mayhem she causes in their quiet market town forces the family to move. But can they run away from their torment?

An ancient prophecy revealed

Ancestral research uncovers an identical sign on an old Cornish gravestone.

A university professor attempts to unravel its mystery without realising the dramatic consequences about to ensue as a legend from the past bursts into the present.

Seeking atonement

Readers are transported into the distant past to discover the origin of this controlling power, generated by an ancient civilization whose rituals were intended to provide a defence against the coming of an enemy foretold by prophets.

An immortal legacy is destined to be played out in the riveting conclusion of The Condor Stone.

About the author

Nick Smyth has experienced a wealth of cultures, from a childhood on a remote African tobacco farm, to work-related excursions as an international contractor in India, Colombia, Egypt and Algeria, and all over Eastern and Western Europe.

With his wife, Margaret, he ran a holiday business awarded "Best B&B in Britain" by BBC Radio 4.

Now retired, he writes for a local magazine. The Condor Stone is his first published novel.