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Skulls of Salvation
By
Lanaia Lee
Available at:
www.LanaiasLair.com
Published by Authorhouse.com
Paperback (6×9) – $14.95
ISBN: 9781438945064
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ISBN: 9781438945071
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Lanaia Lee was born in 1957 to a
Navy father and a schoolteacher
mother who home-schooled her. When
she was nine years old, her mother
died from a massive stroke. Because
her father was rarely home, her
grandmother, a professed black witch,
gained custody. When Lanaia was 14,
her grandmother abandoned her, and
she landed in foster care where she
had four sets of foster parents within a
year.
At age fifteen, she went to boarding school on her dad’s GI Bill. She graduated in her
junior year after which she drifted, living with various people but without a family or a
home. At eighteen, she married, suffered three miscarriages and divorced. By nineteen,
she began working in management for convenient stores and restaurant chains.
She remarried at age 30 and had a stillborn daughter the following year. Five years
later, her husband left her for a seventeen-year-old. She filed bankruptcy, and
one month later suffered a massive stroke, after which she spent seven months in the
hospital and remains in a wheelchair today.
For the next two years she underwent intensive physical therapy, but she would never
walk again. She found work at a vocational trade school to help with her rehabilitation
and met her soul mate, David, also in a wheelchair from a motorcycle wreck he
sustained in 1984. They have been married since 1992. They, too, lost two children due
to her disease, erratic hypertension. She and her husband live independently, and she
still drives.
In 2001, David dared her to write a poem. Out of curiosity, she posted it in an
online poetry forum. The feedback was so positive, she kept writing. At first, she
wrote just poems, then short stories and finally novels. All of her work is typed
with one hand because of her disabilities.
Lanaia gives credit to the grace of God, which has helped her overcome immense
adversity, and she claims she won’t quit until she hits the bestseller list.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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Skulls of Salvation, set in modern day, takes the reader on a quest to save
mankind through the jungles of Belize and the Mayan ruins led by Damien, a
disciple of Archimedes, one of the Kings of the Lost Continent of Atlantis. He and
his beautiful wife, Ionna, are in search of the missing legendary Crystal Skulls of
Belize which are said, when all together, to have the powers to save mankind
from the total destruction predicted to take place on December 21, 2012.
Ionna, a direct descendant of the Mayan king, Pacal, leads Damien and another
faithful follower into the jungles, ruins and underground rivers and caves that are
believed to contain the 3 lost skulls of perfect crystal. Unbeknownst to them,
Archimedes’ arch enemy and mystical survivor of Atlantis has other ideas. The
group expands as other lost friends join them to face the ultimate evil and save
the planet from sure destruction.
This is the second book in the five-part series, Of Atlantis, which is the first book
in a series of the same name.
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EXCERPT:
"We learned how to control our minds using telekinesis for
protection and safety during battles. I think every human being
has the capacity to do this. Maybe in time, mortals may learn
how to harness this power. However, I fear that if mankind did
figure this out, many would be like Uric, using the power for
personal gain and treachery.
"The one true power of the Orions is illusion, the power of
the mind. Those that chose to go back to our home eventually
died. When the star exploded, it created a massive light in the
sky that lasted for several months. In reality, the star that
exploded was the historical Star of Bethlehem. I know this
because I lived it.
"Throughout all those years, I had many different identities.
At one time, I was known as Joseph of Arimathia. Yes, that is
right. It was I who put the son of the Supreme Being in my family
tomb.
"It was I that helped Mary Magdalene escape to France. I
protected her with my life. It was an honor to have been
entrusted with such a task.
"And now, here I am about to witness the birth of one of my
descendants. Ionna, you and your child are descendants of
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royalty, Mayan royalty. I do wonder, though, if the child will be
born with the power. I guess only time will tell.
"Until now, I thought I was the only Orion that survived.
Eternal life is just mind control. The mind is a very powerful
thing. It is really sad. Uric chose to use his powers for personal
gain. When I was in Atlantis, it was he that made my life a living
hell. He knew my hands were tied because of that promise, and
he took advantage of it. Now my hands are free and he knows
better than to challenge me.
"It is amazing that after all these centuries, he is still on the
same sick path. We brought to earth the bloodstones now in his
possession. The Supreme Being touched these stones, which
makes them very rare and special.
"The stones strengthen only with tragedy. Mishap gives their
possessor incredible power. One of the few that remained on
earth gave them to Archimedes before his coronation. They were
housed in the temple of Atlantis where they remained until they
were stolen by Uric. Ever since then, he has had an
unquenchable thirst for misfortune to feed the stones that ensure
his power.
“I guess he thinks the destruction of earth would be strong
enough to feed the stones to their full potential. If this occurred,
Uric would become unstoppable, or so he thinks.”
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Percius stopped, rubbed his chin and thought for a second.
Then he looked up at the group. "I have been rambling on for
hours, we need to get some rest, especially you, Ionna. That way
we can travel further within this place and find the remaining
skull.” They all nodded, rose from the waning fire and turned in
for the night.
The next morning, the party awoke within the dark
dampness, not really knowing whether it was night or day with
only their senses to guide them. They had no concept of time. To
the party, it seemed as though time had literally stopped.
Once again, they carefully set off toward the raft. They
loaded their supplies and helped Ionna climb aboard. After all
were safely seated, they silently set themselves adrift upon the
waters. The small lamps from the raft cast a dim glow upon the
rocky walls and helped the party see the path that lay before
them.
Archimedes leaned close to one of the lamps and used the
time to search the Book of Life trying to learn why it was believed
the end would come with a flood. He read aloud intermittently
telling of untold natural disasters, famine, plague, draught, and
heat waves. Many peoples had asked how a heat wave could
cause a flood. The sun, the star of life worshipped by so many
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ancient civilizations, would be the downfall of modern
civilizations. It was written that a great civilization would actually
figure out the exact date of the earth’s dreaded demise. That
civilization was known as the Mayan. They pondered his words
and realized that within the Book of Life, one must read in
between the lines as to what would trigger such mass devastation
throughout the entire world.
After thinking really hard, Archimedes figured out there
could be only one culprit in modern day – one that would cause
unimaginable destruction resulting in a flood.
“I’ve got it!” Archimedes cried. “Global warming.” This
phenomenon was well known throughout the world. He was also
aware of the hole in the earth’s ozone layer that protected the
earth from the sun’s devastating ultra violet rays.
“It is written that all the destruction in this modern world
will be due to polar ice melt causing sea levels to rise. In the end,
a devastating flood will cover the entire earth in water, causing
life as we know it to exist no more. Archimedes looked at his rapt
cohorts and admitted he had not figured out how the skulls would
save the earth, even though it was clear that it was their
purpose. Securing the twelve skulls was making him anxious. His
fingers itched. He was so close. He hoped the legend was true.
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They guided the raft as it slowly drifted deeper into a world
that was long ago forgotten. The further they delved into the
darkness, the more they felt as though they were traveling
backward in time.
Percius suddenly looked around and said, “I think I
recognize some of these landmarks! We may be nearing another
altar one that might contain the remaining skull.”
As they approached, the party thought they felt the earth
start to move. They clutched the sides of the raft as dirt and
debris fell down upon them from the roof of the cave and the
water swished back and forth. Percius closed his eyes and
concentrated. He used his powers to encase the entire raft in an
impenetrable invisible shield protecting them from the falling
debris. “We’re having an earthquake!” Ionna shouted as the
earth and water shook violently.

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