The Mausoleum Murder
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The Mausoleum Murder is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts
which is the fourth novel in the The Seven Fabulous Wonders
series and the sequel to The Amazon Temple Quest
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. As the war rages on Alexis' stepmother still wants to make the pilgrimage to the river. Alexis has the gift to turn statues that have enough gold on them into real people. This gift gets him into trouble as his stepmother has the spirit of the old king who wants to reclaim his land. Alexis meets the princess and turns her fabled chimea to life and it rampages through the city attacking all who are known as their enemies. Alexis then goes to the river and reverses his gift and is shocked when his father and his best friend are still real when all of the other statues have turned back to stone.
Katherine Roberts
Katherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
which is the fourth novel in the The Seven Fabulous Wonders
The Seven Fabulous Wonders
The Seven Fabulous Wonders is a fantasy series by Katherine Roberts currently comprising seven novels. The novels are based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and are set in Egypt in 2550 BC but as 2 empires who Lord Khafre is the ruler of....
series and the sequel to The Amazon Temple Quest
The Amazon Temple Quest
The Amazon Temple Quest is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts. The novel was first published in 2002, and it is the third book in the The Seven Fabulous Wonders series.-Plot introduction:...
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Plot summary
In the beginning of the story, Alexis' home Halicarnassos is at war with MacedonMacedon
Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south....
. As the war rages on Alexis' stepmother still wants to make the pilgrimage to the river. Alexis has the gift to turn statues that have enough gold on them into real people. This gift gets him into trouble as his stepmother has the spirit of the old king who wants to reclaim his land. Alexis meets the princess and turns her fabled chimea to life and it rampages through the city attacking all who are known as their enemies. Alexis then goes to the river and reverses his gift and is shocked when his father and his best friend are still real when all of the other statues have turned back to stone.