The Queen Jade: A New World Novel of Adventure

by Yxta Maya Murray

Overview

There is a legend of the New World that has endured for centuries: the strange, tragic tale of a King, a Witch . . . and a blue gem of intoxicating beauty said to grant extraordinary power to whoever possesses it.

Archaeologist Juana Sanchez, convinced that she's discovered the key to unlocking the mystery of the fabled Queen Jade, ventures into the Central American jungle alone—just ahead of the relentless pounding fury of Hurricane Mitch. When the terrible storm is over, Juana is gone, and an ancient, long-buried jade mine has been uncovered in the mountains of Guatemala, giving new hope to all obsessed seekers of the legendary stone. But it is a different obsession that plunges Juana's daughter—scholar and bookseller Lola Sanchez—into the remarkable adventure of a lifetime. For only by following the Queen Jade's perilous, cursed trail can Lola hope to find her vanished mother . . . if it isn't already too late.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060582654
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/03/2008
Series:	Red Lion Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Yxta Maya Murray is the author of The Conquest—winner of the Whiting Award—and The King's Gold, the second novel in her acclaimed Red Lion series. She is a professor at Loyola Law School and lives in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

Meticulously researched...” — Kirkus Reviews

“Murray has fashioned a good old-fashioned lost-treasure tale fleshed out with plenty of action, intrigue, and romance.” — Booklist

“In the finest tradition of adventure yarns...A rip-roaring page-turner that concludes with a satisfying twist.” — Booklist

“You’d better get comfortable before you pick up this estrogen-laced Da Vinci Code: It’s a blood-pumping adventure you’ll read straight to the thrilling end.” — Glamour

“An exciting novel of archaeology and adventure.” — Library Journal

“’The Queen Jade’ is an enjoyable escapist voyage into one of Lola’s novels on her bookstore shelves, but its strong female characters and Murray’s thorough historical research places the book in a more prominent literary category.” — El Paso Times

“...It’s strong female characters and Murray’s thorough historical research places the [The Queen Jade] in a more prominent literary category.” — El Paso Times

“A breath-stopping, muscle-straining journey through the jungles of Central America … Murray is quickly becoming to the action/adventure genre what Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin are to science fiction.” — El Paso Times

From the Publisher

Murray has fashioned a good old-fashioned lost-treasure tale fleshed out with plenty of action, intrigue, and romance.

Booklist

’The Queen Jade’ is an enjoyable escapist voyage into one of Lola’s novels on her bookstore shelves, but its strong female characters and Murray’s thorough historical research places the book in a more prominent literary category.

El Paso Times

You’d better get comfortable before you pick up this estrogen-laced Da Vinci Code: It’s a blood-pumping adventure you’ll read straight to the thrilling end.

Glamour

Murray has fashioned a good old-fashioned lost-treasure tale fleshed out with plenty of action, intrigue, and romance.

Booklist