Böcker av Alex Ross Carol

Will uncovers two bottles of mysterious elixirs within his Gramma's trunk of relics. The bottles come from a source in South America--one originally discovered by St. Germaine, a legendary French aristocrat. Germaine is a name wrapped in mystery as it has surfaced and resurfaced often throughout the ages-from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. All sightings of the man have been associated with the Fountain of Youth and eternal life. But when an outbreak of a virulent contagion spreads across the globe, a link is made between the plague and what is contained within the two bottles of Gramma Zulov. Could they be the source of the plague or the cure? Will's family and friends are again placed in a maelstrom of confusion and danger as powers far greater than they are threatened. At risk of being connected to the growing global scandal, these powers will not sit idle and watch decades of planning go down in flames. They will strike back.

The date is 1883; the scene is the lake country of Minnesota. Dr. Cook, Missy Grey, and Samuel, venture out again-this time to find the fierce, man-eating wendigo monster. In a rush to locate the creature before a private group of bounty hunters, Bones, Missy and Samuel are asked to follow the trail of a monster that has been spotted in the outland reaches of Minnesota. Meanwhile, Dr. Cook's sister fights TB and battle other-worldly demons at the same time. It is all Madam Grey and Bones's brother, Orville, can do to hold things together while the monster hunters follow the trail of their latest assignment. This is where their journey begins ...

The date is 1881; the scene, the western frontier-Texarkana, Arkansas. Reports of a monster living near and around the swampy lowlands, not a day's ride from the town, have sparked the interest of a well-respected, medical doctor in Boston. Only in his thirties, Dr. Reginald Cook (nicknamed, "Bones") is approached by government officials to investigate the massacre of army corpsmen that took place near Boggy Creek-the swamp area near Texarkana. Dr. Bones takes up the challenge and is joined by a woman whose wealthy family decides to help the doctor with his travel expenses but on the condition that her daughter and nephew go along. The doctor arrives in Texarkana only to discover more than just an alleged attack by a monster. Quickly, he becomes embroiled in something far bigger that could end disastrously-both for the town and for the three monster hunters.