Title: The Ancient
Tripod of Peace
Author: Kalen Cap
Genre: YA Mystery
Release Date: March 13th 2018
About the book:
Teens Lexi and
Gil face relic-thieving secret societies.
Plagued by loneliness in her Lake Erie Islands community, vegan Lexi hopes to
make like-minded friends in high school. But her dad’s job is jeopardized when
relics are stolen from his museum, changing her priorities. And she finds her
new teachers’ eerie dislike of her troubling.
His dad in jail, cipher enthusiast and bacon-loving Gil hopes freshman year
will provide a clean slate. Soon, he discovers secret codes within a
Shakespearean play while paired with Lexi, pulling him into an ancient mystery.
With the official museum burglary investigation stalled, the mismatched teen
sleuths join forces to try and crack the case. Lexi’s inquiries and Gil’s codes
capture their teachers’ attention. But these teachers have the stolen Tripod of
Peace, a powerful relic sought by rival secret societies. Caught in these
societies’ crossfire as thieves wield an instrument of astounding power, Gil
and Lexi are in danger.
The Ancient Tripod of Peace is the first book in novelist Kalen Cap’s Teen
Thief-Catchers Series. If you like stories with artifact treasures, fighting
secret societies, and spirited protagonists, you’ll enjoy this novel.
Excerpt:
Brandon flicked on the light switch. The yellow bulb
provided a muted view of the dusty, windowless room.
A box with shiny tape near the entrance looked new. It
contained three metal pieces, each about thirty inches in length, that he
needed. He unboxed the items, each unevenly notched and appended with short
metal lengths, and set them by the door. He found the only large piece, a
tripod seat, already unboxed in the back of the room. The museum board had
pulled the tripod seat from the prior evening’s exhibit opening on the main
floor.
Though he’d received a text confirming arrangements as
planned, Brandon grew worried two remaining pieces were displayed upstairs
after all. He wouldn't risk triggering the security system in the main
exhibition hall to retrieve them if they there. Breaking into the warehouse was
already too far beyond his comfort zone.
The room’s dust taking its toll, Brandon sneezed. He
frowned, worried a sprayed dripping might get him caught by some high tech
analysis like those used in crime television shows. It’d be my luck to
be caught by snot.
Or sweat. Tears of
perspiration streamed down his cheek. Brandon checked the room again. Curation
opportunity? What a joke!
Sue Ballentine, who hired him for the job, had called
it a “curation opportunity.” Though Brandon knew selling steroids was illegal,
stealing objects from a museum was a more aggressive crime. But he needed the
money to finish paying his supplier.
Brandon knew not to cross his steroid supplier in
Detroit.
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About the
Author
Kalen Cap
is a writer living in Columbus, Ohio. Active in animal protection and
environmental causes, he often brings such concerns into his fiction writing.
After having a number of poems and short stories published, as well as original
plays produced locally, he took up novel writing.
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