The Dagger
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She stared up in terror at the dark shadow looming over her. "What do you want?" Theresa Anderson asks with agitation.
"Mun tya aka," the raspy demonic voice replied in an ancient language. "The dagger".
Theresa Anderson is a professor in religion and archaeological studies. But her fate is about to change as her expertise is called into action following the strange happenings of a young girl, Kayla, who keeps on defying death even in the face of several suicide attempts.
The oldest game in the history of time is about to begin. And it won't rest until it finds its winner.
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