LAZARUS GOURD
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A tenacious journalist, Evelyn Moore, chases a chilling legend in the Himalayas: a man with a mysterious gourd who can bring the dead back to life. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a web of secrets, confronts a powerful organization obsessed with immortality, and forms an unlikely alliance with the enigmatic Silas Thorne, the man wielding the gourd's forbidden power.
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