Back to Center — Cindy Davis

A spear is unearthed from Inca ruins on a hillside in Peru. Although the jade spearhead originated 3,000 miles away and 1400 years in the past, carvings on the shaft unite Mexican and Peruvian images with a more recent time period. But more remarkable is the strange dialect now issuing from the resident archaeologist's mouth. Is it coincidence that, in Mexico, two-year-old K'iin K'aay is suddenly speaking the same language used by the archaeologist?Jade and husband Luna are buried in preparations to sponsor the world's largest spiritual healing festival at their school. So buried they barely notice their daughter's new vocabulary, until a desperate call comes from Luna's archaeologist friend. Luna drops everything and flies to Peru.Suddenly, problems arise, seemingly determined to undermine the festival. Luna phones with an urgent request for Jade to hand-deliver Grandfather Zipacna's journals.How can she leave Mexico now when things are falling apart? How can Zipacna's journals be related to this place so far away? Something has conspired to unite these people in Peru. Is it Universe, some thing-or some one-else altogether?