THE TENTH SCHOLAR

1848––Jonathan Lake would have give his very soul to save his beloved young wife from the rare blood disease they shared––but Mary, his wife, forbade it. Jonathan is soon besieged by local villagers––incited to panic by the cruel priest to kill the vampire. 2003––Dr. Elizabeth Argentum receives a message to fly to Scotland. A grave has been discovered reputed to be that of a young lord––murdered by superstitious villagers. Lizbeth goes to Scotland hoping to find DNA to further her research in to particular rare blood disorder––bu when in Scotland, Liszbth finds more than she had ever bargained for. The lapis lazuli sarcophagus stolen in the night by the grant's hirelings is empty. And there is a very annoyed gentleman in the village seeking those who desecrated his relative's grave. "Between the Kirk and the Kirk's Fjord, there lies St. Nathalan's Hoard." Author Gillis says he could feel the hair rising up of the back of his neck and a cold chill run through him when he read the words of a childhood ditty engraved on the rusted gate of the ruined church, St. Mary of the Storms. In Scotland, to further research The Tenth Scholar, Author Gillis traveled to Stonehaven on the rocky shore of the North Sea just for inspiration. He little expected to find almost the exact scene he had created months before. The ruined kirk––and the mysterious St. Nathanlan mirrored his own fictional locale and even to Jonathan Lake's buried hoard of gold coins.

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