The Light Beside the Sea

San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti has been haunted for years by the hit and run death of her fiancé, Michael Sefton. Michael, a graduate student, had just returned from an archeological dig in Guatemala when he was killed. But why did he mail his journal to Julia for safekeeping before his return home? Why did another graduate student fall to his death on that trip? Every time Julia thought she might be getting close to an answer, each clue led only to a dead end.


Now, another man connected with that journey has been murdered closer to home. And the murderer hasn’t finished.


When Julia finally finds the courage to delve into the journal Michael sent to her years before, she learns of the undercurrents, jealousies and anger between members of the group. But events soon take a darker turn when Julia finds a likeness of the Maya god Hunhau, god of death and the underworld, on her doorstep and strange man covered with markings and tattoos keeps appearing to her. Soon, with guidance from another professor, she’s introduced to a world she never knew existed.