BLUE SNAKES BLACK SAND

Blue Snakes, Black Sand is an adventure/suspense that takes the reader from the gutters of New Orleans across the burning sands of the Middle East and ultimately to terrifying worlds beyond.Our story begins in 1187 AD with a group of Venetian explorers searching for a trade route to china. Geno Partrucci, the leader of this group, does not know that he carries a curse with him-a curse that will follow his bloodline for the next 800 years.Geno carries the blue scarab, a gift bestowed upon him by a Tibetan Monk in the Himalayas. The blue scarab holds within it the essence of all evil. Geno, and his party along with the scarab are lost when Jerusalem is sacked by Saladin and taken from the Christian armies. For 800 years the scarab will lay dormant waiting for a Partrucci, a male Partrucci.In New Orleans the decapitated body of a teenage boy is found by a homeless woman in a rain swept alley. The left side of his body is marred by a strange blue scale like tattoo. Lieutenant Glenn Jennings and his partner Adam Partrucci are assigned to the case. They will all too soon discover this is not an isolated incident. An unexpected visit from the FBI soon brings a dim light to the case. Male Partrucci's all over the world, from newborn to their mid-twenties, are being found. All bearing the same markings.The Left Hand of the Blue Snake is responsible for these murders. The Blue Snake is all that is left of ancient pagan religion that has been all but forgotten. This religion once revolved around peace and harmony, but as Christianity grew the Blue Snake was soon left to the pages of history. Having sat in Heaven as the right hand of God it was eventually considered a burden and cast out of the heavens. The Christian God was not without mercy. The remaining members were given their own realm to rule in peace, but the peace was not to last. As time wore on a great schism ensued and the snake split into the left and right hand.Resurrected by a madman, Dockus King, the Left Hand o