When archaeologist Dillwyn discovers a hidden chest of ancient scrolls in a cave near the Roman gold mines at Pumsaint, one of them contains a cryptic account connected to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. What first appears to be an extraordinary historical discovery soon proves to be only the beginning.

After her mother’s death, Dillwyn returns to the family farmhouse in Indiana, where she finds a ruby pendant concealed in the false bottom of an old trunk—along with a letter written decades earlier by a Polish Jewess explaining why the gem had to be hidden.

Soon afterward, Dillwyn is accused by archaeologist Fitzwilliam of stealing a priceless artifact—the trunk itself—from his excavation. An Interpol Red Notice is issued for her arrest, forcing her into a desperate flight across Europe.

In Naples the chase intensifies, and Dillwyn learns that she is the last surviving heir of Josias, the ancient chronicler whose scrolls have begun to surface. The struggle over their ownership culminates at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, where allies and enemies converge and deadly secrets come to light.

As the danger deepens, the mysterious ruby itself begins to reveal fragments of a far older story—one that may change everything Dillwyn thought she knew about history, destiny, and herself.

Continuing from Time Has Come to Reveal the Ruby Heart Legend, Ruby draws Dillwyn and Ethan into her reality, reaching back to the creation of the earth - before time began.

From her concealment within a geode in the earth’s molten beginning, the fabric of her story unfolds across centuries—through her release into a purpose not yet understood — as a village is destroyed, a child is taken, and she is once more hidden from the world.

As time passes, lives are shaped, cursed, and set upon paths that will converge long after their beginnings… until she is discovered once again.

In Before Time – Ruby, the fabric of Ruby’s story becomes an enduring legend.

Basilikos — Basil to his friends, the son of Balthazar who first discovered Ruby in the lake — is introduced into a world already in motion.
When Ruby is placed in his care, she reveals glimpses of things long past and things yet to come. But without understanding what he sees, Basil is left to face each challenge as it comes.
Though he longs to join his father in the search for the baby king who will change the world forever, Basil is ordered to remain behind—to watch over his grandfather, Madjid, and protect the clan.
In a single moment, everything changes.
After winning a tournament, Basil clasps hands with his opponent—and a vision strikes, clear and undeniable: Balthazar’s own brothers are plotting the death of Madjid… and the seizure of the city.
At the same time, Ruby warns him that the Wise Men—and the child they seek—are in mortal danger.
Now, torn between obedience and destiny, Basil must make an impossible choice:
Will he remain and defend his people…
or risk everything to save his father and the child who will change the world?

Continuing from The King is Born, the journey home becomes a descent into a world already under judgment.

Madjid lies broken—its ruler dead, its people starving, and power seized by those who rule through fear, cruelty, and betrayal. Blood has been spilled. Innocence has been shattered. And the cost of survival is already written in suffering.

As Basil and his father, Balthazar, return to reclaim the city, justice must be restored—but justice, once unleashed, does not come gently. It demands sacrifice… and it does not spare the willing.

What begins as a fight to save a people becomes a reckoning that will test the limits of mercy, power, and the human heart.

For when corruption runs deep enough, it is not only men who answer for it.

In Jeopardy and Justice, the balance is struck—through fire, through blood… washed away by forces no one can command—the rivers bear witness—a kingdom is no more.

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