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Item upgrade: The Tavernier Rocks has gained the 2011 Independent Publisher (IPPY) gold-medal in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.When your body of seventeenth-century mapmaker Johannes Cellarius drifts to the top of the bog in northern Germany with a 57-carat ruby clutched in his fist, the grisly breakthrough ignites a life-threatening twenty-first-century worldwide treasure-hunt to uncover the legendary Tavernier stones.　 The ton reputedly includes a few of the globe's most infamous lost gems, such as the 280-carat Great Mogul diamond and the 242-carat Great Desk diamond.Scrupulously truthful Amish-born cartographer John Graf groups up with outlaw prospector and gemologist Mark Freeman in a ferocious Competition to obtain the value and crack a secret code that'll solve the centuries-old Tavernier rocks thriller. But different fortune seekers, opportunists and criminals alike, have been in hot pursuit of the mismatched companions---and they will stop at nothing to own the renowned jewels."The Tavernier Rocks has something for each audience--adventure, interest, info, and no little bit of humor. A thrilling debut from the talented new writer, this book gives the products." --Debra Ginsberg, writer of The The and Grift Neighbors are Viewing"An absolutely engaging journey that draws you along on a rollicking does not and trip forget about you until you turn the final page. The publishing simply sparkles." --Patricia Wood, writer of Lottery"In the opening pages to the final scene, Stephen Parrish has generated a fictional secret, one with experience, history, cartography, gems, and memorable people.