I Hear War Drums

By Marshall Terry Peeples

Antonia Fuentes-Felix is strikingly intelligent and beautiful, but most of all, she has inherited the special ancestral gift of receiving early warning signals before some calamity or tragic misfortune strikes her family. While some people dream-dreams, or see visions, Antonia is the only one to hear the mystical, rhythmic beat of- WAR DRUMS!Antonia and her fiance visits her maternal grandmother's home in Haiti where he becomes mystified by the family's ancestral stories and historical tall-tales. One of the stories that's quite captivating involves the mysterious disappearance of Antonia's Great-Great-Great Aunt, Claudette Felix in 1850's St. Louis, Missouri. This mystery has haunted the Felix Family for generations. Was she kidnapped and sold into slavery? Murdered by some licentious person, who seemed to always be tracking her? Antonia's fiance, Mitchell secretly decides to use the Mer Time Machine to investigate her untimely and mysterious disappearance. As he closes in on answers that has left the family stumped for centuries, what he stumbles upon is shocking, deadly, breath-taking, and may cause him to get stuck in time travel forever.At home, Josette Felix, the youngest of the Felix sisters deals with living in the shadows of her two talented older sisters. The result of her struggles if not confronted has the potential to bring grave travesty and fatal consequences. Will Josette heed the warning of the ancestral War Drums? In a desperate attempt to save her sister, Antonia attempts to sway Josette away from a fiendish temptation that may be too strong for her to overcome alone.The War Drums are beating louder when a beguiling, unscrupulous secret uncovered from the past meets the present. The consequences can potentially bring generational devastation. Filled with suspense and emotions, this adrenaline charged thrill-ride will make you hesitate to dig up ancestral bones.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1796611786
• ISBN13: 9781796611786
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"