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Elevator to Destiny
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 9 2025
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Carl Smith parks his car before a towering building, he believes he is simply attending a business meeting. But the elevator that carries him upward will open the door to something far darker-a confrontation with fate, guilt, and a past drenched in blood.
Carl is a talented restorer of ancient Egyptian portraits, a man who revives the dead beauty of civilizations long gone. Yet beneath his calm precision lies a burning obsession: the man who destroyed his family. That man is Omar Abd El Rahim-a powerful descendant of the Pharaohs whose charm masks something far more sinister. When Omar invites Carl to create a private masterpiece worthy of a king, Carl accepts... but not for art's sake.
Inside Omar's lavish apartment-an opulent shrine to forgotten empires-Carl feels history breathe again. Every artifact, every symbol on the walls, seems to whisper warnings. And among them, one painting captures him completely: the portrait of an unknown goddess whose gaze follows him long after he leaves.
What begins as an artistic commission soon becomes a dangerous game between hunter and prey. Carl's aunt, Christy, senses the peril lurking around them. She carries her own burden-a secret sealed within the leg of her wooden bed, a relic that once cost two lives. When strangers break into their home, searching for something ancient, the fragile balance of truth shatters.
Soon Carl discovers that Omar is not the only man chasing the past. A mysterious figure named Alistair Hale claims to have known Carl's father... and warns him that Omar's true pursuit is not art but power-knowledge so old and forbidden it was once buried by kings themselves.
As betrayal coils tighter and allies blur into enemies, Carl is forced to confront who he truly is. The papyrus hidden beneath Christy's roof, the goddess in Omar's corridor, the blood that runs in Carl's veins-all are threads of a legacy older than memory.
Torn between love, vengeance, and destiny, Carl must decide which truth to follow-and whether the power waiting for him is a gift from the gods or a curse from the dead.
Elevator to Destiny is a gripping psychological thriller and historical mystery that blends art, mythology, and suspense. It explores how the past never truly dies-and how one man's descent into ancient secrets may awaken forces that should have remained buried.
When the elevator doors close again, only one question remains:
Who will reach the top-and who will never make it back down?
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