{"product_id":"9798317801700","title":"The Qaraq and the Maya Factor","description":"Unravel the Past. Face the Truth. Escape the Illusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the events of The Qaraq, passionate Arabic scholar Sahara Fleming embraces the truth: she and her qaraq, a group of intertwined souls, have lived countless past lives together. But now, their gift of extraordinary memory is slipping away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA force known as the Maya Factor--a Hindu concept that traps people in illusion and trivial distractions -- shatters the qaraq's ability to recall their shared reincarnations. As their connection weakens, Sahara faces another unsettling challenge: her estranged husband's relentless attempts to win her back. Their chemistry is undeniable, yet their past-life stories hint at something far darker beneath their romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the qaraq uncovers eerie links between ancient tombs, a mysterious Red Isle, and a seventeenth-century coven, they must ask themselves: Are they unraveling a grand design that has shaped their lives for centuries? Or are they merely trapped in another layer of Maya -- an illusion that could tear them apart? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStructured like a modern Arabian Nights, The Qaraq and the Maya Factor--Book Two of 1001, The Reincarnation Chronicles--delivers a visionary blend of inventive fantasy, historical mystery, and whimsical mysticism. Step into this wildly imaginative series by Stephen Weinstock, whose own musical past life helps shape this symphonic epic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRAISE FOR 1001, THE REINCARNATION CHRONICLES \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Stephen Weinstock's imagination is fevered, surreal, fantastical. It will take you places you never dreamed you would go.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barry Jay Kaplan, author, Black Orchid \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Whether you believe in reincarnation or not, this is a book that will expand your universe.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Donald Kroitsch, publisher \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"How do you hold it all in one thought, one impression? You don't. You read every one of the 616 pages then sit back and bask in a satisfied feeling of having lived through an unpredictable, bewitching journey ... through millennia, into outer space, transported and transfixed: it is an experience of huge proportion.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah Berges, editor and choreographer, Sarah Berges Dance \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The kind of book that keeps you up later than you intended at night.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brendan Pulver, Artist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this volume, the characters have lived in many forms, including a lovesick mermaid, frolicking dogs, and a horny glacier.\" - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robin Gregory, The Improbablt Wonders of Moojie Littleman","brand":"Bookbaby (Author: Weinstock, Stephen)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49975718314341,"sku":"9798317801700","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/9798317801700","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}