u003cbu003eA swashbuckling adventure. u003ciu003eBooklistu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eA rollicking Indiana Jones flick with a female lead. u003ciu003eBCCBu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eThe Last Magician u003c/iu003emeetsu003ciu003e A Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue u003c/iu003ein this thrilling, breathless (u003ciu003eKirkus Reviewsu003c/iu003e) tale filled with magic and set in the mysterious Carpathian Mountains where a girl must hunt down Vlad the Impalers cursed ring in order to save her father.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003ciu003eSome legends never die u003c/iu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eTraveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. Shes read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the worlds most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesnt have is her fathers permission. That honor goes to her fathers nineteen-year-old protégéand once-upon-a-time love of Theodoras lifeHuck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eUntil Huck returns from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodoras help in rescuing him. Armed with her fathers travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impalermore widely known as Draculaand that it just might be the key to finding him.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eJourneying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they arent the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengthsincluding murderto possess it.