Codex of the Dead (Evelyn & Kai Mystery Thriller — Book 2) A forgotten vault. A buried code. A secret powerful enough to redraw the world’s hidden map. When intelligence operative Evelyn Carter and reluctant translator Kai Dashiell escape Hong Kong with a stolen artifact, they believe they’ve survived the worst. They’re wrong. Deep in the Australian outback, an abandoned Cold War listening post hides the next piece of an ancient network built long before modern surveillance existed. Someone is already there. Someone willing to kill to keep it buried. As masked operatives close in and governments begin to stir, suggesting this is no ordinary smuggling ring, Kai discovers the artifact is not just a puzzle — it is a key. And Evelyn learns the mission she thought she was running may have been written into her life long ago. Cut off from communications, hunted across a landscape where no one can hear you scream, Evelyn and Kai must unlock the codex before their pursuers seize it — or before the past wakes fully. Because some secrets were never meant to stay dead. Codex of the Dead is the second installment in the Evelyn & Kai Mystery Thriller series — perfect for readers who enjoy international espionage, archaeological conspiracies, and relentless high-stakes pursuit.