Bev Dahl finds herself tossed into a vast limestone cave system following a magic map controlled by the tortured spirits of a tragic shipwreck in this Southern tale of adventure. Recent Stanford graduate, Bev is determined to prove herself worthy of her grandfather’s memory by making it on Wall Street. When her cousin, Mathias, who is obsessed with a magic map to a vast treasure trove of lost Spanish gold, realizes that Bev is the only one who can see the map lighting up and changing, he offers her a chance at adventure that a restless Bev can’t refuse. But her cousin Mathias is determined to claim the treasure as his own, and it’s only by finally embracing the psychic abilities that Bev shares with her mother, that she stands a chance of coming out of this adventure alive. "Glaze's tale—the second in the series, after Spanish Pieces of Eight —dives beneath the glittering allure of treasure troves to explore deeper currents of greed and self-discovery." -BookLife, Publishers Weekly "Eight Pieces of Eight is cinematic, and is more like watching a movie than reading a book. The scenes in Tootsie's Orchid Lounge as well as all of the Nashville country music details ring true, adding a sense of authenticity to the story."--Sam Sevren "Ultimately, this multigenerational story nudges readers to ponder the meaning of true wealth, the power of intuition as a guide, and the perils of obsession." —BookLife, Publishers Weekly With the adventure and intrigue of the Spanish Empire's dominance in the colonial period of history, I couldn't stop writing stories about the gold and silver coins lost to the shallow sands of the big blue ocean after only one book. The first in this series, Spanish Pieces of Eight , is the story of a Tennessee boy, Richard Dennison, discovering vast riches, a wide and deep ocean on which to hoist his sails, and mounds of pieces of eight. His granddaughter, Bev Dahl, through a twist of fate, inherits the treasure-hunting gene from her grandfather to follow the scent of the coins. Unlike her grandfather however, Bev has help in her quest for clues while crawling through the vast and ancient limestone cave system in Tennessee. A powerful spirit Guru named Ezekiel is the wildcard for Bev, and for Eight Pieces of Eight .