Castle Bravenhurst

De: Darlene Zagata

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The letter arrived on cream-colored paper, sealed with burgundy wax bearing an unfamiliar crest. Dr. Elena Vasquez turned it over in her hands, admiring the weight of the stock before breaking the seal. Inside, elegant script invited her to present her groundbreaking work on genetic therapies at an exclusive symposium.

Castle Bravenhurst cordially invites you to participate in the International Symposium on Advanced Genetic Medicine. Your pioneering research on hereditary blood disorders makes you an essential voice in our gathering...

She'd never heard of Castle Bravenhurst, but the list of fellow attendees impressed her. The location—a restored medieval castle in the Scottish Highlands—seemed eccentric but intriguing. The generous honorarium didn't hurt either.

What she couldn't know was that four other scientists were reading identical invitations at that very moment, each selected for their specific expertise in blood, genetics, and infectious disease. Nor could she know that their host had been waiting centuries for medical science to advance enough to help him with his particular problem.

Professor Marcus Webb set down his own letter and walked to the tall windows of his study. Outside, the grounds of Castle Bravenhurst stretched toward ancient forests. Soon, his guests would arrive, and with them, perhaps, his salvation.

Or his doom.