The Map Rescued From the Ashes

Everything Oliver Sterling built in Toronto was reduced to ashes in a single night.

The ruthless heir to the Sterling lineage believed his art gallery was his sanctuary—until a devastating fire revealed that his family's past is forged in secrets far more dangerous than any priceless canvas. From the epicenter of the flames, Oliver rescues more than just an ancient relic; he saves Aurora, a gifted restorer who holds the key to a riddle his patriarch, Arthur Sterling, protected with his very life.
Hidden beneath layers of paint on a masterpiece, the impossible emerges: a map woven from an ancestral silver alloy that pulses with a life of its own, reacting only to the blood of the heirs. Now, hunted by the tech-conglomerate Vortex Sports, Oliver and Aurora are thrust into a desperate flight through the frozen Canadian wilderness. Amidst drone chases and icy rivers, they find refuge in an isolated cabin, where forced proximity ignites an explosive and inevitable chemistry.
As the silver reveals coordinates pointing toward the mists of Scotland, they realize they aren't just outrunning mercenaries—they are following a breadcrumb trail left by a ghost. The hunt that began beneath the ice of Norway now demands the fire of Canadian ashes. Oliver and Aurora must decipher the next meridian before time runs out, for the map reveals more than a location; it unveils a lineage crying out for justice.
In a race against time where art is the mask and silver is the path, they will discover that the ultimate betrayal might be etched into the very metal they are trying to protect. The fate of the Sterlings is set, and the next step of this epic journey will take the reader from the flames of Toronto to the ancestral ruins of the Highlands.