The Curse of the Pharaoh's Stone

In 1922 Philadelphia, death stalks twelve-year-old Oklahoma Smith's family. To save his older brother, Okie struggles to decipher the mysterious writing on the cursed ancient Egyptian artifact he owns. Okie's quest spirals out of control as he fights to save himself and his friend Alexandra from kidnappers, retrieve the stolen artifact from the murderous Englishman, and break the curse on his family.

In 1922 Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Oklahoma Smith has lost his mother and twin brothers to a curse he believes he summoned. To save his older brother from the same fate, Okie struggles to decipher the mysterious writing on the cursed ancient Egyptian artifact he owns. He runs afoul of the Englishman, who will kill to possess the artifact he thinks holds the key to the Elixir of Life. Okie's quest spirals out of control as he fights to save himself and his friend Alexandra from kidnappers, retrieve the stolen artifact, and break the deadly curse on his family.

P.G.K. Hanson has lived in Lebanon, Cyprus, Germany, Libya, Cuba, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Virginia, Massachusetts and New Jersey before settling in Pennsylvania to begin a writing career. P.G.K. has multiple college degrees (in Communications, Chemical Engineering, Political Science, and English), from Chestnut Hill College, Northeastern University, Virginia Tech, Arcadia University and MIT (as well as one crazy semester at Havana University). P.G.K. enjoys traveling, having visited Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Israel, England, Scotland, France, Monaco, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and a few of the smaller islands like St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbados, St. Lucia, and Margarita, as well as touring much of the United States. P.G.K. has 6 children and 4 grandchildren, and, at age 200, is looking forward to launching a successful writing career with The Curse of the Pharaoh's Stone.