Curse of the Ancients (20 page)

In this Break you’ll be going up against an entire army — but don’t let that scare you. I know that you’ve got the wits and guts to get the job done.

Here’s the scoop: A Manchu army, led by the SQ, is about to attack a poorly guarded section of the Great Wall. You’ll need to alert the Hystorian and the Chinese army so that together you can prevent the invaders from breaking through.

If they manage to get past your defenses, the wall won’t be the only thing to fall — the Ming Dynasty will also come crashing down!

— Arin

An SQ army is trying to break through the Great Wall of China! Play as Dak, Sera, and Riq as they race to keep the wall — and the country — from falling.

Log on now to save China from the invaders.

Fix the past. Save the future.

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The golden age of Baghdad is a time of magic and wonder. But it is coming to a quick and tragic end. Can Dak, Sera, and Riq fix the next Great Break before the kingdom falls?

Includes an all-new, top secret Hystorian’s Guide — which unlocks the next episode of the Infinity Ring game.

Turn the page for a sneak peek!

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Below is a sneak peek from Infinity Ring Book 5:
Cave of Wonders
by Matthew J. Kirby.

T
HE DESERT
wind whipped around them, stirring up sand. Dak shielded his eyes and used his shirt to cover his mouth to keep from breathing in the grit. Sera and Riq did the same. They were standing in the middle of a dusty road, the three of them having just warped from the Great Wall in Ming-dynasty China. For Dak, the prickling, sickening disorientation of having his body squeezed through time and space like a basketball through a keyhole hadn’t faded yet . . . and neither had his excitement.

“Where are we?” he asked.

This was their twelfth warp together. You’d think by now, Dak would be used to it, but that question still thrilled him.

Where are we?

What would they see and do? Who would they meet? So far, Christopher Columbus, Vikings, King Louis with his wonderful gooey cheese, Harriet Tubman, the ancient Maya. People and cultures Dak had only read about in books before now.

Sera checked the Infinity Ring before tucking it away in her satchel. “Coordinates are right. We should be near the city of Baghdad on January 27, the year 1258.”

“Good.” Dak reached to pull out the SQuare. “Let’s figure out the Break we’re supposed to fix here.”

“Hold on.” Riq coughed. “Let’s get out of this wind. All this sand won’t be good for the SQuare.”

“Oh. Right.” Dak looked around, and then realized he had just agreed with one of Riq’s suggestions without arguing or mocking it. Sera would be so proud. He turned to her. “Bet you’re glad I’ve got the SQuare in my pants, now, huh?”

Sera rolled her eyes at him. “Which way should we go?”

Riq pointed. “I think I see something that way.”

The three of them peered down the road, straining to see anything through the windblown sand. Dak was trying to decide how best to make fun of Riq in this moment, when a horrible grunting sounded right behind them.

The three of them spun around to find themselves face-to-face with the protruding nose, huge teeth, and flapping lips of a camel.

The man riding the camel shook his fist at them, shouting in a language Dak didn’t recognize.
He wore long robes, and a turban coiled around his head.