HOUSE OF THE MOON

About the Book

A rice farmer in contemporary northern Peru experiences a recurring dream which he relates to his village shaman. The shaman’s interpretation is that he was a Moche lord in a previous life, and the dream is directing him to open a tomb, perhaps his own, in an adobe pyramid built by the Moche civilization in the third century AD. The farmer assembles a crew and, digging only at night, they reach a royal burial chamber packed with exquisite golden artifacts. Their subsequent attempts to sell the pieces on the international antiquities market are successful until the police learn of the find and want their share. Rampant greed and corruption in their ranks pits policemen against their fellow officers, and the grave robbers are caught in the middle. Woven throughout are subtle themes of mysticism and reincarnation, and the hard-edged realities of avarice and official depravity.

About the Author

Ed Davies began adult life as a salvage and construction diver and this culminated in a 22 year career in oceanography. Over this period, he authored many scientific papers which piqued his interest in popular writing. While working in a United Nation’s fishery project in Peru, Ed became fascinated with the country’s rich history and archaeological heritage, and left his studies to become a dealer in antiquities. He continued to hone his writing skills writing articles for magazines and newspapers. The inspiration for his first novel, ‘House of the Moon’, came while working as the scriptwriter for a film company making a documentary about an extraordinary archaeological find by clandestine grave-robbers in northern Peru. Realizing the true story could never be told, Ed created a purely fictionalized account of this fascinating event.