The ancient secret of fusion energy is rediscovered in a breathless thriller about the magic and mystery of the Easter Island statues.

Cyd and Alex return to Montana to settle down and lead a quiet life. Robert, a close friend working in Chile, turns up missing after recent earthquakes trigger strange lights coming from a volcano. Robert’s father persuades Cyd and Alex to go looking for him.

A harrowing adventure follows that uncovers a civilization of ancient aliens who possessed the secret to fusion energy, the same energy that powers the sun. An object is found in a lost city that explains the technology, but it is unreadable.

The Chinese, mining lithium for electric car batteries in Chile’s northern desert, learn that one of their geologists, Robert, has discovered an object that explains how fusion energy works, and how to recreate it here on earth.

Meanwhile, Bahamian treasure hunters Sam Sorini and Nikki Perez recover a journal from a sunken 18th century Spanish galleon that reveals there is something hidden on an island off Chile’s coast that can translate the alien object.

Desperate to get their hands on technology they can use to rule the world, the Chinese pursue Cyd, Alex, Sam and Nikki to Easter Island where the secrets of the past could save the future, or destroy it. Filled with page-turning suspense, The Trouble with Miracles is an adventure thriller about the magic and mystery of the Easter Island statues.