"Secrets of the Mine" by Juli Caldwell - Ch. 1: Cab Ride of Doom

Adam Alfaro daydreams about magic, myths, and becoming famous for discovering the lost city of Atlantis. The only problem? He has to spend spring break in Africa while his mom works. To make it worse, everyone expects him to be friends with the annoying Clancy Pitt while he’s there. It’s dislike at first sight...until he realizes she might know a few secrets about Atlantis.When he meets Nef, a spirited sea kelpie who needs help rescuing naiads kidnapped and left to die in an ancient mine, suddenly the strange creatures Adam dreamed of become all too real. And they’re after him. Can Adam, Clancy, and Nef fight their way through the maze of tunnels in the mine and reach the naiads before it's too late?---Chapter 1:Adam and his mother arrive in Mozambique, only to be picked up by a crazy cabbie named Jakuta that seems to know an awful lot about the secret magical side of the country...---Juli Caldwell (c) Secrets of the Mine.SixGate Publishing (c) The Gates of Atlantis series.