Identity Compromise

1986. It's been seven years since the passing of Alan Madison, former private investigator and founder of the Los Angeles-based firm Madison-McKinley. His daughter Nancy, now a curator for the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, acquires through chance an unusual and mystical artifact of seemingly Indigenous origins. But its true origins and nature are far more mysterious... and potentially dangerous. Its discovery catches the attention of those in power, and those with dubious motives. Not knowing where else to turn and needing help, Nancy calls on her father's most trusted friend and now senior partner in the firm, Theresa McKinley. What unfolds for Theresa and Nancy proves to be an identity crisis of the truest kind, as the artifact is found to be a relic from another realm... with the ability to magically transfer a person's identity into another's body. In the course of investigation, Theresa's true identity is discovered to be someone quite different, and her impulse to erase the footprint of such discovery (as she had done in the past with such blown cover "slips") is compromised... as the person to whom her true self is revealed is an essential ally in solving the case, a case with far-reaching consequences and even deeper compromises! Characters, plots, and settings of both the Cordysian Chronicles by C.J. Pearson and the stories centered around The Madison-McKinley Files by Ariel Archer are boldly blended in this crossover tale, pulling back the series' curtain in the spirit of Two Birds, One Feather and The Heart of Astrys. Prepare for a unique transparent adventure of Lorewyn's... and one of her influential 20th Century aliases... in Identity Compromise.