Tianna and the Mystery of the Beale Treasure

When twelve-year-old Tianna Howard receives a battered journal from her archaeologist parents, its strange sketches and unfinished clues suggest that something is wrong. Their disappearance sends her into a dangerous international search linked to the legendary Beale ciphers, where every answer raises a more troubling question.

The history behind the fiction

The 1885 Beale Papers and their three numerical ciphers.

Historical status: The alleged expedition and buried treasure are disputed.

Fiction boundary: Tianna, her investigation and the story's resolution are fictional.