The Dragon Queens - Book Two of Mystique
By Traci Harding

Ashlee Devere, 19th century clairvoyant, adventurer and historian is called upon by the Sangreal Knighthood to authenticate a Sumerian text taken from an archaeological dig. This text predates the Old Testament and the Genesis story it tells is radically different from any other. Tamar, daughter of the renowned 21st century linguist, Mia Montrose, is going through a crisis. While reading Ashlee's diaries for the first time Tamar is contacted by a powerful goddess - and endures an astoundingly rapid transformation of her psychic abilities and physical appearance. Kali is one of the keepers of the lost key to the gateway between our world and the next and is coming to clear a pathway to Tamar's destiny.

This is the second book in a trilogy. The stories of adventure in the journals of Ashlee's are well paced, but the story gets bogged down in extensive dissertation on soul spheres, planetary alignments and time travel. The author's interest in grail lore and esoteric philosophy is well researched but gets lost in the fog. I will probably read the third book because I started on this journey and just have to finish, but unless you are a diehard fan I would not read it.