Mauritius: The Crossroads Curse Mauritius: paradise with a memory, and the memory is waking up. When historian Aisha unearths perfectly preserved, eyeless corpses from the colonial era, she dismisses the local superstitions-until a prophetic dream of a talking dodo leads her to a pirate's map warning of a "ward" broken long ago. As the island's elite, a secretive Conseil, scramble to contain what they've always managed, and four teenagers awaken to elemental powers tied to the land's dying breath, Aisha realizes the truth: Mauritius is not just haunted by its past. It is haunted by its own protection. Now, as historical horror converges with elemental fantasy, a sugar baron's cursed pact, a hacker's cryptic warnings, and a sacrifice buried in the deep sea collide. To save their home, a broken quartet of Windborne teens must face the most terrifying phantom of all: the loving, quiet god their own heroism created, who wants to preserve them forever in a beautiful, silent tomorrow.