
Beneath the Estate
Locked away for over a century, this machine holds an alluring secret.
After remaining sealed for generations, a hidden room is discovered in the basement of the famed Biltmore Estate. Within the musty, decaying confines of the hidden room, a large mechanical machine comes to light. Crafted with intricate gears, levers, and sophisticated mechanisms, the contraption is hailed as a significant archaeological discovery. The esteemed board of directors overseeing the operations of the Biltmore Estate enlists the expertise of Professor Dr. Daniel Garrison to unravel the purpose and origin of this enigmatic machine.
While Dr. Garrison investigates, readers are transported back to the year 1906, when George Vanderbilt II commissions an inventor to construct this mysterious apparatus. What secrets lie within this machine? Why was it brought into existence?
This compelling tale unfolds across intertwining narratives—the investigation of the machine in the present day and its creation back in 1906—to deliver a captivating and riveting ending.
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Book details
- Author
- Nick Allen Brown
- Imprint
- Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 336
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Fiction › Mystery & Detective › Cozy
Fiction › Romance › Clean & Wholesome
Fiction › Multiple Timelines
Fiction › Mystery & Detective › Historical - Topics
- Biltmore Estate · Asheville North Carolina · hidden room · dual timeline · historical mystery · cozy mystery · antique machine · Gilded Age
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420605 (Hardcover)9781684420599 (Paperback)
About the author
NICK ALLEN BROWN is an American author and speaker whose fiction is set primarily in small towns. His recent books include The Machine in the Biltmore, What Lies Inside and The Astronaut from Bear Creek.
Brown is also the author of Field of Dead Horses and Grainger County Tomatoes.
When he’s not writing, Brown works as a speaker. Much of his fiction explores mystery, intrigue, and drama.





