Scott Lauder & David Ross 
The Gold Monkey Key 

Book 2 in a fast-paced, action-packed and cinematic series – rich in mythology, history, and adventure.
Sanjeev's dog, Jigsaw, is missing in the middle of winter in New Jersey. But this tragedy is dwarfed by what happens to him in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Has he really entered the 6th Century and become the slave to monks traveling the Silk Road to Byzantium—and might they just be murderers? Trouble is, even if he figures out how to get out of this, he’s got other problems: someone, or something, is coming after him.
Part of the answer might be Sara, a girl who contacts him on the net and keeps talking about the Immortals. But who, or what, are The Three Hares, and how can they stop the darkness about to engulf the world?
Also reads as a standalone.

About the author

David Scott Ross has travelled and taught throughout Asia since he first moved there in 1987. He currently teaches in upstate NY, where he lives with his wife and two sons. When David is not writing or teaching, he dreams about becoming a chef, a rock star, maybe an actor, but probably not all at once.