Changeling
(Jade Ihara Adventures #2)
David Wood & Sean Ellis (2015)

While investigating the strange Paracas skulls—believed by some to be the remains of extraterrestrial explorers—archaeologist Jade Ihara receives an unexpected visit from an old foe seeking her help against entities he calls “Changelings” and their plot to manufacture a false chapter of human history.
Hounded by radical extremists led by Atash Shah—a man bent on becoming the Mahdi prophesied to unite the Islamic world—and haunted by the faceless puppet masters who secretly control the world, Jade must follow the trail of clues to uncover a deadly truth that has been erased from history.
I think I should erase this from memory. Not one of David Wood’s best. It could be the collaboration with Ellis, but it just limps along to a rather uninspiring ending.