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Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. ~~~ Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, or the author has used them fictitiously. Books by Burt Clinchandhill MATTHEW BISHOP Book 1: Aldaraia Book 2: Lemuria Book 3: Atacama ~~~ JAMES MITCHEL Book 1: Kursk Book 2: 47 Hours Book 3: The Mogadishu Encounter ~~~ www.Clinchandhill.com What Others Are Saying About Burt Clinchandhill’s Books ~~~ Aldaraia “It is fascinating how the author uses his skill to build suspense. 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YOU’LL FIND LINKS TO YOUR FAVORITE RETAILER HERE: THE WAYWARD SONS OF THE EMPYREAN Series at Evolved Publishing Table of Contents Copyright Books by Burt Clinchandhill What Others Are Saying BONUS CONTENT Table of Contents Dedication Note from the Author Lemuria Introduction Prologue Chapter 1 - 10 Sachem Street Chapter 2 – Gone Fishing Chapter 3 – Occidium One Chapter 4 – Stammbaum der Primaten Chapter 5 – Specola Vaticana Chapter 6 – Kajaq Chapter 7 – Naegleria Fowleri Chapter 8 – The 12 Races Chapter 9 – The Space Chapter 10 – Trinil Chapter 11 – 5261 Chapter 12 – Neurogenesis Chapter 13 – B&N’s Hideaway Chapter 14 – The Monument Chapter 15 – The Business Card Chapter 16 – OostNoordOost Chapter 17 – Chemoreception Chapter 18 – The Theater Chapter 19 – Number Twenty-Six Chapter 20 – Santet Susuk Konde Chapter 21 – The Observer Effect Chapter 22 – The Flying Spaghetti Monster Chapter 23 – Stars Chapter 24 – The Wedekind Experiment Chapter 25 – Autism, Asperger’s and ADHD Chapter 26 – The Paperless Office Chapter 27 – Properties Chapter 28 – The Three Islands Dilemma Chapter 29 – The Intron Design Chapter 30 – Toilet Paper Chapter 31 – Darwin Island Chapter 32 – The Wall Chapter 33 – The Core Chapter 34 – Lemuria Epilogue Interview with the Author Special Sneak Preview: ATACAMA by Burt Clinchandhill Acknowledgements About the Author More from Evolved Publishing Special Sneak Preview: BLOOD OR LOYALTY by Adam Miller Dedication For Mom and Dad, together again. Note from the Author All scriptures, architecture, locations, science, historical figures and (religious) organizations in this novel are real. Introduction ‘Man is not distinguished from the animals by a special kind of soul, or by any peculiar and exclusive psychic function, but only by a higher degree of psychic activity, a superior stage of development.’ Ernst Haeckel, February 16, 1834 – August 8, 1919 Prologue Reserva Indígena Mashco Piro, Peru, One Month Ago The treetops flanking the riverbanks of the Purus River in the Peruvian rainforest lit up all colors of green under the first rays of sunlight that day. The early morning sounds of the Red Howler Monkey and the Andean cock-of-the-rock—Peru’s national bird—gave the place a deceiving friendly atmosphere. The last time modern men set foot in this area must have been when the rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald, in the late 1800s, slaughtered much of the Mashco-Piro tribe with his private army. He forced the survivors to retreat from the riverbanks into the even more
