DEDICATIONS
To Deb, Matt, Scott and Stephen, my inspiration.
Special thanks to Susan K. Varesko for your encouragement, moral support, brainstorming, wisdom, advice and faith but most of all for getting the whole The World Needs Dreamers And The World Needs Doers But Above All The World Needs Dreamers Who Do thing.
To my good friends Ben and Sue Uribe.
To Abeba, the messenger.
To the totally awesome high school, middle and elementary students, faculty and staff of the Modoc Joint Unified School District, Alturas, California, and the wonderful staff of the Alturas Public Library.
To the memory of F-16 driver 1st Lt. Scott Trapp, United States Air Force, who did it right.
To the memory of James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense and former Secretary of the Navy. A good man.
To the memory of Wu Yongning. Some people risk a little, some people risk a lot. A brave few risk it all.
And last and least, to those the outer barrier is for - your time is nigh. Good riddance.
No animals were harmed in the writing of this book although a great many trees met an untimely end.
Chapter TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
1 Nightmare on North Oak
2 Banished
3 Trouble In Paradise
4 Whistle Stop
5 Field of Nightmares
6 29 Messages From ET
7 Where’s the Thunder?
8 The Mound
9 Giants, Giants Everywhere
10 Jail Birds
11 Liars and Thieves
12 Skyfell
13 The Crown Jewels
14 Invisible War
15 The Ring
16 Lying Spirits
17 “We Are All In Danger”
18 Stonehenge
19 Father Malvic
20 Demon On A Field Trip
21 Road Trip
22 Lake of No Return
23 Ambush
24 ZNN
25 The H-Stones
26 The Broadcast
27 The Mountain
28 Yikes – Aliens!
29 Yellowstone
30 Taken
31 Partly Cloudy with 90 Percent Chance
of Rocks
32 Return to Chickasaw
33 Just in Thyme
34 The Cenoté
35 The Gloves
36 Xibalba
37 The Ruins
38 Fengdu
39 Leap of Faith; The Politburo
40 Going Home
41 Witch House II
42 Lights On the Moon
43 Ripleys’ Revenge
44 The Expedition
45 Goodbye Kitty
46 Nanos Here, Nanos There, Nanos
Everywhere; Skin to Die For
47 ET Phone Home; A Local Call
Epilogue