Book one of the Forever Series
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Hopi Indian legend calls it 'Sipapu'. A mythical gateway between the world we live in and the Innerworld from which the First People came. In 2000BC, a group of 200 passed through the gateway into this world. They were sent by their gods to educate the inhabitants and leave clues to find the gateway. They split into four groups and each with one piece of a map, headed out into this new land. A lifetime later they had failed. The local inhabitants were uninterested in their teachings; they were content with their lives. The clues left behind by the strangers were ignored and forgotten for 4000 years. Until a young girl listened to stories of the Sipapu while camping in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.
Twenty years later, archeologist Sandra Adams had a promising career in her field of Native American Studies, but it was about to fall apart. Ever since she had heard of the gateway she had searched for its location. The search had so consumed her that she was in jeopardy of losing her position at the university. She was given one last chance. She would lead a dig at a newly discovered site in Kentucky.
Once on site her resolve to walk the straight and narrow quickly dissolved. What was thought to be a pristine, undisturbed Adena Indian mound was rapidly turning into a village of a totally unknown people. As the clues continued to confound, Tom Bentley, a self-made millionaire, and amateur archeologist offered to have the samples carbon date tested at his Colorado facility. Against her better judgement, Sandra agreed. When the tests came back dating the samples to be 4000 years old, Sandra knew she had found the first evidence of her search. The university would have to listen. Unfortunately they did not, and her subsequent recall and firing ended her career.
Now the next chapter in her life was beginning. With help from an Indian spirit and her new friends, the search is on. She is soon in a race against time that leads from Kentucky to the totem parks of Alaska to Samwell Cave in California, and back to where it all began. With an old colleague trying to steal her discovery, only one question remains. What would she do if she found the gateway and it opened?
Twenty years later, archeologist Sandra Adams had a promising career in her field of Native American Studies, but it was about to fall apart. Ever since she had heard of the gateway she had searched for its location. The search had so consumed her that she was in jeopardy of losing her position at the university. She was given one last chance. She would lead a dig at a newly discovered site in Kentucky.
Once on site her resolve to walk the straight and narrow quickly dissolved. What was thought to be a pristine, undisturbed Adena Indian mound was rapidly turning into a village of a totally unknown people. As the clues continued to confound, Tom Bentley, a self-made millionaire, and amateur archeologist offered to have the samples carbon date tested at his Colorado facility. Against her better judgement, Sandra agreed. When the tests came back dating the samples to be 4000 years old, Sandra knew she had found the first evidence of her search. The university would have to listen. Unfortunately they did not, and her subsequent recall and firing ended her career.
Now the next chapter in her life was beginning. With help from an Indian spirit and her new friends, the search is on. She is soon in a race against time that leads from Kentucky to the totem parks of Alaska to Samwell Cave in California, and back to where it all began. With an old colleague trying to steal her discovery, only one question remains. What would she do if she found the gateway and it opened?
