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Triangle
As a result of their incredible--but unintentional--discoveries in Mexico and Japan, the NWIDI team has become an unofficial resource for certain government agencies. A call from "the highest levels" sends them back to Mexico to investigate the nature and origin of sunken megalithic structures discovered just off the western tip of Cuba. More than 2,100 feet below the surface, the site gives up secrets from the ancient past as well as the days of the Cold War but the team's exploration is cut short by a Cuban gunboat. Following a mysterious underwater anomaly, the team soon finds itself in the Bahamas, well inside the boundaries of the infamous Bermuda Triangle and surrounded by a growing body of evidence which suggests that an alien interference with Earth's civilizations might not be limited to the past. In this startling conclusion to the Seeds of Civilization series, one of the NWIDI team members embarks on a quest for the truth that could affect the future of all mankind.
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First published March 15, 2008
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R.J. Archer
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Mystery/adventure thrillers with a SciFi twist.
You're also invited to the series' Facebook pages at www.Facebook.com/ParallelOps and www.Facebook.com/SeedsOfCivilization.
Mystery/adventure series Seeds Of Civilization:
A twist of fate changes everything for widower Frank Morton, a Seattle aerospace engineer. An unexpected windfall lifts him from the depths of despair and a friend’s surprise call sets him on a path he hadn’t considered since his bachelor years. He revisits boxes that hold years of abandoned research about “unexplained” archeological mysteries and then sets off to follow the trail of a mysterious artifact handed him by his friend. His path of discovery leads Frank to believe that many civilizations—much earlier than Mesopotamia—once existed on Earth and that each met a cataclysmic fate. Did alien visitors arrive to “jumpstart” human civilization again and again? In this trilogy, Frank and a group of friends uncover clues in Mexico, Japan and the Bermuda Triangle and come up with answers that are truly ”out of this world.”
My March 2008 release: TRIANGLE, the third and last novel in the Seeds Of Civilization series (Mystery/adventure with a SciFi twist). Look for it in all major online stores and IndieBound affiliate sites.
As with the first two books in this series, the storyline of Triangle is drawn from a real, unexplained archaeological mystery. The ruins off the coast of Cuba were first reported in July, 2000, and underwater archaeological research in the Bahamas may soon change the history of human civilizations. By the time you finish this book, it may have to be classified as fact rather than fiction!
_________________________
Exotic places around the world, international terrorists, alien encounters –
When Frank Morton cashed a winning lottery ticket in Salem, Oregon back in 2001, no one could have imagined the chain of events that would follow!
Beginning with R.J. Archer’s TRACTRIX from his Seeds of Civilization series and concluding with his new Parallel Ops series climax, The TEACHERS—
Seven novels accelerate to a spectacular finish. Time is running out—are you ready?
__________________________
Author R.J. Archer is a computer consultant and freelance writer who has called the Pacific Northwest home for more than 30 years. His non-fiction works include TheMegaBlog.com, an online blog that focuses on underwater archaeology in the Caribbean, and numerous articles on PC-related topics in both print and e-magazines. He currently writes for several popular technical Web sites and participates in Microsoft’s beta testing program.
Mr. Archer holds a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in Physics and Mathematics and he is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. His interests include computing, alternative history and scuba diving. When not writing, he can usually be found traveling Mexico and the Caribbean with his wife, Marty.
Websites:
www.SeedsOfCivilization.com
www.ParallelOps.com
www.MySpace.com/SeedsOfCivilization
www.TheMegaBlog.com
Mystery/adventure thrillers with a SciFi twist.
You're also invited to the series' Facebook pages at www.Facebook.com/ParallelOps and www.Facebook.com/SeedsOfCivilization.
Mystery/adventure series Seeds Of Civilization:
A twist of fate changes everything for widower Frank Morton, a Seattle aerospace engineer. An unexpected windfall lifts him from the depths of despair and a friend’s surprise call sets him on a path he hadn’t considered since his bachelor years. He revisits boxes that hold years of abandoned research about “unexplained” archeological mysteries and then sets off to follow the trail of a mysterious artifact handed him by his friend. His path of discovery leads Frank to believe that many civilizations—much earlier than Mesopotamia—once existed on Earth and that each met a cataclysmic fate. Did alien visitors arrive to “jumpstart” human civilization again and again? In this trilogy, Frank and a group of friends uncover clues in Mexico, Japan and the Bermuda Triangle and come up with answers that are truly ”out of this world.”
My March 2008 release: TRIANGLE, the third and last novel in the Seeds Of Civilization series (Mystery/adventure with a SciFi twist). Look for it in all major online stores and IndieBound affiliate sites.
As with the first two books in this series, the storyline of Triangle is drawn from a real, unexplained archaeological mystery. The ruins off the coast of Cuba were first reported in July, 2000, and underwater archaeological research in the Bahamas may soon change the history of human civilizations. By the time you finish this book, it may have to be classified as fact rather than fiction!
_________________________
Exotic places around the world, international terrorists, alien encounters –
When Frank Morton cashed a winning lottery ticket in Salem, Oregon back in 2001, no one could have imagined the chain of events that would follow!
Beginning with R.J. Archer’s TRACTRIX from his Seeds of Civilization series and concluding with his new Parallel Ops series climax, The TEACHERS—
Seven novels accelerate to a spectacular finish. Time is running out—are you ready?
__________________________
Author R.J. Archer is a computer consultant and freelance writer who has called the Pacific Northwest home for more than 30 years. His non-fiction works include TheMegaBlog.com, an online blog that focuses on underwater archaeology in the Caribbean, and numerous articles on PC-related topics in both print and e-magazines. He currently writes for several popular technical Web sites and participates in Microsoft’s beta testing program.
Mr. Archer holds a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in Physics and Mathematics and he is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. His interests include computing, alternative history and scuba diving. When not writing, he can usually be found traveling Mexico and the Caribbean with his wife, Marty.
Websites:
www.SeedsOfCivilization.com
www.ParallelOps.com
www.MySpace.com/SeedsOfCivilization
www.TheMegaBlog.com
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March 6, 2008
Review originally published at Dusk Before the Dawn.
Take a little of Graham Hancock’s theories on Earth’s ancient civilizations, mix in some Clive Cussler-type adventure and action, put on your scuba gear and grab your archaeological text books. Let me see…that’s one part action, one part speculative fiction, one part underwater adventure, one part…aw, heck, don’t classify it. Just read Triangle, the third and concluding novel in R. J. Archer’s Seeds of Civilization series (Tractrix and Tsubute were books one and two).
The book industry as a whole does not enjoy hard to classify novels, but (as you can tell by my own novel) I am quite partial to “genre busters”. If needed, the best categorization of Mr. Archer’s works is “speculative fiction”.
For those unaware, Graham Hancock gives evidence in his books of a ‘mother culture’, potentially alien, that all ancient civilizations descended from. He explores various similarities between different archaeological sites throughout the world, and some unexplainable coincidences. His best known work is Fingerprints of the Gods.
Mr. Archer takes a different archaeological site in each one of his novels, and wraps a mystery including ancient civilizations ala Graham Hancock and includes research, government concern/involvement and active ancient artifacts as evidence of these ancient civilizations. Each of this novels revolves around a different artifact found at a different site, which appears thousands of years old but of an advanced construction. The first novel looked at Olmec ruins in Mexico, the second at underwater ruins in Yonaguni, Japan. The sites are explored by a team from the Northwest US named NWIDI, funded by Frank, the leader, and the team includes armed services veterans, an ancient civilization researcher and an investigative reporter.
Triangle, the third adventure, finds the NWIDI team in and around Cuba and the Bahamas, near the infamous Bimini Road. A signal is detected from an area off the coast of Cuba, and the team, with the help of the US Gov, obtains the usage of a British deep water cable repair ship. With their submersible, they find indications of an underwater civilization, including indications that it extends/points toward Bimini in the Bahamas. They also find a set of triangles with ancient writings on them, buried in the sand, found by the submersible.
The rest of this long review can be found on my website.
Take a little of Graham Hancock’s theories on Earth’s ancient civilizations, mix in some Clive Cussler-type adventure and action, put on your scuba gear and grab your archaeological text books. Let me see…that’s one part action, one part speculative fiction, one part underwater adventure, one part…aw, heck, don’t classify it. Just read Triangle, the third and concluding novel in R. J. Archer’s Seeds of Civilization series (Tractrix and Tsubute were books one and two).
The book industry as a whole does not enjoy hard to classify novels, but (as you can tell by my own novel) I am quite partial to “genre busters”. If needed, the best categorization of Mr. Archer’s works is “speculative fiction”.
For those unaware, Graham Hancock gives evidence in his books of a ‘mother culture’, potentially alien, that all ancient civilizations descended from. He explores various similarities between different archaeological sites throughout the world, and some unexplainable coincidences. His best known work is Fingerprints of the Gods.
Mr. Archer takes a different archaeological site in each one of his novels, and wraps a mystery including ancient civilizations ala Graham Hancock and includes research, government concern/involvement and active ancient artifacts as evidence of these ancient civilizations. Each of this novels revolves around a different artifact found at a different site, which appears thousands of years old but of an advanced construction. The first novel looked at Olmec ruins in Mexico, the second at underwater ruins in Yonaguni, Japan. The sites are explored by a team from the Northwest US named NWIDI, funded by Frank, the leader, and the team includes armed services veterans, an ancient civilization researcher and an investigative reporter.
Triangle, the third adventure, finds the NWIDI team in and around Cuba and the Bahamas, near the infamous Bimini Road. A signal is detected from an area off the coast of Cuba, and the team, with the help of the US Gov, obtains the usage of a British deep water cable repair ship. With their submersible, they find indications of an underwater civilization, including indications that it extends/points toward Bimini in the Bahamas. They also find a set of triangles with ancient writings on them, buried in the sand, found by the submersible.
The rest of this long review can be found on my website.
March 27, 2008
NOTE: Little is known about the actual discovery of “MEGA”—a city submerged in more than 2,000 feet of water off the Western tip of Cuba. While secrecy still clouds the real site, Triangle takes readers on a fictional tour of the underwater ruins and reveals some amazing connections to both the island of Cuba and the mysteries of the Bahamas.
BOOK THREE OF THE SERIES
As with the first two books in this series, the storyline of Triangle is drawn from a real, unexplained archaeological mystery. The ruins off the coast of Cuba were first reported in July, 2000, and underwater archaeological research in the Bahamas may soon change the history of human civilizations. By the time you finish this book, it may have to be classified as fact rather than fiction!
_____________________________
“From the thrill and danger of deep-water dives and cloak-
and-dagger escapades of secret intelligence machinations
to the potentially deadly consequences of interaction with
alien artifacts and the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle,
Triangle packs quite a punch and never slows down until
the final word on the last page.”
Daniel Jolley, Amazon Top 50 Reviewer
BOOK THREE OF THE SERIES
As with the first two books in this series, the storyline of Triangle is drawn from a real, unexplained archaeological mystery. The ruins off the coast of Cuba were first reported in July, 2000, and underwater archaeological research in the Bahamas may soon change the history of human civilizations. By the time you finish this book, it may have to be classified as fact rather than fiction!
_____________________________
“From the thrill and danger of deep-water dives and cloak-
and-dagger escapades of secret intelligence machinations
to the potentially deadly consequences of interaction with
alien artifacts and the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle,
Triangle packs quite a punch and never slows down until
the final word on the last page.”
Daniel Jolley, Amazon Top 50 Reviewer
April 23, 2012
Book 3 of the Seeds of Civilization series. (back cover text posted by the author)
As a result of their incredible - but unintentional - discoveries in Mexico and Japan, the NWIDI team has become an unofficial resource for certain government agencies. A call from "the highest levels" sends them back to Mexico to investigate the nature and origin of sunken megalithic structures discovered off the northwestern coast of Cuba. More than 2,100 feet below the surface, the site gives up secrets from the ancient past as well as the days of the Cold War but the team's exploration is cut short by the Cuban navy.
Following a mysterious underwater anomaly,the team soon finds itself in the Bahamas, well inside the boundaries of the infamous Bermuda Triangle and surrounded by a growing body of evidence which suggests that an alien interference with Earth's civilizations might not be limited to the past.
In this startling conclusion to teh Seeds of Civilization series, one of the NWIDI team members embarks on a quest for the truth that could affect the future of all mankind.
As a result of their incredible - but unintentional - discoveries in Mexico and Japan, the NWIDI team has become an unofficial resource for certain government agencies. A call from "the highest levels" sends them back to Mexico to investigate the nature and origin of sunken megalithic structures discovered off the northwestern coast of Cuba. More than 2,100 feet below the surface, the site gives up secrets from the ancient past as well as the days of the Cold War but the team's exploration is cut short by the Cuban navy.
Following a mysterious underwater anomaly,the team soon finds itself in the Bahamas, well inside the boundaries of the infamous Bermuda Triangle and surrounded by a growing body of evidence which suggests that an alien interference with Earth's civilizations might not be limited to the past.
In this startling conclusion to teh Seeds of Civilization series, one of the NWIDI team members embarks on a quest for the truth that could affect the future of all mankind.
August 25, 2016
This book, like it's predecessors, was to me more a murder mystery than a sci fi book. Again, very little sci fi until the end of the book. The book starts off with Frank receiving death treats. But the source of the threats is never explained in the book. This was one of several loose ends the book left us. the second was the trip to Cuba that really produced nothing, except it cemented the friendship of the two people who then decided to get married.
I did not like the way the book ended with Frank essentially deciding to dissolve the corporation and leave his fortune behind to whomever. It also lends itself to another book to explain more about the characters and what they discovered.
I did not like the way the book ended with Frank essentially deciding to dissolve the corporation and leave his fortune behind to whomever. It also lends itself to another book to explain more about the characters and what they discovered.
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October 29, 2012
Triangle
, book three of Seeds Of Civilization by R.J. Archer, is now available in paperback, Kindle and NOOK editions.
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