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Tractrix (Seeds of Civilization)
 

Tractrix

by R., R.J. Archer

As Tractrix opens, aerospace engineer and recent widower Frank Morton is collecting an $86 million lottery jackpot. Coincidently, an old Viet Nam buddy shows up with a mysterious black sphere inscribed with what appear to be Maya hieroglyphics. Intrigued, Frank convinces his buddy and two other friends, an anthropologist and a newspaper researcher, to help him investigate the origin and purpose... (read more)

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““What would you do if you won an $86 million lottery jackpot?
In Archer’s... novel, his lead character, a Seattle aerospace engineer, chooses to explore the unexplained.”
-- PSU Magazine, Off the Shelf, Fall 2004

“Indiana Jones meets Chariots of the Gods!”
-- scifidimensions.com Honorable Mention 2002 Hugo (Best Web Site)

“Fasten your seatbelts for an engaging joyride through a labyrinth of riddles involving the ancient Maya, a U.S. military installation in...”

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