Tractrix
When aerospace engineer and recent widower Frank Morton wins an $86 million lottery jackpot, he decides to retire and devote his time to a life-long interest in ancient mysteries. 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 of the sphere.\ Their search takes...
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Did alien visitors manipulate Earth's ancient civilizations? A Seattle aerospace engineer and his team investigate several of archeology's unsolved mysteries in a search for answers about the age and origin of the Earth's earliest civilizations. With each novel, they get closer to the truth--one that is truly "out of this world!" Tractrix: The first investigation, prompted by the discovery of a mysterious black sphere, takes the team of amateur adventurers from Seattle to the secret military installations of Nevada and on to the Maya ruins in Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula. Along the way they become involved in a murder investigation and stumble across a three thousand year old secret that explains the origin of the Maya s advanced knowledge of astronomy and mathematics.Falcata Times - Gareth Wilson"Many people don't look to the small independent presses for authors to try, this is perhaps one of the biggest losses to the reader as there are some hidden gems awaiting discovery, using Tractrix as an example... RJ Archer, I believe is one of the authors to watch and I eagerly await the further exploits of the NWIDI adventurers."
\ Gareth Wilson"Many people don't look to the small independent presses for authors to try, this is perhaps one of the biggest losses to the reader as there are some hidden gems awaiting discovery, using Tractrix as an example... RJ Archer, I believe is one of the authors to watch and I eagerly await the further exploits of the NWIDI adventurers." \ —Falcata Times\ \ \ \ \ Steven Macon"R. J. Archer has crafted a fine first novel with Tractrix. If you like Clive Cussler's writing you will certainly love R. J. Archer's mesh of historical facts and culture with theories and speculations that have intrigued man for several decades."\ —Book Reviewer, Yellow30 Sci-Fi\ \ \ Dusk Beforete Dawn blog, 2006Meticulously detailed, scientifically imagined\ \ \ \ \ Falcata Times, Aug. 16, 2005RJ Archer... is one of the authors to watch... I eagerly await the further exploits of the NWIDI adventurers\ \ \ \ \ Off the Shelf, Fall 2004What 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 unexplaine.\ \ \ \ \ Yellow30 Sci-Fi, Feb 22, 2005you will certainly love RJ Archer's mesh of historical facts... with theories and speculations that have intrigued man for... decades.\ \
