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ОглавлениеCan you imagine, suddenly living in the past? Not last year or in the Roman Empire, but a really, really long time ago? During a school outing, three clever students of the ‘Pemberton Academy’ Katherine, Trevor and Chryséis find a time portal and go on the journey of their lives. 12,000 years in the past, things must have been very different, right? They want to deliver a physics project never seen before and jump into a fascinating new world of adventure. They encounter an astonishing lost civilization, meet another time traveller and learn that they might change the future for the better. But should they really explore this strange world and who are the ‘Children of the Moon’? After a dangerous turn of events, the three time travellers wonder, if their trip wasn’t a big mistake after all...
Special Thanks and Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank my husband Peter and my daughters Franciska and Svenja for putting up with the long hours I spend writing behind closed doors, and all my test readers (in no particular order) for their honest comments: Christopher Hojem, Kevin Richie, Michaela du Plessis, Andrew Nkadimeng, Nokuthula Vilakazi, Lyndall Kenyon, Susan Cooper, Michelle Edridge, Beverly Birchleigh, Barbara Powalka, Zai Whitaker and Phyllis Hyde; and especially my husband and Phyllis Hyde for their enthusiasm, constructive proof-reading and unwavering support. The time travel idea was fueled by videos on interviews with Prof. Thomas Bearden and Prof. Rupert Sheldrake and the novel ‘Timeline’ by the late Michael Crichton. I studied too many sources on prehistory to mention them all, but I would like to highlight non-fiction works like ‘Fingerprints of the Gods’ by Graham Hancock, ‘Forbidden Archeology’ by Michael Cremo and ‘Chariots of the Gods’ by Erich von Däniken.
An excerpt from this book...
The shapes of large pine trees flickered through the mist all around them. They stood rooted to the spot, staring at a faint mountain lake that appeared. The lake mirrored a blue sky where the citadel gardens had been.
The scene grew clearer. Was it a mirage again? They could feel dewy coolness rising from the water. This was no hologram!
As if all of this wasn’t bad enough, something moved between the pine trees. The children huddled together on the ground. A very large bear with two cuddly brown cubs charged through the shrubbery. The bears were on their way to lunch on the abundant fish buffet in the lake. But something was wrong.
The shaggy mother bear stopped in her tracks to sniff the air. Her long snout quivered as she detected danger. The animal heaved itself up on powerful hind legs to full, frightening height and growled through menacing fangs. Her curved, black claws sliced the air. The cubs squeaked and instantly bolted back into the undergrowth. The children gasped. There was a muffled scream. The bears were only feet away.
A rather large butterfly appeared above the lake, then another one. The butterflies seemed to stand still in the air, observing the scene. The children squinted at the strange creatures. Were they butterflies at all?
Another loud growl caught their attention again. They screamed and the mother bear made ready to lunge. She took off, flying toward them.
The scene faded. The bear, the forest and the lake vanished back into misty shadows. There was no sign of the giant butterflies as vapor swirled around them. The rushing, swishing sound came back and rose and ebbed until their heads hurt. Then there was nothing but darkness and silence.
Maybe that’s what death feels like, Trevor thought before he lost consciousness.
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Remember the Future Book 2
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Children of the Moon is now also available in German:
Kinder des Mondes
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft Buch 1
