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Conquistador

Conquistador

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"In this luscious alternative universe, sidekicks quote the Lone Ranger and Right inevitably triumphs with panache. What more could adventure-loving readers ask for?"-Publishers Weekly Oakland, 1946. Ex-soldier John Rolfe, newly back from the Pacific, has made a fabulous discovery: A portal to an alternate America where Europeans have never set foot-and the only other humans in sight are a band of very curious Indians. Able to return at will to the modern world, Rolfe summons the only people with whom he is willing to share his discovery: his war buddies. And tells them to bring their families... Los Angeles, twenty-first century. Fish and Game warden Tom Christiansen is involved in the bust of a smuggling operation. What he turns up is something he never anticipated: a photo of authentic Aztec priests decked out in Grateful Dead T-shirts, and a live condor from a gene pool that doesn't correspond to any known in captivity or the wild. It is a find that will lead him to a woman named Adrienne Rolfe-and a secret that's been hidden for sixty years…
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
608
Release Date:
2004-03-02
Publication Date:
2004-03-02
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0451459334
ISBN13:
9780451459336
Weight:
281 g
Height:
110 cm
Width:
171 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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