Youre the most powerful person in the world. You can lift huge boulders and do other amazing things, using mental power alone. And you've got a partner who's almost as strong.
Life is wonderful and it just keeps getting better and better, right? You practice, you get stronger, and from time to time you add other amazing talents to your repertoire of mental abilities.
What could possibly go wrong?
Well....
Review
I had a lot of fun writing this one. It's an adventure story with a lot of gee-whiz stuff going on, but at the same time there's an underlying theme of fairly-ordinary people who generally try to do the right thing, yet somehow find their efforts going wrong.
Superheroes never seem to have the problems that beset my characters!
There's a lot of dry humor in the book, although not everyone will catch all the fun stuff.
Meantime: Doc Noss was a real person, and much evidence exists to confirm that somehow he found a real treasure. Litigation is still ongoing regarding who owns the remaining treasure, assuming it's there, and assuming the heirs can convince the Army to let them search. Ditto the treasure lost to the Catholic Church during the uprising. The geology is also 'real', to an extent; I only added the dramatic part. The rest, it's as I described. I've bathed in those hot springs.
About the Author
Writing novels is my 'day job' in a sense, but I'm also a practicing scientist to an extent. I'm currently working on an improved experiment designed to show how the effects of global warming can be reduced. I expect to go public with that this summer and publish an essay describing the science behind the simple device, complete with photos, descriptions, and locations where a reader can examine the science for him/herself.
My other love is music. I'm an amateur but I perform at least weekly, most commonly for elderly people. I do this in Valencia County, New Mexico, where I've lived for the past fifteen years. I sing and play guitar most of the time, but I've also jammed with electric bass, banjo, and piano.
I'm a frequent commentator on Facebook with interests in world affairs, politics, economics, technology and science, and international relations. I also write occasionally on my two blogs, one devoted to writing and publishing, the other to nonfiction essays. The information is found in the About the Author section at the end of each book.