The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities does not permit exploration of the hidden tunnels or chambers. All suggestions that the pyramids or the Sphinx are older than the third century BCE are brushed aside as absurd. No one wants to change the accepted historical timeline regardless of what scientific proof may be offered. Contrary evidence is routinely denied.
The information in this book about Plato is correct. The historian Crantor was an actual person who did write that he had seen pillars with the history of Atlantis written on them.
The story of Atlantis captures the imagination. There are serious researchers who believe Atlantis existed, although indisputable proof has not yet been found. It presents one of the great unknowns of Western civilization. Several locations for the vanished civilization have been suggested, among them the Azores.
The Azores were formed by volcanic action and the region is still seismically active, as is the Mediterranean. A Portuguese fisherman claimed to have discovered and scanned an undersea pyramid off the coast of Terciara. If there are any actual underwater ruins, they've been down there for a long, long time.
The weapons used in the story are real. The Russian APS rifle is a brilliant piece of weapons engineering. The H&K underwater pistol carried by Lamont is as described and must be sent back to the factory for reloading. Shooting something underwater is a major challenge.
As for moving tons of stone through the air with a simple push, modern science is now beginning to touch the possibility of creating devices capable of defeating gravity.
Thanks for reading The Atlantis Stone.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My wife, Gayle, as always. I'd have a hard time doing this without her support.
Special thanks to Gloria Lakritz, Paul Madsen, Tina Malone and Eric Vollbreght.
Thanks to Neil Jackson for his excellent cover.
Wikipedia Commons for the public domain image of the interior of the pyramid.
Finally, thanks to you, the reader. You are why I write…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alex Lukeman writes action/adventure thrillers featuring a covert intelligence unit called the PROJECT. Alex is a former Marine and psychotherapist and uses his experience of the military and human nature to inform his work. He likes riding old, fast motorcycles and playing guitar, usually not at the same time. You can email him at alex@alexlukeman.com. He loves hearing from readers and promises he will get back to you.
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