Kirjahaku

This story begins in the year 1923 and is about an orphan boy, who through no fault of his own becomes involved with criminal gangs. The large cities in the northeast United States always had a large criminal element involving prostitution, extortion and the numbers racket. It was no until prohibition in 1921 that bootlegging originated and became unbelievably profitable and in a matter of months organized gangs were formed that dominated different areas of the cities. These bootlegging gangs had bosses who by violent means earned that position in every gang. These bosses predominantly were the least educated and most violent members of society and were usually recent immigrants from Europe. Their lust for money and power created violent confrontations within each gang and between the different gangs all over the northeast. This period of time, known as the roaring twenties, was when the wealthy were filthy rich and with a new improving middle class. There was plenty of money for what some saw as the good life, which for the most part was one big party and opulent behavior. To support these people were the throngs of poor and struggling people providing services. Our young orphan went from the lower class of people to the upper class in a remarkably short time because of his involvement with the bootlegger gangs, but by character he was not inclined to be a gangster. He had to contend with the inherent danger of being involved with ruthless gangsters and killers as well as avoiding being arrested by federal agents. It was a life between two threats.

This story takes place in an era of kings, queens and castles. The setting is somewhere during a much simpler time when laws of monarchies and the church were absolute. The Forbidden King of Dristavia was just that; an event and king that were forbidden. The story is based upon an heir to the throne that throws a wrench into an otherwise stable society that had existed since the beginning of time. Nothing lasts forever.

What started out as letters of reminisce between two mining partners resulted in the writing of this book. I thought I might share my experiences with others who may never have the opportunity to commercially mine for gold. Unfortunately gold mining is not limited to cleaning out sluice boxes. Of more importance is getting gold into the sluice box. Arriving at the time when you can clean out the sluice box is preceded by many experiences with your equipment, the local people and the mining crew members.

A young man from a small farm twelve kilometers from London in 1824 acquired the name Martin-Martin the whale hunter. In doing so he stood in the middle of wild Indians and herds of thousands of bison in what is now the state of Montana. Although a fictional character, his surroundings represent the actual conditions that existed in the early 1800s. A tale of the most notorious frontiersman of the Northwest.

There came a time in the late twentieth century when the nations of the world reached a point of nuclear proliferation whereby the entire population of the Earth could become extinct due to a nuclear conflict. At the same time, the advances in astronomical observation abilities indicated just how many "Near Earth" objects would pass dangerously close to Earth. There was also the awareness of potential worldwide pandemics which could rapidly occur. Discussions took place at the extreme highest levels of the governments of the United States, Russia and China, who were deep adversaries. These discussions were only possible utilizing the services and accumulated wealth of a Dr. Jameson, who was an intellect extraordinaire and brokered many secret deals between these rivals. A plan was developed by him to save a population of 200,000 human beings from what he had convinced the three governments was absolutely inevitable. This was for decades the most extreme secret of all three nations. Only the U.S. President, Vice President and Secretary of State; present and past, and their Russian and Chinese counterparts new of this program. In the year 2019, Dr. Jameson was proven correct again. It was inevitable, but the events which took place beginning in 2019 were not as he had envisioned for the extreme secret project named "Waterfall," that was forced to be activated.

Within the last eighty years a phenomenon known as UFOs has been with us. These UFOs and their occupants have been witnessed by thousands and UFO research indicates that they have been visiting Earth for centuries. Artifacts from the Incas and the Egyptians represent what is being observed today. The UFOs and their obvious alien occupants have had no detrimental or beneficial effect on Earthlings, so the question is; why are they here?THERE IS AN EXPLANATION THAT ANSWERS THIS QUESTION.

The content of this book consists of 130 different topics, which could be considered controversial by some and not by others. This is totally dependent on the mindset, beliefs and perceptions of the individual reader. To some degree these factors are addressed in this book. The author of this book is not claiming the topics of this book are even accurate. They are only perceived to be accurate by him due to his limited knowledge, experiences, what he has witnessed and what he remembers as to what he has read. From this, he has developed his personal perception of the topics. There are also topics in this book described as perceptions, by people other than the author.This is an interactive book in that the reader is invited to determine if the author's and other's perceptions are correct or incorrect and how they differ from the reader's perceptions and to consider why. How do two people see the same thing and have a different perception of it?

This book, "Captain and Macumba," is a sequel to an earlier book;"Macumba, Slave ship Captain." Reading of this book is not contingent upon reading its predecessor. "Captain and Macumba," is a continuation of events that befall an enslaved African chief who revolts on a slave ship and becomes captain of that ship. Due to circumstances, Macumba becomes the partner of a Dutch pirate and their adventures encompass the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Indian Ocean. The backdrop for this story is the slave trade in the late seventeen hundreds when slaves were captured in Africa and sold all over the world. The Captain and Macumba become involved in an adversarial role against the slavers and the Spanish navy who ruled the seas. This adversarial role included pirating slave ships and armed conflict with the Spanish navy and its army and the many Arabs and their ships that were in Africa rounding up slaves for the market.

The backdrop of this story is a time and conditions in the very near future that most people living today will experience. Regardless of the cause of climate change, it was raising its ugly head well before the twenty-first century. The rate of change in the warming climate increased dramatically in the twenty-first century and by the year 2050 the hand writing was on the wall, and it read, the Earth is losing its ability to sustain human life. The conditions at the time of this story are when mankind can still adapt to the ever worsening warming and the hurricanes and typhoons it spawned. The national and international communities are in a situation of cooperation as well as one of conflict due to the increasing warm to hot conditions and the impending doom to be faced in the future. This story plays out under these climatic conditions and concerns a scenario that may be given a great deal of thought in the near future. This isn't an end of the world story, it's a; we are on our way, story.