The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series
The year was 1711 when the epic of long living infants began. They are abnormal by all Earth standards as if stuck in a time warp. They're housed in a Catholic Orphanage run by a dozen or so nuns. The children do grow albeit at a very slow pace comparable to perhaps one year for every five years of normalcy. The nuns are protective but sworn to secrecy by a Bishop who fears that some heathen entity has invaded his charge and denial is best served for his narcissistic ego. He may one day become a Cardinal providing his resume remains flawless. As years pass, he never fails to employ his rank on each and every visit. He dislikes these children as they threaten his inflated ego, yet he has no answers. The two vow to escape and a windfall inheritance provides a way. The two are locked in friendship and their adventure is as a couple. They plan together and devise ways to achieve a blending within a world that has but an 80-year life expectancy. For them, they had just reached adulthood at age 80. A huge adventure sends them to the new world. Hard work and perseverance over many years, result in establishing the moist prestigious cattle ranch in Montana.
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The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series
The year was 1711 when the epic of long living infants began. They are abnormal by all Earth standards as if stuck in a time warp. They're housed in a Catholic Orphanage run by a dozen or so nuns. The children do grow albeit at a very slow pace comparable to perhaps one year for every five years of normalcy. The nuns are protective but sworn to secrecy by a Bishop who fears that some heathen entity has invaded his charge and denial is best served for his narcissistic ego. He may one day become a Cardinal providing his resume remains flawless. As years pass, he never fails to employ his rank on each and every visit. He dislikes these children as they threaten his inflated ego, yet he has no answers. The two vow to escape and a windfall inheritance provides a way. The two are locked in friendship and their adventure is as a couple. They plan together and devise ways to achieve a blending within a world that has but an 80-year life expectancy. For them, they had just reached adulthood at age 80. A huge adventure sends them to the new world. Hard work and perseverance over many years, result in establishing the moist prestigious cattle ranch in Montana.
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The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series

The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series

by Donald Krueger
The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series

The Snows of Shangrila: Book Five of the Sci-Fi Series

by Donald Krueger

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Overview

The year was 1711 when the epic of long living infants began. They are abnormal by all Earth standards as if stuck in a time warp. They're housed in a Catholic Orphanage run by a dozen or so nuns. The children do grow albeit at a very slow pace comparable to perhaps one year for every five years of normalcy. The nuns are protective but sworn to secrecy by a Bishop who fears that some heathen entity has invaded his charge and denial is best served for his narcissistic ego. He may one day become a Cardinal providing his resume remains flawless. As years pass, he never fails to employ his rank on each and every visit. He dislikes these children as they threaten his inflated ego, yet he has no answers. The two vow to escape and a windfall inheritance provides a way. The two are locked in friendship and their adventure is as a couple. They plan together and devise ways to achieve a blending within a world that has but an 80-year life expectancy. For them, they had just reached adulthood at age 80. A huge adventure sends them to the new world. Hard work and perseverance over many years, result in establishing the moist prestigious cattle ranch in Montana.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781664126237
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication date: 08/26/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 132
File size: 877 KB

About the Author

Donald Krueger Sci-fi author Donald Krueger is a retired airline pilot. His airline career had him flying transports starting with the DC-3 and ending with the DC-10. He lives in the pleasing climate of Southern California and enjoyed numerous interests other than flying, including music and sculpture. Currently is his interest in writing. The 'Snows of Shangrila' is book five of his science fiction book series. It spans a dozen years of research plus a vivid imagination. The stories have a rich mixture of imagination and actual history. More than once the reader will find his/herself pondering, “I didn’t know that”, yet on checking find the occurrences are factual.
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