I am indebted to Stephen Knight of Lake City, Florida, one of the prime players in the incredibly realistic reenactment scenarios. I have been there and felt the earth shaking and been hammered by the thunder of hundreds of horses, the smashing blast of heavy artillery, the firing of muskets, and the war cries of the Blue and the Gray. I consider it an honor to be invited back again, this time to participate in full uniform as one of the "combatants."
And last of all, your own touch of magic. Go back in these pages to the drive through the New Forest and the manner in which a strip of paper can be twisted so that it has only one side.
Half twist your paper strip, connect the ends with tape, and you will be holding a Mobius strip.
And no matter what you do, it will have only one side.
Which we all know is impossible.
In this dimension, anyway.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author of nearly 200 published books, several dozen technical and flight manuals and several thousand magazine and newspaper articles and series, Martin Caidin is one of the outstanding aeronautics and aviation authorities in the world. He has several times won the Aviation/Space Writers Association top awards as the outstanding author in the field of aviation and has also been honored as a "master storyteller" by aviation and science organizations throughout the world. He is the only civilian to have lived and flown with the USAF Thunderbirds jet aerobatic team (and won high honors for his book on that experience). He is also a member of the Ten-Ton Club of England for his supersonic flying in the earlier days of "Mach-busting," and is as well known for his stunt flying and airshow performances as he is for his writing. He has flown dozens of types of military and civilian planes throughout the U.S. as a movie stunt pilot and airshow performer. Caidin is the former Consultant to the Commander of the Air Force Missile Test Center and was involved in rocket, missile and spacecraft development from its earliest days. Of his more than 40 novels, Cyborg became his best known work when it was developed into the "Six Million Dollar Man" and "Bionic Woman" television series. Caidin lives with his wife, Dee Dee M. Caidin, in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
MAGIC... AND MURDER
England, 1930. It begins when a gang of hooded thugs breaks into the secluded home of a modern-day witch deep in the mysterious New Forest. Stolen is a map that will lead Indiana Jones and fiery fellow archaeologist Gale Parker to an incredible discovery. Somewhere in the world is hidden an enormous hoard of gold, including ancient coins from the time of Christ... coins meant to spread Christianity.
With the aid of a young mistress of Wicca, the age old religion of white witchcraft, Indy and Gale risk their lives on a round-the-world quest for the long-lost treasure. Racing them to find it is a cunning and ruthless criminal mastermind who has set his sights on world domination. But Indy and Gale have formidable weapons: the powers of Wicca, the sword of the legendary Merlin, and Indy's own adventurous brand of magic.
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