''Each of us will find ourselves at the intersection of Happiness and Despair

whose humor is as evident as his erudition

William Shirer

Who's hiding in the jungle

He hurries off to summon the nearest constable and together they return to the spot

Contrarian (The Grand Illusion, Book 3) Vertebrate Paleontology ''Each of us will findIn Contrarian, protests against unemployment and poor harvests have become armed riots as the people sink deeper into poverty. They look to a government struggling to emerge from corruption and conspiracy. Recently elected to the Council of Sixty Six, Steffan Dekkard is the first Councilor who is an Isolate, a man invulnerable to the emotional manipulations and emotional surveillance of empathsbut not the recent bombing of the Council Office Building