Thomas Lopinski - Author

Driving in Peru
Guinea Pig
Inside Iglesias de Santo Domingo
Anna and Thomas at the Burbank Local Author Showcase in October 2015
Iglesias de Santo Domingo
Peruvian cuisine
A Sphinx
Center of Plaza de Armas in Cusco
Our offering to The Gods
A few local celebrities dropped by.
Markawasi Valley. We camped there alone with just our guide and a stray dog who barked all night at strange things moving in the dark.
Close up view of the mysterious indentation at the Gate of the Gods. Just big enough for a small disk or medallion?
Making friends in Peru
San Pedro de Cala
Sunset at Markawasi
Offerings to the Gods.
Sacsayhuaman silhouette
Elongated heads
Machu Picchu – The last Incan city? A royal retreat? A temple dedicated to the Virgins of the Sun.
Book Signing – We had a wonderful book signing event at the Georgetown Library in July 2014. Thank you all for coming.
The Cake! Thank you, ladies...
Panoramic view of Cusco
A rabbit
Dinner served on steamed leaves
Our Amazonian lodge
The last stop before we lost contact with the civilized world
John deeply into the cascading rain forest, legendary unknown explorer, etc...relishing over the maddening mystery of Document 512.
Mummies at the Inka Museum
A wonderful book signing at Book World. We ran out of books way too early!
Caiman eyes
Welcoming party off the plane
The Sun Temple
Anyone see Lonny Nack in this photo?
Passageway to the underground tunnels?
Ancient Inca burial tomb near Puno
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
Reed boat
To your mother!
Face of Humanity
My Amazon made tattoo
“The Gate of the Gods", or "Puerta de Hayu Marca". It is said that those who have passed through the gate find a glorious new life of immortality with their Gods.
A skull at a burial site
The ladies that helped with everything.
Bunsen Creek Dam
Coach Collins or Dr. Shelder?
Sacsayhuaman - The stones fit together so perfectly and without any mortar.
The steep decline at Huaynu Picchu
Coca tea
Seals
Skeeter
Burbank Library Local Author Showcase 2015
Lunch on a reed island in Puno, Peru
"The Art of Raising Hell" is voted Best Young Adult Novel of 2015 from Best Indie Books.
The Inferno
Dinosaurs
Cusco Plaza De Armas – What better place for Jason to enjoy a cigarette and wash some clothes.
The Torreon at Machu Picchu - You must stand in the shadow of your shadow when the eye of The Gods lifts… Then the shadow of your shadow will point the way. It will show you the direction from the heart of heaven to the heart of the earth.
I will forgive this reader for wearing a Cardinal hat to the signing.
The Old Man
Termites in the Amazon are rather tasty, like pepper
The Runaways. The original rock n roll hell raisers.
Cover for my new novel "The Art of Raising Hell"
It was the Inti Raymi celebration in Cuzco.
Slip sliding away
Cocoa bean
The view of Machu Picchu from atop Huaynu Picchu.
Markawasi at night
On the trail down from Markawasi
Hiking up to the Sun Gate.
Sitting at the Gate of the Gods
One of the many lovely people in attendance.
Book signing at Book World in May of 2015
A monkey on her back
Water bottle thief
"The Art of Raising Hell" is voted Best Young Adult Novel of 2015 from Best Indie Books.
The Art of Raising Hell is voted one of the best Literary Novels of 2015 by Kindle Book Awards!!!
On the train to Machu Picchu
Traffic jam on road to Markawasi

Document 512 Book

Released 8/17/12

Indiana Jones type dyslexic female teenager is chased through the ruins of South America and ends up finding a lost civilization deep in the Amazon Rainforest.

The Art Of Raising Hell

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Four small-town teenagers idolize an older boy, who has perfected the art of raising hell. When one of them ends up dead, they soon realize the difference between chasing life and being chased by it.

Thomas Lopinski - Author

Document 512 Book

The Art Of Raising Hell

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