Thomas Lopinski - Author

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

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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