Thomas Lopinski - Author

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

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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