Thomas Lopinski - Author

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

Document 512 Book

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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.

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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

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