Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot

By Erik John Bertel

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There is something in the jungle of Irma Flores that has terrorized Sarah for years. As a scientist she needs to know what it is and by confronting this evil she is about to be awakened from her nightmare. She doesn’t know it but she will also begin her first faltering steps toward enlightenment. Along the way, she will have to contend with a strange dwarf people, pirates, corporate raiders and an obstinate lover. Her road to nirvana will be a raw and bruising journey that is certain to be both entertaining and moving for the listener. The media eagerly made the startling announcement about the unique hobbit fossil find and the existence of hobbit human relatives on Flores Island 16,000 years ago, prehistoric survivors that seemingly went extinct just a few short years ago. Only, the scientists were dead wrong! They are still alive today and two American scientists are going to discover them and unwittingly they will introduce this tribe of small, archaic people to the ultimate modern predator: humanity. These three-foot tall bipeds are not the Hobbits of the JRR Tolkien's stories, but a small tribe of dwarf prehistoric people, Homo Floresiensis, living in seeming isolation for nearly a half million years on the Indonesian tropical island of Irma Flores. In their unrelenting quest for knowledge, Sarah and Richard inadvertently expose these innocents to the onslaught of the modern world including corporate raiders, Indonesian pirates and ardent religious zealots. In the process of discovery and befriending these ancient people, Sarah and Richard must survive a serious clash of divergent personalities while rediscovering their own humanity and need for love. This is their adventure, combining a clash of cultures, religious ardor with the oldest stories of all: the meaning of friendship and true love. This as a rousing, humorous adventure novel with serious undertones about our very definition of humanity, and how we treat the other sentient creatures that share our small planet. Many elements within the novel have a strong connection with the topical issues of today ranging from Creationism, the environment, stem cell research and finally to the voracious appetite of our ever expanding consumer economy. Moreover, the so-called Hobbit people described within the novel, locally known by Flores natives as the Ebu Gogo, are being searched for by scientists in Indonesia as we speak. This story is so gripping that both "Sixty Minutes" on CBS and National Geographic ran numerous specials on the controversial Flores Island fossil find. The Children God Forgot is the first novel in the Flores Girl Trilogy and the second novel is nearing completion! Warning: this adventure novel contains adult themes, numerous naked hobbits, some sexuality, adult language, a dose of graphic violence and a complete disdain for most authority figures.

Episode Date
Exodus - The Final Chapter
Feb 12, 2008
Your Hands are Stained with Blood.
Jan 03, 2008
An Unlikely Ally
Nov 19, 2007
The Capture
Oct 22, 2007
The Guardian Meets the Lab Rat
Aug 26, 2007
The Guardian
Jul 27, 2007
New Friends
Jun 22, 2007
Christian Soldier
May 14, 2007
The Cost of Weakness
Apr 20, 2007
Weakness
Mar 05, 2007
The Princess Meets Flo
Feb 11, 2007
By the Sea
Jan 15, 2007
14. The Wait - Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot
Jan 01, 2007
Discovery
Oct 31, 2006
Resolve
Sep 25, 2006
Pirates of the Flores Sea
Aug 29, 2006
All Work and No Play
Aug 02, 2006
The Boss
Jul 21, 2006
Higher Calling
Jul 02, 2006
Corporate Citizen
Jun 24, 2006
Nobody of Consequence
Jun 12, 2006
Richard's Nightmare
May 25, 2006
Inspiration Goes for a Run
May 25, 2006
The Rest Will Follow
May 25, 2006
Sarah's Promise
May 25, 2006
Sarah's Nightmare
May 25, 2006