Parallel Lives: Discovery

Man; as a species of animal life, sees itself as the dominator of Earth; the animal that walked on all fours to first stand on two legs and walk out of Africa. Humanoid man then dominated the land, animals and also the seas. It happened many millions of years ago during man's early development and although other humanoids walked the earth such as the Homo Habillis through to Neanderthals and to our current form; Homo Sapiens. Homo Sapiens were first thought to have walked out of Africa about 315,000 years ago; but what is to say that other bipedal forms did not form on Earth and followed a separate path? If they did not develop from the Ape family, where did their ancestral lives begin?This book deals with an alternate form of bipedal life form; deep within the Earth's crust; in a dim dark world where man who lives on the surface has no right to exist; yet does as his escape is blocked by nature's own forces.Richard and his fianc e Susan decide to explore the United States; a country both had always wanted to visit and the offer of a study grant to the University of Hawaii for the study of Vulcanology, Geology and Geophysics for Richard was a dream come true. Susan was able to get a grant to study Petrology as a subject towards her degree in Mining Engineering and Geophysics. Both were excited to be heading to the USA and both said farewell to their families at the airport before they boarded their Air New Zealand flight. It was a 14 hour flight with a stopover and connecting flight in Auckland. Richard was looking forward to finally seeing an active volcano; although he had visited New Zealand several times to visit the many geological sites spread throughout New Zealand and still active; but not an actual volcano and he could barely contain his excitement.