Just In Time,Used

From the Publisher Two years after returning from Mars, Dr. Belisar and a group of graduate students uncover several of Mike's "oneofakind" personal effects buried three meters below the surface of Mesa Verde, Colorado.When Dr. Medvedev discovers that a 2000yearold mummy they find at the site has a surgical pin implanted in its leg, the crew suspects that they had traveled through time and had also been there.So begins a saga of Vesna and her crew as they discover the lives and times of the ancient Anasazi, forefathers of the modern Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo peoples in the desert Southwest. Product Description Doctor Joseph Belisar discovers anomalous twentyfirst century artifacts buried for two millenia at an ancient Anasazi site and suspicion falls on his friend, Mike Angel. About the Author Mr. Gardner has enjoyed a colorful and varied career. After majoring in electrical engineering at the University of Arizona, he joined the Navy and served with the UDT (forerunner of the Seals). Upon discharge, he entered into broadcasting and, as he puts it, for the next 17 years the only position he didnt hold was as a station owner. He has taught physics, computer programming and design, and digital electronics at several universities. "I love teaching and I enter academia at least once every ten years in order to maintain an appreciation for the real world outside." He has held positions as a computer programmer, designer, systems engineer, and systems administrator as well as owning or collaborating in several computerconsulting companies as well as an advertising and public relations firm. Mr. Gardner has lived and worked in almost all of the lower 48 States as well as South Africa and Israel. He learned the Russian language in selfdefense while working with several Russian expatriots in New Jersey that would make jokes in their language about his resemblance to the late Vladimir Lenin. Mr. Gardner currently lives and writes in Sedona, Arizona. Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. If looks could kill, Mike would be vaporized to plasma. Sharon stood and stormed away towards the elevator, stopping next to Svetlana. "I honestly dont understand what you see in that man. I have never met anyone so infuriatingly stubborn! Even politicians are easier to interview." Lana looked up with a halfsmile. "Ive seen him worse. I can put up with his stubbornness, secrecy, surprises, and bad jokes. That is not what bothers me." The statement took Sharon by surprise as she sat next to her colleague on the couch. "What is it then that bothers you?" Now she was really worried. Lana was the one person who seemed to be able to handle Mike up to a point. If she was bothered, they should all be worried. "It is just that, in everything that has happened to us, have you ever seen Mike anything but in control: calm and carefree? He can talk to world leaders like they were children and force them to respect him while he remains cool and collected." Sharon thought a moment before shaking her head. "Nothing ever seems to bother him; he just takes whatever happens in stride, am I right?" Sharon nodded. "Look at him now." She waved at Mikes back. "He is well beyond worry. He passed worry hours ago. When I have spoken with Jim McKinney, he also says that Mike is never shaken or nervous. There is something even more important than when we went to Mars on his mind. To me, I would say he looks frightened because I have never seen him this way. Never. That is why I am bothered." Sharon looked at Mike who was lost again in his own thoughts and realized that she had probably been worried for the wrong reason, and possibly for the wrong person.