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Descendants: Vampire Chronicles: A New Species - Descendants: Vampire Chronicles, #1

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Around fifteen thousand B. C., there were several species of hominids in existence. The predominant hominid at the time was Homo Sapiens Sapiens, or Modern... > Lire la suite
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Around fifteen thousand B. C., there were several species of hominids in existence. The predominant hominid at the time was Homo Sapiens Sapiens, or Modern Man. The next most populous was Homo Sapiens Neanderthalsis, or Neanderthal Man. Also in existence were Homo Sapiens Erectus, Homo Sapiens Rhodesiensis, Homo Sapiens Florensis and Homo Sapiens Idaltu. Modern Man (referred to from here on as human) was just beginning to build a civilization, while the Neanderthal were in their civilizations' decline after two hundred thousand years of development.
Erectus was waning in the world and had a small population in central China with a few stray clans and individuals scattered over the world. Rhodesien Man had a territory that covered the western edge of China to the northern reaches of India, covering the eastern most portion of the Middle East as well. While at times the encounters between humans and other hominids resulted in conflict and violence, most often it did not.
The normal result of an encounter was trade and sharing stories and discoveries. Jewelry, textiles, tools, weapons and spices were exchanged on the market. Language was already complex and was able to encompass real items as well as abstract ideas. Religion was already a part of most cultures and all cultures had some sort of belief about life after death and spirit. Body art was already highly developed by the Neanderthal and was beginning to spread to humans.
Neanderthal and humans alike were just beginning to work the softest of metals such as lead, gold and silver. We join a clan called the Baska. There are about two hundred adult humans with thirty elderly and seventy five juveniles that live in a part of west central Africa. The clan lives on the south west edge of the Congo jungle and is led by the eldest couple, Imamu and Camali. They have lived in the same location for many generations, but things are going to change, for them and the rest of the world.
The emergence of a new species of hominid is near. Soon the species Homo Sapiens Desmodus will join the hominid family. Vampires are on the horizon. Kibwe was born and raised to the Baska. His sister Sanaa was just a year younger than him. His father taught him to hunt, fish, make tools and most of all how to be a good man. As Kibwe grew, he thought he would always be able to go to his father with any problems or questions.
Unfortunately his father passed of multiple snake bites when Kibwe was just fourteen years old. His mother died a year later of sickness. Kibwe and Sanaa finished growing up relying primarily on each other and the clan leader, Imamu. While Sanaa stayed in the village or hunted after their mother's death, Kibwe often traveled with Imamu to the Luo villages to the east. He learned their language quickly and impressed Imamu with his ability to learn new things.
At nineteen years old, Kibwe started going with the hunting parties. His father had taught him to hunt alone, but he quickly adjusted to the group hunts and found himself invited to join the most prestigious hunting party of the clan. Ochieng was the hunting party's leader and he taught Kibwe even more about the wildlife in the Baska hunting grounds. No one could ever deny that Ochieng was a very good hunter, but he had a jealous streak that made him hard to be around.
If someone killed a bigger or better animal, or a larger number than Ochieng, he would not speak to them until he had out done their accomplishments. On this particular day, Kibwe is not hunting animals.

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Biographie de J.A. Laughlin

I have been writing on and off for more than thirty years. In school my favorite subject and the one I excelled the most in was Literature. For many years I would write, read what I wrote and then burn my work. In the last few years I have stopped the last step of this cycle. Now I keep my writings on my computer and post it to my website at www.cage-den.com. In my early years I traveled quite a bit.
I started out on a farm in North Dakota where I did most of my growing up. I moved to Milwaukee, WI when I was fifteen and experienced a completely different life. I stayed there until I was nineteen when I discovered Renaissance Faires. I met my first wife at a fair and we traveled together until it was close to time for our son to be born. We moved to Green Bay so she could be close to her family.
We lived there for a time until our son was about six months old, then we moved to Arkansas. I have lived in Arkansas since 1992 and have not regretted the decision to be here. My son is now 19 and his mother and I have been apart for many years. In 2006 I met my second wife who should have been my first. I knew right away she was something special to me and boy was I right. We were married in July of 2007 and have been best friends, lovers and confidants since.
As a bonus, I added four wonderful stepchildren so that now I have five of the best and most enjoyed children a father could have. As of now (May, 2011) My wife and I have two beautiful grandchildren with one more on the way. In my time I have had many jobs. I've managed food places, ran a computer repair business, managed distribution for a newspaper, worked at a sawmill, worked as a carbide saw tech, worked as a house keeper at a nursing home and now I'm a Certified Nurse Aide working in Hospice.
Through all of this stories have run through my mind. If I had everything I ever wrote and burned my little house would be jammed with old paper covered with fading ink. What I offer now is material I have written since 2009. I published "Descendats: Vampire Chronicles: A New Species" in 2010 through PublishAmerica. I was very disappointed in the experience, but I had kept my electronic distribution rights in the contract.
As soon as I could, I reformatted my manuscript via the Style Guide written by Mark Coker and published "A New Species" and another small book I had been working on called "A Vampire's Book of Knowledge by Hectar" at Smashwords. Unlike my regrets with PA, I have never ...

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