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Is this real? For years, Victoria Custer thought she was dreaming.
While big game hunting in Africa, Victoria discovers her powerful and savage past and remembers her soul mate from 1000 generations ago. Her alter ego or avatar of that life - the cave girl - “moves in” so to speak. Refusing to accept that true love dies she begins the search for her lost love, and finds the modern world may hold as many dangers as her stone age life! That’s OK, because she vividly recalls that primitive life when there was no such thing as “have a bad day” because they were all bad. Life was a continuous grueling struggle to survive. That new attitude comes in handy, too. It doesn’t matter whether it is the indwelling avatar that attracts them or something else, Vic runs into bad guys and monsters everywhere she travels.
Then Vic takes her first trip as a travel writer. She visits the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It wasn’t quite the tourist destination it is today. Vic is attacked by the wildlife, battles heartless slavers, and meets her first hungry cryptid. One lesson learned: you don’t need to be brave, you just need to do what needs done - which becomes Vic’s motto.
Fast paced and unpredictable, action adventure in the tradition of the adventure pulps of the early 20th Century. If you like Doc Savage, The Avenger (Dick Benson), Nancy Drew, or Tarzan or any other novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs you will love Vic Challlenger.
What reviewers think of the series:
"Vic Challenger personifies every sword or ax wielding heroine ever drawn by any heroic fantasy artist.
"the female answer to Indiana Jones"
"Great Campy Multi-Genre Book"
"I have recommended the Vic Challenger books to my wife and to all of my children"
"Any of these novels would make a really good movie."
"if you like Clive Cussler or James Rollins, these are definitely the books for you".
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“The Incredible Adventures of Vic Challenger” series is inspired by writers like Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle and H. G. Wells; and by characters like Nancy Drew, Lara Croft, Alan Quatermain, Doc Savage and his cousin Patricia Savage, and Dick Benson and his assistant Nellie Gray. The writing style has been compared to Burroughs and is also reminiscent of early action driven horror novels by Graham Masterton,The series is set in the 1920’s and considerable research adds to the “realism” You will find yourself effortlessly learning bits of history, some of which may amaze you. Vic’s travels are woven into the history of the time, so you may be asking yourself “Is this real?”
Industry Reviews
What reviewers think of the series:
Vic Challenger personifies every sword or ax wielding heroine ever drawn by any heroic fantasy artist.
the female answer to Indiana Jones
Great Campy Multi-Genre Book
I have recommended the Vic Challenger books to my wife and to all of my children
Any of these novels would make a really good movie.
if you like Clive Cussler or James Rollins, these are definitely the books for you.
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Refernce information given at end of book:
Curious?
1. Victoria Custer has a favorite modern weapon - the Westley Richards single shot .577.It was a favorite of big game hunter in the 1920’s and is still used. The company began in 1812 and continues to manufacture sought after hunting rifles. One famous owner of the .577 was Ernest Hemingway. Learn more about the history here: https://westleyrichards.com/
Here is a good description of a 1923 double barrel at Cabela’s:Westley Richards .577 NE Double Rifle
Description: Westley Richards, exceptionally fine vintage boxlock ejector double rifle in .577 NE, ca. 1923. Weight: 15 Lbs. Stock Dimensions: 14 ¼”x 1 3/8”x 2 ¼”x 3/8” cast-off. Superb 28” chopper-lump steel barrels with pristine bores, 100gr. Cordite and 750gr. bullet proofs, have a quarter rib with a single fixed 100 yd. rear sight and four folding leaves out to 500 yds.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Being-Kicked-By-A-Mule-The-Nitro-Express/532275.uts
2. Can you kill a lion with a spear? Yes. For generations Masai boys became a warrior and adult by single handedly killing a lion with a spear. I suspect our ancestors in the dim past were called on to kill even larger felines with a spear. Recently, the Masai have tried to replace the lion kill with the Masai Olympics. Read about it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/15/african-tribe-ditches-lion-killing-as-proof-of-manhood-embraces-running/
3. Sylvanus Morley, the pre-eminent Mayan scholar of the early 20th Century, was well known for excavations at Chichen Itza. He was also a graduate of Pennsylvania Military College and served with the Office of Naval Intelligence during WWI as Agent 53.
http://pennsylvaniamilitarycollege.org/agent-53-sylvanus-morley-class-1904/
http://www.yucatanliving.com/history/sylvanus-morley
4. Cryptids The most basic definition is a plant or animal whose existence is questionable. Well known examples include the yeti and Loch Ness monster. There is so much interesting information available on the subject but no room here to list them all, so here are three you will enjoy:
http://www.newanimal.org/http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Cryptids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptids
Sightings of the Thunderbird have been recorded for centuries and are generally related to Native American traditions. This is Vic’s first cryptid. Vic meets bad guys and at least one cryptid on every trip.
5. The Little Leather Library mentioned became the Book of the Month Club in 1926.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Leather_Library_Corporation
6. Think the words avatar and clone are modern and out of place in Time Doesn’t Matter? Au contraire. Clone was first used (written) in 1903. Avatar is from Sanskrit and was first used in English in the 18th Century. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
On page 23 Vic seeks a “crash”. That’s a group of rhinos. Visit here for names of 147 animal groups. http://www.namibian.org/travel/misc/collective-nouns.html
Reference materials for all Vic Challenger novels are available through the Resource Hub at
http://www.vicplanet.com
ISBN: 9781889823560
ISBN-10: 1889823562
Series: The Incredible Adventures of Vic Challenger : Book 1
Published: 12th October 2022
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 266
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Ann Darrow Co
Volume Number: 1
Edition Number: 1
























