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    Lost

    By John Wilson

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    Sam and Annabel are pleased when they are selected to take a cruise to the Arctic.

    They are thrilled when they learn that the cruise will take them past a site connected to the most famous mystery in Arctic history: the Franklin Expedition. But things on the cruise are not what they seem. When Sam and Annabel make a startling discovery on a small island close to where archaeologists are diving on the wreck of the Erebus, one of the Franklin’s ships, they are confronted by an old enemy. Isolated and outnumbered, how can they possibly save the priceless artifact that may hold the answer to the Franklin mystery?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateMar 22, 2016
    ISBN9781459811973
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    John Wilson

    Qualified in agricultural science, medicine, surgery and psychiatry, Dr John Wilson practised for thirty-seven years, specialising as a consultant psychiatrist. In Sydney, London, California and Melbourne, he used body-oriented therapies including breath-awareness, and re-birthing. He promoted the ‘Recovery Model of Mental Health’ and healing in general. At Sydney University, he taught in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, within the School of Public Health. He has worked as Technical Manager of a venture-capital project, producing health foods in conjunction with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Dissenting from colonial values, he saw our ecological crisis as more urgent than attending urban distress. Almost thirty years ago, instead of returning to the academy, he went bush, learning personal downsizing and voluntary simplicity from Aboriginal people. Following his deepening love of the wild through diverse ecologies, he turned eco-activist, opposing cyanide gold mining in New South Wales and nuclear testing in the Pacific. Spending decades in the Australian outback, reading and writing for popular appreciation, he now fingers Plato, drawing on history, the classics, art, literature, philosophy and science for this book about the psychology of ecology – eco-psychology – about the very soul of our ecocidal folly.

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      Lost - John Wilson

      Chapter One

      It’s spam, Sam, Annabel says without looking up from her crossword puzzle. Real people don’t send email like that. Delete it. Now here’s an easy clue for you. ‘Two girls, one on each knee.’ Seven letters.

      I have no idea, I say. Annabel is teaching me to do cryptic crosswords. I can do regular crosswords, but the clues in cryptic crosswords don’t make sense.

      Annabel gives me a how can you be so dumb look. Patella, she says. I stare back blankly. Pat and Ella are girl’s names, and a kneecap is called a patella. Simple.

      For you, maybe, but you’re weird, I say. Annabel smiles as if I’ve paid her a compliment. Sometimes I wish you’d go back to learning PI to some crazy number. At least I could understand that. But come see this email. It’s not the usual spam. There’s no link to click. They’re not asking for anything. It says I’ve been selected for a free cruise.

      Yippee, Annabel says. A cruise in the Bahamas. That’s useful when you live in Australia.

      It says flights are included. And it’s not a cruise to the Bahamas. It goes through the Northwest Passage. It’s called ‘In the Footsteps of Sir John Franklin’.

      A moment later, Annabel is reading the email aloud over my shoulder.

      Dear Sam:

      ENIGMA TOURS, a division of the Crype Foundation, has a long history of guiding small groups of adventurous souls to locations of extraordinary interest.

      ENIGMA TOURS is creating several new adventures based on the world’s great mysteries. For our first tour, we are planning something really special, and we hope that you will be interested in a chance to participate.

      In 1845, Sir John Franklin led the greatest Arctic expedition ever into the fabled Northwest Passage. Not one of the 129 men on Franklin’s two ships lived to see home again. And today their bones lie scattered on the icy shores of Canada’s Arctic islands. What went wrong? No one knows. Would you like to be the one to solve the mystery?

      ENIGMA TOURS will be offering a small group of people free passage on a trial run of the tour. This will include return airfare and two weeks on our luxury motor yacht Arctic Spray. All you have to do is spread the word about our great product and allow us to use your name and image in our promotion. Your passage will include a companion.

      A brochure has been mailed, and within a few days I will call you with more information and answer any questions you may have. If you are still interested, your name will be entered in a draw.

      I do hope you will consider our unique travel adventures. Thank you for your time.

      Sincerely,

      Moira Rawdon

      Vice-President, ENIGMA TOURS

      ENIGMA TOURS

      Travel on a ship of the desert.

      See the first light of dawn.

      Visit the sites of ancient conflicts.

      Cross unimagined rivers.

      You’re right, Annabel says. That’s not normal spam.

      Do you think it’s real? I ask.

      Could be, I suppose. I can’t see any way they could scam you, unless…

      Unless what?

      Unless, Annabel goes on, they’re aliens. They might have a plan to abduct teens for a colony on one of Jupiter’s moons.

      It takes me a second to absorb what she’s said. That’s crazy, I tell her.

      Hmmm. I guess you’re right, Annabel agrees. It’s much more likely they want you for medical experiments.

      Well, I think it’s real, I say, annoyed that Annabel isn’t taking the email seriously. I turn back to my computer and search for Enigma Tours. I click on News and see an announcement of upcoming tours.

      ON THE TRAIL OF COLONEL FAWCETT: Through the Amazon jungle in search of the lost city of Z

      THE MUMMIES OF TURIM: Who are these perfectly preserved bodies in remote Asia?

      Lost cities in the jungle and mummies in the desert sound pretty cool.

      That’s how scams work, Annabel explains. "They sound cool and offer something you want to believe in. Then they bleed you for money."

      Their website looks pretty good, I say, pointing at the screen. We look at beautiful photographs of luxury ships, trains and camper vans, complete with obviously rich people enjoying themselves. We watch a video of smiling holidaymakers sipping champagne on beaches and equally happy groups being led through ancient ruins.

      It looks real, I say.

      It’s easy enough to make a website look fancy, Annabel says.

      Why do you have to be so negative? I ask, my annoyance returning.

      Annabel tilts her head and looks at me. Not negative, she says. Just careful. How do you think they found you? And I wonder what the Crype Foundation is. Sounds shady.

      It’s easy to get someone’s email, I say.

      "Okay, but they sent you mail. And they are

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