An electrifying debut--featured in Publishers Marketplace. Tutored by his sabertooth siblings, young Gora learns to master the prehistoric world of Opalon, with its smoldering volcanoes, dueling dinosaurs, and treacherous tar pits. But the discovery of a computer in a hidden cave changes Gora’s world: he realizes he is human and takes the name Tophero. His magnificent physique and sterling intelligence do not help to stave off loneliness; Tophero longs to meet others of his kind. But when they come, they bring destruction, and Tophero must use the primitive ways of the jungle to battle high-tech invaders. At stake: the survival of his home planet . . . the love of his life, an Earthling zoologist . . . and his very identity. [Inside front flap] “. . . Gora learned from the box that he was a human being—a man, not a strange species of tailless lemur as Tyra had thought. The little female and the big female in the black box were called ‘a girl’ and ‘a woman.’ His study of the ways of men filled him with curiosity. He longed to find others like himself in the jungle. Most of all, he yearned to uncover the mystery of his origin. He came to realize that Tyra couldn’t have given birth to him, and he wondered who his mother had been. I am a man, he thought.” The author takes us on a lost child’s perilous quest to find his true identity. Young Gora was raised to maturity by sabertooth cats on the planet Opalon. Now, as Tophero, he must conquer all obstacles to finally reunite with his human parents and his newfound mate. The book celebrates the power of words. . .and the ability of love and brotherhood to conquer and thrive in an exotic, uncharted world.

Executive MBA from Pepperdine 1989.