Podcasts by Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot
There is something in the jungle of Irma Flores that has terrorized Sarah for years. As a scientist she needs to know what it is and by confronting this evil she is about to be awakened from her nightmare. She doesn’t know it but she will also begin her first faltering steps toward enlightenment. Along the way, she will have to contend with a strange dwarf people, pirates, corporate raiders and an obstinate lover. Her road to nirvana will be a raw and bruising journey that is certain to be both entertaining and moving for the listener.
The media eagerly made the startling announcement about the unique hobbit fossil find and the existence of hobbit human relatives on Flores Island 16,000 years ago, prehistoric survivors that seemingly went extinct just a few short years ago. Only, the scientists were dead wrong! They are still alive today and two American scientists are going to discover them and unwittingly they will introduce this tribe of small, archaic people to the ultimate modern predator: humanity.
These three-foot tall bipeds are not the Hobbits of the JRR Tolkien's stories, but a small tribe of dwarf prehistoric people, Homo Floresiensis, living in seeming isolation for nearly a half million years on the Indonesian tropical island of Irma Flores. In their unrelenting quest for knowledge, Sarah and Richard inadvertently expose these innocents to the onslaught of the modern world including corporate raiders, Indonesian pirates and ardent religious zealots. In the process of discovery and befriending these ancient people, Sarah and Richard must survive a serious clash of divergent personalities while rediscovering their own humanity and need for love. This is their adventure, combining a clash of cultures, religious ardor with the oldest stories of all: the meaning of friendship and true love.
This as a rousing, humorous adventure novel with serious undertones about our very definition of humanity, and how we treat the other sentient creatures that share our small planet. Many elements within the novel have a strong connection with the topical issues of today ranging from Creationism, the environment, stem cell research and finally to the voracious appetite of our ever expanding consumer economy. Moreover, the so-called Hobbit people described within the novel, locally known by Flores natives as the Ebu Gogo, are being searched for by scientists in Indonesia as we speak. This story is so gripping that both "Sixty Minutes" on CBS and National Geographic ran numerous specials on the controversial Flores Island fossil find.
The Children God Forgot is the first novel in the Flores Girl Trilogy and the second novel is nearing completion!
Warning: this adventure novel contains adult themes, numerous naked hobbits, some sexuality, adult language, a dose of graphic violence and a complete disdain for most authority figures.
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Exodus - The Final Chapter from 2008-02-12T17:21:46
Sarah and Richard must fight their way off the island in this final installment of the podcast.
ListenYour Hands are Stained with Blood. from 2008-01-03T06:37:22
As death and chaos overtakes the island, Sarah and Richard try to escape Reggie.
ListenAn Unlikely Ally from 2007-11-19T06:14:52
Reggie begins a reign of terror on the island that will leave nobody, including the Ebu, safe from his murderous schemes. Reggie's only challenge will be a visit from the biggest murderer in human...
ListenThe Capture from 2007-10-22T00:35:41
Sarah and Richard must make their escape after witnessing Reggie's brutal capture of the Ebu.
ListenThe Guardian Meets the Lab Rat from 2007-08-26T02:20:20
Bill is presuaded by Reggie to meet with Karl.
ListenThe Guardian from 2007-07-27T16:29:11
Karl's fever starts to takes a toll on his sanity as his efforts to contact the Ebu becomes a religious quest for him
ListenNew Friends from 2007-06-22T06:33
Sarah's relationships with both Richard and Flo take a surprising turn.
ListenChristian Soldier from 2007-05-14T01:47:09
Reggies discovers the island of the Ebu and begins his assault but not before Karl makes his move.
ListenThe Cost of Weakness from 2007-04-20T17:35:05
A senseless act of violence challenges Sarah and her tenuous relationships with the inhabitants of the island.
ListenThe Princess Meets Flo from 2007-02-11T21:00:53
While observing the troop, Sarah forms a friendship with one of the Ebu that she names Flo.
Listen14. The Wait - Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot from 2007-01-01T17:00
-In this episode: Sarah and Richard wait for the Ebu at a small pond.
ListenPirates of the Flores Sea from 2006-08-29T01:55:19
As they begin to set out for Sarah's island, Sarah's and Richard's boat is boarded by dangerous high-sea pirates.
ListenAll Work and No Play from 2006-08-02T23:49:44
Before leaving for Sarah's mysterious island Sarah and Richard
head out for a night on the town in Flores.
Higher Calling from 2006-07-02T00:21:41
Unbeknownst to Reggie and Bill, Karl, the head lab assistant at GenTech, is busily sabotaging the pharmaceutical giant's controversial stem cell research.
ListenCorporate Citizen from 2006-06-24T23:53:09
Ruthless elements within a large pharmaceutical company make their own plans for the Ebu.
ListenNobody of Consequence from 2006-06-12T01:56:14
Sarah makes plans for a research trip to Flores with Professor Brightman but fate intervenes.
ListenThe Rest Will Follow from 2006-05-25T20:32:03
Richard visits Sarah at the university primate lab while pressing her for an opportunity to join her research team to the mystery island.
ListenInspiration Goes for a Run from 2006-05-25T20:32:03
Richard goes for a run to clear his head in an effort to remember the name of a strange girl with an even stranger story.
ListenRichard's Nightmare from 2006-05-25T20:32:03
Richard learns of the incredible Flores Island discovery in the newspaper. In the process of researching the find, he revisits the events that have lead to his professional and personal decline.
ListenSarah's Nightmare from 2006-05-25T20:32:02
Sarah revisits the mysterious island were she made her initial horrific discovery.
ListenSarah's Promise from 2006-05-25T20:32:02
In the middle of the night, Sarah wrestles with her conscious as to how she should proceed with her discovery
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