Trempealeau

<h3><strong>Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Bronze in Science Fiction</strong></h3><h3><strong>A <em>Kirkus Reviews'</em> Best Indie Book</strong></h3><h3><strong>National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist</strong></h3><h3><strong>Pencraft Awards Runner Up Winner in Science Fiction</strong></h3><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>After the commander of Skylab reports a massive circular structure in the snow-covered ground in the winter of 1974 two curious teens begin hunting for this elusive geological phenomenon on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. They're unaware that they've stumbled upon a generations-old secret reluctantly revealed to the U.S. government and young geologist Lawrence Marten during World War II and defended with deadly violence.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Paul Meadows is just fourteen when his friend Pete Flottmeier disappears on a solo search for the circle.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Jennifer von Guericke was also a child inspired by the mystery--her farm marked the epicenter of the circle described from space. Her father's disappearance soon after the Skylab report tore apart her family and now twenty-nine years later in 2003 Jen has returned home to bury her estranged mother.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Jennifer meets Paul Meadows still lost in his search for his boyhood friend. Now a new generation led by Trempealeau County cheesemaker Steve Schleusener and 86-year-old professor Lawrence Marten must decide if they will defend the awesome secret of the circle or help Paul and Jennifer learn the truth.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>But the secret is stirring. Mysterious earthquakes building in strength are shaking the globe and the truth in Trempealeau threatens not just one Earth but two.</span></p>