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It Was Late August 2005. A Newly Generated Hurricane Named Katrina Had Just Passed Over The Lower Florida Peninsula And Turned Southward Into The Gulf Loop Current. Houston-Based Paleontologist Christopher Desturlow Was Called To New Orleans To Identify An Unusual Animal Caught In A Louisiana Shrimper'S Net. Through A Serendipitous Brush With A Young Deckhand From The Shrimper'S Boat Desturlow Learned That The Events That Brought Him To Southeast Louisiana Just In Time For The Onslaught Of Hurricane Katrina Were Part Of An Elaborate Hoax. The Source Of The Hoax Was A Powerful Scientifi C Organization That In Practice Very Much Resembled A Religious Cult. Desturlow Was The Target Of Their Schemes. The Offensive From This Science Cult Rendered Him Nearly Hopeless In His Struggle To Save His Own Life But He Was Stunned And Energized To Learn That The Ultimate Purpose Of Their Intrusions Was To Hi-Jack The Tenets Of The Modern Theory Of Evolution And Completely Commandeer The Life Of His Own Eight Year Old Daughter. Laced With Hurricane Drama Demonic Movement Scientifi C Debate And The Most Beautiful Historic And Interesting Settings In Southeast Louisiana Watchmaker Society Is A Novel That Offers An Honest Look At The Intelligent Design/Evolution Debate Through The Metaphysical Lens Of The 1858 Co-Founder Of Evolution Theory; Alfred R. Wallace