Everett M. Hunt Pitus Peston and the Gods of Oman

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PITUS PESTON AND THE GODS OF OMAN is the fi rst book in thePEREGRINATIONS OF PITUS PESTON adventure series. PITUS PESTON AND THE GODS OF OMAN is about a dreamer ofcosmic adventure who turned his dreams into reality. He was born into anunlikely time for space fl ight. When Thomas Jefferson was President thefrontier was still east of Buffalo. The only way to reach this distant landwas afoot or by horse. But there were other worlds whose time lines ofdevelopment were not like our own. On some of these worlds the presentstate of Earth was in their dim past. About the time of the Mayfl ower, threetravelers, exiles from the planet Oman, a world on the opposite spiral armof Caleeron, their name for the Milky Way, crash land their craft atop abutte in what later became Monument Valley. They were unable to leaveEarth and dispersed among humanity to live out their lives. The year is now 1805, and Pitus Peston, an eighteen year old farmer's sonendowed with a linguistic genius, discovers an old wampum belt bearinga strange image. It stirs his soul and he believes that the image on thebelt is otherworldly and he determines to uncover its secret. Through anaccumulation of clues he works his way toward solving the secret of thegods of Oman.