Rasputin's Revenge: Crying Body Series, No. 3

by John Abeln, Kristy Phillips (Editor), Peter Abeln (Illustrator)

In the year 2322 Nona Clark, University of Colorado department director, is unexpectedly offered the position as Secretary of the Interior.by President Dominic. Her grant reports held insights regarding the year 2222 -known as The Terrible Twos- with west-coast earthquakes, major volcanoes, and ensuing tsunamis destroying land west of the Rockies. After 100 years of isolation her directive was to reunify the land. The president first directed work on the Dakota Territory -lost statehood by abandoned population.Traveling to the territory with her husband David -the real expert of the western (Etiwandan) territory- she found the politically motivated project is run by nefarious people in the president’s inner circle.The mayor of the Dakota company town, Rasputin Ratsiloff, a sadist, questions Nona’s involvement. Reporting to the alien Elders -that run the impoverished plazas in the western territory- Rasputin has carte blanche to continue his cruelty. Rasputin’s deadly actions are ultimately driven by vengeful acts at David, set for a gruesome death because he destroyed Rasputin’s women’s sex trade in the southwest.Nona discovers Rasputin is point-person with the underbelly of Washington D.C. With so many distractions thrown at her are the Elders or the president Nona’s friends or foes? And the angel-like creatures known as Crying Are they there to protect Nona and David?

286 pages, Paperback

Published February 20, 2022