Author’s Bio – M.D. Griffith

M.D. Griffith is a writer with a deep understanding of ancient cultures and has researched various ancient civilizations for his books. With his unique outlook and enjoyment of putting fictional stories together with historical fact, he creates visualization for the reader to not only entertain them and carry them on a journey throughout the pages, but to learn some of earth’s ancient history, both fact and fantasy.

Alec Thrace and the Lost Medallion is but the first of a planned four book series that M.D. is currently working on that will carry the reader through more of the trials and adventures of the hero of the series, Alec Thrace, the proud son of a powerful Lord of the city of Atlantis.

M.D. is currently working on a new fiction fantasy entitled, “Molly Toothaker and the Secret of Fall River.” A story that will take the reader back to the days of the witch trials of old Salem Massachusetts. With his unique abilities to weave a story from fact and fiction, his true goal is to help make the reader escape reality and enjoy the excitement that reading can bring.

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ALEC THRACE and the Lost Medallion
Atlantis: The Hidden Kingdom Series - Book 1

2000 BC

Prologue

           The civilization was old, ancient even by Egyptian standards.  Great buildings and scientific knowledge would astound even the people of the 21^st century, leaving those of Greece, Egypt and the land of Mesopotamia looking as if they were nothing more than children playing with blocks. 

            Atlantis, a magical, peaceful island far out to sea beyond the Pillars of Hercules, was a civilization that was once a warrior society bent on conquering and manipulating all other civilizations. They felt all others owed their very existence to them and should revere the Atlanteans as god-like.  Though Atlanteans taught the Greeks, Egyptians, and several other societies the arts of building and science, they were harsh taskmasters and demanded tribute in the form of gold and other precious jewels from all the other cities and kingdoms around the Mediterranean.  With tribute pouring in from those who lived in the region, the Atlanteans had more time to study science and philosophy, thus ensuring their position as overlords of the world.  The Atlanteans learned of a rare crystal in their homeland whose properties were unexplainable to normal man or even an Atlantean.  In conjunction with the magnetic forces deep within the earth and the thermal heat of their volcanic land, scientists were able to discover ways of travel other than horseback or chariot. The Atlanteans feared that this newfound knowledge would cause an uprising from the other inhabitants throughout the Mediterranean.  They knew that even with their superior abilities, they could be overwhelmed by the sheer number of people surrounding the great sea to the east.

            As the years and centuries passed, the Atlanteans grew more and more arrogant and even crueler to the lesser kingdoms until their worst fears came to pass. 

            The great Festival of Poseidon approached, and the people of Atlantis, as they did every year, flocked to his great temple and statue on the north shores of their great land to revel in and worship their god. The great day arrived and they gathered by the thousands at the feet of Poseidon and the mountain range behind him, Poseidon’s Trident. They were taken completely by surprise when they were attacked by tens of thousands of warriors, united under one banner. 

            As it would later be called, the Great Cataclysm was now upon them, but something happened that would forever change the ways of the Atlantean people and save them from what they had brought upon themselves.  Poseidon’s Trident suddenly and unexplainably rumbled to life, spewing poisonous gas and hot, rolling lava upon the invading forces that had amassed on the northern shores of Atlantis.

            The Atlanteans knew that they were being protected by the god, Poseidon, and his wife, the goddess Cleito.  Though the Atlanteans lost many, all of the invading forces had been destroyed as had most of the northern part of their land with portions of it sinking into the sea to be reclaimed by their god. The land was temporarily unlivable and forever sacred to the Atlantean people reminding them of the point in time when they learned their most valuable lesson. 

            From that day on, the Atlanteans worked for the betterment of others, though they discovered a way to hide their beautiful paradise from prying eyes. They devoted their resources to the sciences of living in peace and protecting those who were weak, sometimes offering them shelter on Atlantis.

            This is a story of a family who, through the generations, led their people to this path of life, though they were derived from a fierce warrior clan of the Atlantean hierarchy.  This is the story of the House of Thrace; the legendary house that helped lead their people out of the darkness and into the light. A journey, where a young man learns not only of life and the outside world, but of the value of true friends and family. Alec Thrace discovers that his road is a road full of twists and turns, of excitement, of loss and of great joy and the discoveries that lie before him and for those that follow.

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Small Dogma Publishing
Lakeland, Florida

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