Chapter 1

Richard sat at his desk with his morning coffee in front of him looking through the daily news feed. Most of the articles he looked at most people would consider conspiracy nuts. Richard however felt there was nuggets of truth to be found in some of these articles. As he neared forty years old he longed to find some sort of great adventure. As he glanced at articles one caught his attention. There was a woman claiming that she had been on an island that vanished after she had left it. He was not sure why but something in his gut told him that she was not crazy or lying. Something was out there, and he wanted to be the person to find it. As he sipped his black coffee rereading the article the alarm at his desk went off. He always set an alarm when he started browsing the web. If not he would always end up at work late. As it was he was going to have to rush to get there on time. He swallowed the rest of his coffee and headed to the kitchen. The carpet kept his heavy steps from making a sound as he ran down the hall into the kitchen. His lunch had been packed the night before so all he had to do was put the cup in the sink grab us lunch and head out the door. This was going to be a big undertaking and he knew it. He did not have a boat or a crew to operate it. He would also need to raise funds to afford it. As he locked his front door and headed to his car he was thinking about everything he would need to do if he actually wanted to find the island. His ford escape was in need of a car wash in a bad way. He made a mental note to stop by the car wash after work today. Slowly his mind started going to the job he had to take care of today. They needed to empty a house and the half acre in stood on. The customer wanted to be able to get the remodel crew in by Monday and today was Friday. Richard had no intention of working the weekend but if he did not get everything done he would not have a choice. He slowly backed out of his driveway and headed right towards the highway.