His shoes were so crafted that they had a distinct sole of thick and durable leather. The tribe to which this man belonged to was evidently in many wa...s more advanced than the Mammoth Hunters. For the first time in her life, Ivory became aware that there might be tribes whose craft and artistry were of superior quality to that of her tribe.Glade had encountered many different tribes on her voyages, but even she had never before encountered people as strange as those who found her body washed up. Alan wasn't exactly the neatest kid on the block. Harry padded barefoot and silently down the hallway. That was funny. He could have sworn Alan's bedroom door was closed when he got home, and now it was partially open. It was just as he was pushing the door open that he heard a low voice moaning, "Oh, yeahhhhh, stud, suck that hole."Harry froze in the doorway for a moment. It was only long enough for taking a mental snapshot of the scene, but that one "photo" was enough to send him charging. It only took a few moments, but Jack felt as if days had passed before he was finally able to shake his head, sending the jumbled images away. Instinctively, he put the necklace around his neck, the stone resting against his chest, under his shirt.He quickly reached his destination, unsure if what had just happened was real or a hallucination, but he decided to just ignore it. He knocked on the door and his sister, Alicia, opened it. "Hey sis. Looking good", he said, surprising himself. He had. His presence at that dinner was to serve as his introduction to many of the customers and competitors that he would encounter in years to come.Randolph Jefferson Atterbury is the sole surviving child of Helen and William Jefferson Atterbury. An avalanche in the Swiss Alps four years previous had killed his two younger siblings. He was born in the United Kingdom and lived with his parents in their home in Swindon, in the south central part of England. He attended the primary grades locally but.