Algorithm - Book 1 - The Medallion

Chapter 10

Ludwig's natural charm and charisma swept up the younger Herman into a world of mysteries and great promise. Over the two week voyage they became fast friends, with Ludwig playing the role of priestly sage and Herman, the devoted acolyte. Herman greedily consumed the secret knowledge. He was fascinated by the histories surrounding the Aryan civilization, which ultimately, shaped a new found purpose to his life. The age of the superman was to be the age of the new world order. He saw the recent defeat at the hands of the Allies as nothing but a temporary setback, which could have been part of a greater plan, revealed to those who communed with the Aryan master race living beneath his very feet.

Ludwig pointed out that his task within the Thule Society had been to unearth evidence of the Aldebaran, or Aryan presence in order to bolster the Nazi world movement with tangible proof. In fact, in 1935 Heinrich Himmler had established the Ahnenerbe Society whose sole purpose was to conduct research to provide scientifically undisputable evidence of Aryan superiority. Missions had been launched to find Atlantis and to study the physical characteristics of the peoples of Asia, in particular those in Tibet, for links to the Master race. Ludwig stressed to Hermann that the key to Nazi revival and re-establishing Germany as the seat of the Fourth Reich was the discovery of a significant artifact which would provide incontrovertible proof of the Aryan civilization and its superiority, and act as the symbol or talisman to draw new recruits. As the voyage to America came to a close, Ludwig had successfully persuaded the impressionable eighteen year-old of the truth behind the Nazi movement and the glory of what was to come. Herman vowed to learn all about America, the country responsible for the destruction of his homeland. His first step was to integrate himself into its culture. Ludwig and he had struck a deep and lasting friendship, bound by love of the fatherland and a greater mission—to see its rebirth as the rightful leader of the world, heralding in a new world order of Aryan supermen.

The freighter arrived in Philadelphia and made its way up the Shuykill river and then along the Susquehanna to a small town called Pittston to pick up coal. With their earnings in their pockets, the two disembarked, skirted the lax immigration controls at the docks, and found themselves looking for employment. In a quirk of fate, which was only fully understood by Herman, the two found jobs with a local business looking for unskilled labor at the Knox Coal Mining Company.

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The group agreed that it was time to call the police. Hedda used her cell phone to call 911. The dispatcher assured her that a squad car was on the way. Ben waved them to follow, choosing a tree-lined trail along the river which would eventually lead back to the office building. Adam joined Ben at the front with Hedda and Linda taking up the rear.

A few minutes into the hike Adam broke the silence. "Ben, you did say that you could explain what I saw back at your place."   

Ben held back a low-lying tree branch. "I think so. But you'll need an open mind."

Adam simply grunted as he ducked beneath the branch.

"As far as I can tell, it's all about instinct. Remember how I told you that extraordinary artifacts were consistently lost, somehow misplaced, destroyed or stolen?"

"Yeah, and …?"

"It's our subconscious mind at work."