The only survivor in a plane crash, a young boy who was unconsciousness and not discovered by rescue crews, awakens in the branches of a large pine tree. He has no memory of how he got there or who he is. In his pocket is a small Bible inscribed "to Jared." In this mystical story, he then decides to name himself Jared the Seeker. He soon comes upon a log cabin and meets its strange occupant and his dog. The strange fellow tells Jared that he is Elijah the Prophet and they become companions for several months as Jared experiences many situations and events that can't be explained rationally. Jared then moves on, driven by an inner desire to seek the truth about himself. Eventually, as the result of an accident, he regains his memory and returns home. But there he is faced with a decision that turns out to be the most difficult of his life. Robert Barlow Fox gets many ideas for his writing from his various past experiences. He has BS and MS degrees, has served in the Navy aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific and with the Army in Europe, and spent three years as a missionary among the Maori people of New Zealand. He is now a retired educator having served as teacher, counselor, psychologist, and parole officer. Robert and his wife have traveled to over fifty countries learning of the history, culture, and customs of the peoples. He is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and has published items in many magazines and journals. He likes to write adventure novels for young adults and family readers. Robert Fox is also the author of TO BE A WARRIOR, THE BOY WHO HEARS MUSIC, and INHERITED FAMILY, all from Sunstone Press.

The American horseshoe crab that comes ashore on the East Coast in vast numbers to mate and nest is much the same creature that haunted the coast before the time of the dinosaurs. It is among the world's most intensely studied marine invertebrates, critical to our understanding of many groups of organisms, both modern and extinct, and crucial to the ecology of large estuaries such as the Delaware Bay. Some stocks of this great survivor, whose ancestors made it through the mass extinction some 286 million years ago, have been severely depleted today because of overfishing and habitat destruction.

Carl N. Shuster, Jr., H. Jane Brockmann, and Robert B. Barlow are at the forefront of research on "Limulus polyphemus," and in this book they bring together twenty scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology to compile the first fully detailed, comprehensive view of the species. An indispensable resource, the volume describes the horseshoe crab's behavior, natural history, and ecology; its anatomy, physiology, distribution, development, and life cycle; the puzzle of its immune system; and its present management and future conservation.