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Don Miguel Lehumada DISCOVERER OF LIQUID FROM THE SUN’S RAYS AN OCCULT ROMANCE OF MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER I. IN THE SCIENTIST’S STUDY.
CHAPTER II. HIS FIRST INCARNATION.
CHAPTER III. THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT DIAZ.
CHAPTER IV. THE PLUNGER FROM KANSAS.
CHAPTER V. LIQUID FROM THE SUN’S RAYS.
CHAPTER VI. MRS. GRANGE AND THE PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER VII. THE PRESIDENT SURPRISED.
CHAPTER VIII. A CONFESSED CRIME.
CHAPTER IX. MARRIET REPORTS HERSELF DEAD.
In the quiet seclusion of a Chihuahuan scientist’s study, the air hums with the faint glow of captured sunlight, transformed into a shimmering “Memory Fluid.” Here, Julio Murillo, a diligent scholar on the cusp of his fifth incarnation, perfects a delicate alchemical process that promises to freeze moments in liquid light. The routine is shattered when a silver‑tinged bell announces the arrival of Señor Don Miguel Lehumada, a charismatic stranger from Kansas City whose very presence stirs both curiosity and unease among the learned few.
Lehumada’s arrival sets off a ripple of whispered conspiracies, tying together the hidden currents of Mexican politics and a nascent, uneasy relationship with the United States. As scientists, diplomats, and enigmatic women like Helen Hinckley and Catalina Martinet intersect, the story weaves a tapestry of occult romance, revolutionary intrigue, and the tantalizing prospect of a sun‑derived elixir that could alter memory itself. Listeners will be drawn into a world where science and mysticism collide, and every revelation hints at deeper, unseen forces shaping the fate of nations.
Full title
Don Miguel Lehumada: discoverer of liquid from the sun's rays an occult romance of Mexico and the United States an occult romance of Mexico and the United States
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (433K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: B. W. Dodge and Company, 1906.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-04-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
An early American novelist whose work mixed romance, occult themes, and speculative ideas at the turn of the 20th century. She is best remembered for a strange and imaginative novel later recognized as an early work of science fiction.
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