James Rodriguez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They show unusual structural patterns.
Robert Brown remained where he stood, arms still crossed.
I approached him instead.
Toes cropped grey hair, deep lines around his eyes and a build that suggested previous physical strength now softening with age.
His handshake was perfunctory.
You seem less enthusiastic than the others.
I said, I go where the money is.
His voice had the gravelly quality of someone who'd breed too much mineral dust.
Five million buys a lot of enthusiasm.
Even for an island the locals won't touch.
Then, why the tension?
He glanced at Wilson, who had moved away to speak with the pilot.
Twenty-five years of fieldwork teaches you when something doesn't add up.
Wilson spending fifty million minimum on this expedition.
For what?
Armaceutical prospects that might pan out in ten years.
Resort development on an island.
Indigenous people avoid.
He shook his head.
There's something he's not telling us.