title: The Tamerlane Trap: The Third Adventure from the Biblio Files
author: Ralph Raab
description: Ralph Raab began his writing career at the age of 10, when his teachers made him write things 100 times after school. He's been writing his way into and out of trouble ever since. A teacher of music, computers, and study skills for over 20 years, Ralph lives with his wife, daughters, and an annoying parrot in a town in New Jersey that closely resembles Bleakhouse. He looks just like his author photo, but somewhat fatter and very, very much older. Ralph is currently at work on two books-one for children and one for adults.
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  THE PEOPLE OF THE RUINS
  
  
  [CHAPTER I.
  TROUBLE](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_001.html#filepos3957)
  
  [CHAPTER II. THE DEAD
  RAT](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_001.html#filepos35025)
  
  [CHAPTER III. A WORLD GROWN
  STRANGE](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_002.html#filepos63215)
  
  [CHAPTER IV.
  DISCOVERIES](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_002.html#filepos105825)
  
  [CHAPTER V. THE
  SPEAKER](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_002.html#filepos153702)
  
  [CHAPTER VI. THE
  GUNS](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_002.html#filepos202713)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. THE LADY
  EVA](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_002.html#filepos233488)
  
  [CHAPTER VIII. DECLARATION OF
  WAR](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_003.html#filepos278542)
  
  [CHAPTER IX. MARCHING
  OUT](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_003.html#filepos311155)
  
  [CHAPTER X. THE
  BATTLE](THE%20PEOPLE%20OF%20THE%20RUINS_split_003.html#filepos334645)
  
  [CHAPTER XI.
  TRIUMPH](THE