Genes of Isis

Justin Newland

Description

Akasha is a precocious young girl with dreams of motherhood. She lives in a fantastical world where most of the oceans circulate in the aquamarine sky waters. Before she was born, the Helios, a tribe of angels from the sun, came to Earth to deliver the Surge, the next step in the evolution of an embryonic human race. Instead they spawned a race of hybrids and infected humanity with a hybrid seed.Horque manifests on Earth with another tribe of angels, the Solarii, to rescue the genetic mix-up and release the Surge.Akasha embarks on a journey from maiden to mother and from apprentice to priestess then has a premonition that a great flood is imminent. All three races - humans, hybrids and Solarii-face extinction.With their world in crisis, Akasha and Horque meet, and a sublime love flashes between them. Is this a cause of hope for humanity and the Solarii? Or will the hybrids destroy them both? Will anyone survive the killing waters of the coming apocalypse?

Sujets

• Fantasy (canción de Mariah Carey)
• Fantasy

Informations

• Publié par: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Date de parution: 22 mai 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781789011517
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Justin Newland is an author of historical fantasy and secret history thrillers – that’s history with a supernatural twist. His historical novels feature known events and real people from history which are re-told and examined through the lens of the supernatural.
His novels speculate on the human condition and explore the fundamental questions of our existence. As a species, as Homo sapiens sapiens – that’s man the twice-wise – how are we doing so far? Where is mankind’s spiritual home? What does it look or feel like? Would we recognise it if we saw it?
Undeterred by the award of a Doctorate in Mathematics from Imperial College, London, he found his way to the creative keyboard and conceived his debut novel, The Genes of Isis (Matador, 2018), an epic fantasy set under Ancient Egyptian skies. Next came the supernatural thriller, The Old Dragon’s Head (Matador, 2018), which is set in Ming Dynasty China. His third novel, The Coronation (Matador, 2019), speculates on the genesis of the most important event of the modern world – the Industrial Revolution. His latest novel, The Abdication (Matador, 2021), is a supernatural thriller in which a young woman confronts her faith in a higher purpose, and what it means to abdicate that faith.
His stories add a touch of the supernatural to history and deal with the themes of war, religion, evolution and the human’s place in the universe.
He was born three days before the end of 1953 and lives with his partner in plain sight of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.



Reviews of The Genes of Isis

“The novel is creative, sophisticated, brilliant! I couldn’t ask for a more Egyptian-esque book!”
Lauren, Books Beyond the Story.

“Part sci-fi, part fantasy and part historical fiction, the novel is a wonderfully immersive re-imagining of Ancient Egyptian society.”
Night Resplendent.

“Within its central story of a young woman’s journey from initiate to priestess, from maiden to mother, the story offers a fascinating new entry point into ancient mysteries.”
James Harries.

“This elegant hybrid of history and thoughtful fantasy should appeal to fans of both
genres and beyond.”
Ian Millsted.

“The book is exquisitely written, with good characterisation and a compelling plot…
Thoroughly Recommended.”
Jennifer’s Reviews

“The book brings the whole of the origins of the modern human into focus through the literally overwhelming events of the biblical flood.”
Jacko.

“If you like a book set in ancient history, and is different from other paranormal/sci-fi books, this is the book for you.”
Coffee With Lacey.

“Using the Book of Enoch as its starting platform, the author tells a fascinating story interpreting life in the far distant past of human history.”
Robert Waterhouse.

“I enjoyed this book… The central characters carried the story well… and the threat of the Biblical flood ramped up the tension.”
Ebookwyrm’s Blog Cave.

“This novel combines a highly inspirational and engaging story line with fascinating knowledge about our common heritage as human beings.”
Ole Andreas Laursen.







Copyright © 2018 Justin Newland

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.


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Egypt knows you, but do you know the Egypt in you?

Saying of the Ancients


It came to pass that the Source gave authority to Semjaza to rule over the angels of the sun, the children of heaven, who were called the Helios. And He entrusted them to deliver the Surge, the next step in the evolution of the children of men.
On Mount Hermon did the Helios descend to Earth with their assistants, the Solarii, only to find the children of men tardy in their development and wholly unprepared for the great boon of the Surge. The angels tarried in the astral light and when they could tarry no longer, the Helios sought to deliver the Surge lest it pass its time of flowering. So the Helios passed through the veil and appeared in their astral guise, the winged hornet. They covered the children of men in a cloak of golden astral pollen and stung the daughters of men, revealing to them untimely knowledge.
And the women bore monstrous hybrids, fathered by fallen angels, mothered by fair maidens, yet cursed with the rude nature of the creatures of the forest. All men and women were blighted by the hybrid seed and could only give birth to hybrids. For want of a miracle, the children of men would grow old, wither, and die, all because of the Helios.
The Solarii smote the Helios, covered their faces with darkness, and bound them for eternity beneath the valleys of the Earth. In Dudael did the Solarii make an opening in the desert and cast the hybrids into it and separated them from the children of men by invisible shields tethered with the fineness of the astral.

Extract from the Book of Enoch
Contents
Prologue

Part 1
The Great Winds
Chapter 1
The Wheel of Change
Chapter 2
Sovereigns of the Sun
Chapter 3
The Dance of the Winds

Part 2
The Hybrid Seed
Chapter 4
Hybrids’ Assault
Chapter 5
The Oak of Samlios
Chapter 6
The Halls of Justice
Chapter 7
The Hill of Sighs
Chapter 8
The Lore of Erasure
Chapter 9
Birthday Gift
Chapter 10
The Pectoral of State

Part 3
The Mind Search
Chapter 11
The Opening
Chapter 12
Around the Fires
Chapter 13
The Fragile Harmony
Chapter 14
The Return
Chapter 15
The Meeting
Chapter 16
The Isis Address
Chapter 17
Visitation

Part 4
Exodus
Chapter 18
Diaspora
Chapter 19
The Market Square
Chapter 20
Ocean Voyage
Chapter 21
Promise and Compromise
Chapter 22
The Rebuke
Chapter 23
Mother of the Future
Chapter 24
The Gates of Gades
Chapter 25
The Whispering Tower
Chapter 26
The Basilisk That Slays

Part 5
Ten Days
Chapter 27
The Invitation
Chapter 28
The Negotiation
Chapter 29
The White Ribbon
Chapter 30
The God Crucible
Chapter 31
The Tenth Day
Chapter 32
The Temple of Ma’at

Part 6
Union
Chapter 33
Reunion
Chapter 34
The Beginning of the Last Days
Chapter 35
The Ark
Chapter 36
Amen, Scarab God of the Sun
Chapter 37
The Nuptial Chamber
Chapter 38
The Union Ceremony

Part 7
Protector
Chapter 39
The Protector
Chapter 40
The Hypogeum
Chapter 41
Pharaoh
Chapter 42
Departure

Part 8
The Facing
Chapter 43
The Giant’s Dome
Chapter 44
The Jasmine Gap
Chapter 45
The Dying Embers
Chapter 46
The Hanging Gardens
Chapter 47
The Zagros Gate
Chapter 48
The Sear Line
Chapter 49
The Field of Rushes
Chapter 50
The Facing

Part 9
Apocalypse
Chapter 51
Dewdrop to Dewdrop
Chapter 52
Riders of the Storm
Chapter 53
The Natal Chamber
Chapter 54
The Killing Rains
Chapter 55
The Solarii Morning Prayer
Chapter 56
The Time of Necessity
Chapter 57
The Guardian of Justice

Epilogue
Mountain of the Chief

Acknowledgements


Prologue
Sometimes when I sit alone and the night draws in like a curtain of fine black soot, my skin becomes ultra-sensitive. I can feel the slight vibrations of a shadow, or detect a passing wraith vainly seeking its way home. Each nerve fibre develops its own echo, so as the feeling travels from my fingertips, through the palm, along the forearm, then flashes through the scapula, it culminates in a resounding crescendo in the caverns of my soul.
Stillness ushers in this state, a strange quiescence that comes from afar. It is as if I were afloat in the midst of a great galaxy, where the sound of the millions of years hums in the inner chambers of my mind like a gentle but mysterious symphony.
When I touch its panorama, I see with my own eyes, but in a way subtly different to normal vision. I watch with other eyes. Other eyes – how is that possible? There is only me, isn’t there? But there is something else – an entity – that sees through my eyes, that sees what I see. How can this be? That I can see? That the other can be? Yet I tell you it is so.
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