The
Genes of Isis
by
Justin Newland
Genre:
Epic Fantasy
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?
JUSTIN
NEWLAND writes historical, fantasy and speculative fiction with a
supernatural bent.
His
first novel, The Genes of Isis (Matador, 2018), is an epic
fantasy set under Ancient Egyptian skies.
His
second novel, The Old Dragon's Head (Matador), is a historical
fantasy set in Old China and is due out in November 2018.
His
work in progress is a historical novel set in Prussia during the
Enlightenment in the 1760’s.
His
stories add a touch of the supernatural to history and deal with the
existential themes of war, religion, evolution and the human’s
place in the universe.
He
lives with his partner in plain sight of the Mendip Hills in
Somerset, England.
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GUEST POST
What haunted you throughout the process of writing the book?
Looking into pre-history, there was a sense that I was peering into a dark timeless abyss, where
sometimes, as Nietzsche predicted, the abyss stared back. That was unnerving, especially as most of what
I was researching had no solid facts on which anyone agreed. But it did leave plenty of room for the
imagination to roam.
The final word is the haunting saying: Egypt knows you, but do you know the Egypt in you?
If you want to know more, you know where to look.
GUEST POST
What haunted you throughout the process of writing the book?
Looking into pre-history, there was a sense that I was peering into a dark timeless abyss, where
sometimes, as Nietzsche predicted, the abyss stared back. That was unnerving, especially as most of what
I was researching had no solid facts on which anyone agreed. But it did leave plenty of room for the
imagination to roam.
The final word is the haunting saying: Egypt knows you, but do you know the Egypt in you?
If you want to know more, you know where to look.
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