The Genes of Isis
by Justin Newland
Genre:
Epic Fantasy
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?
What drew me to the stories of
Ancient Egypt?
I wanted to explore our human
origins. Where did we come from? How did we get to where we are today? Why are
things as they are? I wanted to conceive a story that offered the discerning
reader a different entry point to these age-old questions. Inevitably, it led
me to Ancient Egypt, the world’s earliest recorded historical culture.
As the oldest, Egypt civilisation
influenced everything that followed: the first in any field always does. That’s
why Egypt is known as the ‘Mother and Father of all things’.
The Ancient Egyptians imagined their
origins though creation myths, such as the myth of Isis. In it, Osiris, her
husband, is murdered and has his dismembered body parts distributed all over
Egypt. Isis gathers them together and miraculously brings him back to life.
This is a story of life and death, procreation, rebirth and the struggle for
power, all archetypal themes. It’s about genesis, because that’s what genes of
Isis means.
JUSTIN NEWLAND writes historical, fantasy and speculative fiction with a
supernatural bent.
supernatural bent.
His first novel, The Genes of Isis (Matador, 2018), is an epic
fantasy set under Ancient Egyptian skies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Somerset, England.
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