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The Roots on the Ground - The Standing Ground Trilogy Book 2 - cover

The Roots on the Ground - The Standing Ground Trilogy Book 2

Jan Fortune

Maison d'édition: Cinnamon Press

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Synopsis

In this prequel to The Standing Ground, we travel back two generations to the origins of the oppressive E-Government state that infiltrates every aspect of people's lives in the decade following Brexit and a global pandemic. But, as the darkness overtakes Britain and other areas of Europe, the light of resistance wakes in a community that spans the Celtic outposts of Brittany and North Wales. And in a strange child, Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin.

Weaving together Arthurian legend and exploratory fiction of the near future, The Roots of the Ground explores the human cost of a monoculture that tramples freedom and privacy and asserts with Carl Jung that:

'As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.'
Disponible depuis: 07/03/2022.
Longueur d'impression: 146 pages.

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