{"product_id":"2940011141454","title":"Inchoate: (Short Stories Volume I)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow includes an Urdu translation of Inchoate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInchoate\u003cbr\u003eSet in prehistoric North America, this tells the story of how a delinquent time traveller calls the first Board Meeting in History and inadvertently incurs the wrath of all his bosses. He is put on trial but is he all he seems?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jesus Monster\u003cbr\u003eA lethal alien virus reaches the last healthy community on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry's Car\u003cbr\u003eIn this hilarious sci-fi story, a Royal Time Traveller from the 16th Century goes stock car racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdo Lupus and the Temple Gate\u003cbr\u003eWhy is a notorious religious cult of assassins keeping him alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis teenage daughter is viciously murdered in Lyon by a long-forgotten biblical monster. A former WWII MI6 agent, our hero is suspected of her murder by the police and his divorcing wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith supernatural powers of foresight he goes on the run to clear his name. He has only one friend - a historian and member of the modern Knights Hospitaller but with his help he embarks on a white-knuckle ride to salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Paris a witch servant of the mysterious Catholic assassin sect Concilium Putus Visum seduces him during his quest for the secret weapon of the Cathars. If he can solve a puzzling set of clues to find the weapon, he might kill the monster and save his marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut why do the assassins and the monster seem to be protecting him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLovers of Dan Brown's evocative mix of mystery and history will love this Occult Thriller - a dark and powerful tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo Bright the Sun\u003cbr\u003eA man afraid of his own soul!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking revenge for the death of a friend ten long years ago, Major Jake Nanden has pursued his own personal demons with an almost religious fervour through life and through battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a soldier so highly decorated that his fame reaches far beyond the desolate moon Io where he is stationed. His victories in the Jupiter Wars are hollow though, for he is a man scared of his own soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis life seems to be a trap from which he cannot escape. His is the Replicant Company, and replicants are despised by all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLikened to a cross between Blade Runner and Paths of Glory, you simply must read this beautifully constructed, intensely dark and powerful Science Fiction tale-with-a-twist if you love Phillip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdo Lupus and the Temple Gate - from the author:\u003cbr\u003eI had been pursuing a theological interest in the Cathars; first though reading a number of books by Henry Lincoln and later an interest in Monségur and the Rennes-le-Château, near where the lost treasure of the Cathars is said to be hidden. The Cathars were an ancient sect who came to prominence and were ruthlessly persecuted by the Catholics in the 1300s, mainly in and around the Languedoc Region of France. They believed that the Christian god was really Rex Mundi, or 'God of Earth.'\u003cbr\u003eThe second theme I wanted to get into my novel was the gothic. The themes of blood, death, eroticism, sex and transcendence are all things that I desire in a good novel. My influences were Kate Bush, The Mission, Lord Byron, John Keats (The Eve of St. Agnes is a particularly favourite poem of mine) and to some extent Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Sex and death are the themes that everyone seems attracted to.\u003cbr\u003eA year before I started this work, I read both Dan Brown and Angels \u0026amp; Demons by Dan Brown. These books were certainly an influence on me. Like him I have been fascinated for many years by the rumour or myth that Mary went to France and that Jesus had a descendant. Like him and many others, I speculate that the Cathars did in fact smuggle a great treasure out of Monségur castle, under the noses of the Royalist besiegers.\u003cbr\u003eI couldn't resist a climax to my novel that took place in one of the world's greatest Gothic masterpieces. But you will have to read the novel to find out where ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrab your copy today!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lazlo Ferran","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120906453232,"sku":"2940011141454","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011141454_p0.jpg?v=1763547626","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011141454","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}