Beyond Atlantis: An Epic of The Ancient Americas
by Lucius Beauchamp
Cover Artist: Flametree Creative
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
ISBN: Paperback 978-0-6488929-0-8
ISBN: E-book 978-0-6488929-1-5
ASIN: 0648892905
ASIN: B01I4OMBVY
Number of pages: 448
Word Count: 158,240
Tagline: Greater Atlantis, where The Guardian Tribe roam
BLURB
10,000 years ago, ancient Atlantian Tribes of magicians flourished in the lower Americas and along the Mississippi.
Galen, an Atlantian magician priest is locked in a relentless power struggle with an envious sorceress who blackmails, lies, and manipulates. A prince of the blood, Galen is determined that nothing will stop his becoming an Archpriest.
Eten, blackest witch and high priestess sees angels and seeks a forbidden treasure. She finds Galen’s curse of having a soulmate particularly helpful.
Half a millennia ago the Island of Atlantis sank off the Biminis, the 13th Tribe was held responsible for the demise of Atlantis. The surviving Atlantians stripped the 13th of all technology and exiled them.
Vengeful, the 13th Tribe wishes to return but the 13th’s warlocks fear crossing into Greater Older Atlantis. They do not dare set foot on the Guardian-protected land. The great Guardian Tribe possess a formidable circle of psychics who roam North America keeping constant vigil to keep Greater Older Atlantis safe for all Atlantians.
Excerpt:
With
lightning rushing to greet the barbarians, not only sulphur made their guts
wrench. That most feared God, the God of lightning, was among them. Sheets of
power forked across the ground, felling dozens of the pure race. Repeatedly, the
riverbed exploded and sprayed molten sand. Dripping glass sculptures remained
and pressure waves threw barbarians into the glowing glass pools. Where some
lay stuck, in death or dying.
The false day reached the refugees, the sky pulsing green.
From the Safety of the hillside they saw it all, with deafening thunder rocking
them. Dodging lightning bolts, the barbarians ran when they could to slid into
super-hot streams of glass where their flesh seared so completely that bare-bones
were exposed among living tissue. There was screaming at newly blackened limbs
and sizzling holes within a shoulder or thigh, created by actual lightning
strikes. And then more astral screams as the black shadows of the underworld
chased and fell upon the freshly dead. Only a handful survived. It was another
mist-night.
*
Tancah. Ten ships comprising another fleet had landed. Gold. Mounds of gold was
being turned into ingots for shipment to the Far World.
The gangplanks were sunk into the pink sand by the tread of
disembarking
warriors.
The scarred pyramids were towers with large stone tablets
standing
on top. Not very wide, with ladder-like stairs, each had an almost sheer
drop at the back. Saplings burst forth in unexpected places among the ruins.
The seventh ship to dock was grander than the others. Its
occupants always liked to be seventh, from superstition. Rhaim, the
commander-in-chief hurried to meet these new arrivals. They were the main
reason he’d come back to Tancah. After all, he didn’t want their leader to take
offense. In black clothing with wide purple edging, the thirteen glided down
the gangplank. Weary soldiers made hasty signs in the group’s direction while
dropping their eyes. Even with a close trimmed mustache, the outlines of the
first face were a death mask. Udo, the leader. Tall, white-haired and eyes
robin’s-egg blue. The whole group was from similar molds.
Not on land yet, Udo glanced at Tancah. A connoisseur, he
breathed
deeply of the destruction. Then he put a foot hard on the sand and dogs began
to howl. A flock of monarch butterflies, resting on their way to their wintering
ground, filled the air. Raising his hand to the sky, Udo cut a swath through
the gossamer wings. The lovelies rained down among the pyramids, while the
coven roared with laughter.
Invisible to everyone, a watcher hovered over the beach
within sight of the ships. As one, the black-garbed group turned to look at
him, eyes burning. Languidly, Udo said, ‘Kill.’
Two men vacated their flesh so utterly that their bodies fell
to the ground. Their spirits were shadow hounds. Instantly the temple
flyer telepathed the sight to his temple, then spirit claws were on him.
Dying, screams filled the heads of other flyers.
The murdered watcher’s body, seated in the temple chamber,
spasmed and went limp. A high priest wiped the corpse’s brow, ‘Where is the other?’
Simultaneously, Udo’s face was in the room, hanging in
mid-space.
Gloating, he disappeared. Then he was back at the beachfront. ‘Find the other
watched.’
The two dark hounds pounced forward, but Udo’s snarl sent
them scurrying into their bodies. He believed in sharing and signaled a fresh pair.
Author Info
Like Plato, Lucius believed Atlantis existed. Interpreting Plato's description of location, backed up by Edgar Cayce's readings, the Island of Atlantis was off the Biminis. Therefore, for him, the Continent of Atlantis (Greater Older Atlantis) was North America.
Hello, I’m Lucius Beauchamp and I’ve written a fast-paced fantasy novel, called ‘Beyond Atlantis: An Epic Of The Ancient Americas’. Right now, I’ll discuss war and battles.
Excerpt:
“Waiting. Galen focused power and the bolt was thrown. Simultaneously, the darkness within Eten reached out.
Opening his distorting lips, the warlock exhaled a pall of smoke in a gush. The barbarians around him backed away. Galen and Eten increased their spell.”
War is fought in many diverse ways. Force of arms, force of magic, guerrilla warfare. Don’t forget to put the anti-coagulant on your dagger and your spear. Beware the demons on which the barbarians ride, they’ll bite through to the bone. And, as historically often seemed to happen, where have all the crème-de-la crème gone?
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