Strawthorne Jonnathan

A fast-paced, action-packed roller-coaster of a ride through a crisis of hubris and an apocalypse of rebalancing. It is a journey through humanity's moral will and strength of character to fight back and survive. In 2087 humanity is faced with a global crisis of monumental proportions. The destruction of human society and humanity itself is on the brink of being fulfilled. What is one man to do? A changing reality threatens to overwhelm Earth. Where can humanity go? Witness the reaction of individuals, groups, and nations as they try to cope with a global pandemic of radical change. A change that will forever impact how men and women live on Earth and cope with the monumental affliction of day to day survival among billions of people, animals, and plants radically evolving into something completely different.

A story, older than time itself. On Earth, it starts in the 12th century BC during the expansionist wars of the Assyrian Empire. Love lost but immortality gained. The main character, Talmido is fighting for the freedom of choice and the liberty of free will. He has the ability to live forever, never get sick or old, and regenerate his tissue if damaged. He flees the Assyrian military apparatus and fights successive battles for freedom while accumulating masses of displaced, desperate, freedom-loving individuals like himself. All of this is happening to a backdrop of alien intelligence and interference. Factions formed to determine whether conscience or chaos coalescence should be the dominant factor, for sentient creation’s character. Vast galactic battles of will play out to the eventual definition of what it is to be alive. The eventual causality of the defining actions of antiquity echo to us as we struggle to maintain the freedoms fought over to either win or lose them on the battlefield, governmental office, or the pulpits of the twenty-first century.

It is now 1035 BCE. Talmido is 185 years old, looking no older than twenty-five. Is it a curse or a blessing? That is for Talmido to search for and that, he does with a strength of character that defies logic or reason. Si-tatious, Gelal-tiamat and Talmido's children have long ago settled into death. Talmido is alone and in want of answers. He heads off for the city of Ur and eventually the city of Lagash in search of a man's disappearance under a mysterious set of circumstances. Eventually, Talmido is joined by five hardy and intrepid souls willing to satisfy their curiosity and perhaps enrich their circumstances. The revelations to be opened up to them are shocking and terrifying. They are overwhelmed and confused with the underlying reality of life. New paradigms of thought and creation are presented to them with the dawning realization of humanity's fragile position within the hierarchy of life. Humanity is not alone in the Universe. Ke-zith-rist has lead his group of freedom loving Sirous-astro-tis to a safe haven of planets within a small solar system far out of the way from the Empire's prying eyes. They flourish and grow as they pursue their inherent need for knowledge and understanding of life and the cosmos around them. Unknown to them they are being watched by malevolent interlopers with a goal of annihilation on their minds. Fleeing through a wormhole with a wake of destruction pursuing them the rebels find their safe haven far away in another Galaxy to their relief and joy, however; it is not to last, as powers beyond their understanding have determined it is time for them to choose sides in an Inter-Galactic war of vast size and scope. It is the inner turmoil of reason and rationale that spurs Ke-zith-rist to ally with a surprising individual with close ties to those with deceit and evil intent in their hearts. Axhereim, a Nreimhin biological being, becomes more disillusioned with the Anunnaki and their elusive nature. They become more and more demanding in their request for loyalty on Axhereim's part even subjecting him to excruciating mind-warping procedures to imprint their requirements directly onto his mind. Instead, resentment and revulsion are the characteristics that emerge and dominate Axhereim's thoughts and motivation. It is a dangerous game of duplicity on behalf of Axhereim and his master Mardu-poe but one must be victorious for both cannot survive the coming calamity. The Anunnaki prepare for war. The Special Warfare Forces of the Primus and Authorial prepare for war. Men and women of Mars prepare for the coming conflict while Sirous-astro-tis and Nreimhin armies amass outside the solar system of Earth and Mars. It is to be a defining moment for Humanity, Sirous-astro-tis and Nreimhin alike as they search for their place in a seemingly chaotic and vicious Universe of ideals and desire.

Talmido, Si-tatious and thousands of men, women, and children flee south toward the confluence of the Tigress River and the Sea Above Akkad. The Assyrian and Babylonian military has dispatched military contingents to pursue the fleeing slaves while Elam under King Shutruk-Nahhunte sends military incursions into the southeastern parts of Assyria. Ashur-dan I the Emperor of Assyria and Zababa-shuma-iddina King of Babylon prepare for war against a coalition of nations cobbled together by Elam. It is to be a war on a grand scale. All the while Talmido, Si-tatious, and their group fight battles for freedom and determination. It is the inherent right to make their own decisions that spur them on toward liberty and their desire to build a city of freemen and women; to be masters of their own destiny. It is a struggle that defines the level of desire for autonomy – for the freedom of choice. It is the hard decisions that have to be made that define the men Talmido and Si-tatious become and need to be. It is the relationships they make and maintain that charts the future course of their actions. As events unfold on Earth schemes and plots are devised and implemented in faraway Galaxies by alien biological creates. The destruction of empires and whole solar systems mark a tragic turn of events to follow. Ke-zith-rist now an Admiral of the rebel fleet is fighting for the survival of the rebel worlds trying to regain their freedom from a despotic empire of a psychotic ruling class. Pursued by a determined Admiral of the Imperial Fleet, Ke-zith-rist employs tactics of brilliance to save his frantic group civilian of star liners and cargo ships. It is at this juncture a new alien biological individual comes onto the scene. A being balancing on a knife's edge of compliance and yet rebellion. It is the realization that issues a perception of conflicting moral certitude within its core nature and the resulting actions taken by it to preserve its race and cultural wellbeing. It is the duplicitous nature of its Masters that drives it toward the answers needed to quiet its troubled mind and the conflicting reality of the day that brings the potential for madness. All of the characters have their microcosm of self-fulfillment and determination while living under the growing threat of a vast external conflict on a Galactic basis by two unidentified and yet pervasive groups of rival thought and action.