Published by Barron Falls Publishing
Paperback $19.95 ISBN: 0975686704
This is the story of a young gardener, Thurii, who is supported and protected by his family. He was born different, disabled, with learning difficulties and subnormal hearing and touch skills, but with surprising talents. In the teeming, subterranean, technologically advanced warren of a city which is their world, he alone can see.
Rebellion is brewing amongst the proud and educated miners against the unforgiving Church of Stefan, who rule with an iron fist. Long buried scandals come to light.
Thurii finds first love in Corinth, a wealthy, powerful, high ranking young church official. Thurii, Corinth and their families become the catalyst for action and symbolic focus of cynical machevellian politicians.
This is a novel and interesting book, but be warned, it is a self published first novel. It contains frequent grammatical errors and should have tried to engage the reader’s imagination more rather than overly explain character motive and actions. This leads to a rather slow pace to the love story.
Do not be put off by the frequent references to church. This book is not theological or moralising. It is a well conceived futuristic story of people stumbling with a new technology, sight and all it allows, verses old technologies based upon touch, sound and smell. However, this is mostly a story of politics, and of young people discovering the world is worse than they had hoped, but finding love regardless.
Reviewed by Tim M.
Last updated 17th March 2005.