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Outskirts Press
July 2009
On Sale: June 24, 2009
372 pages
ISBN: 1432723855
EAN: 9781432723859
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Historical
Modern liberty was forged as a conspiracy in the
Renaissance, heated by the twin fires of Jihad and
Inquisition. The Last Byzantine is a first-hand look at this
time when Greek wisdom and Roman values had to be salvaged
from the wreckage of Old World theocracy.
In a
lifelong quest for Truth, John Palaeologus has discovered
the centuries-long religious war of the End Times is a
colossal mistake of secrets forgotten and common doctrine
twisted over time. Unfortunately, his audience couldn't be
less sympathetic. He has been captured by the Spanish
Inquisition. In the 40 days he has to confess his sins, the
rightful heir of Byzantium writes an autobiography of love,
conspiracy and adventure spanning the
Mediterranean.
John's target for persuasion is the
next Grand Inquisitor. His hope is to pass the baton of
civilization to the heirs of Rome along with a prophecy of
what is yet to come.
This King Arthur story begins in
the village of Mystras, where the boy as an orphan witnesses
mysteries from Rome's ancient past. He moves to
Constantinople with the court, only to find that city headed
toward its greatest catastrophe in a thousand
years.
Just before the fall of the city in 1453, the
boy learns the truth about his family. Captured as a slave,
he comes of age as a janissary, exploring love and
spirituality and getting to know his enemies. John spends
the rest of his life as a Renaissance man on a mission -- to
revive the culture of Wisdom and Freedom.
The Last
Byzantine is a novel; it's a prophecy; and it's a book of
wisdom from the ancients for a New Age. Incidents from
throughout this 15th century life highlight the difficulty
of living up to one's ideals, of finding and hanging onto
love, and how good and evil are rarely kept apart on this
side of the Styx. The book explores the birth of the modern
world from the ashes of the old.
This is the book
that had to be written after 9/11 and before 2012. The
author says his inspiration came from living through the
attack on the Pentagon and asking, "So why all the hate and
how do we get over it?" His journey led him to create a
character who could walk through the ideological minefield
and come out the other side understanding ideas that connect
East and West. The result is inspirational fiction with
something for every student of history, religion, the occult
and prophecy.
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