The time of our immortality is at hand.
An undeciphered language in Crete. A rash of mysterious disappearances, from Bolivia to Japan. An ancient warning at the ruins of Babel. And a new spiritual leader, who claims that human history as we understand it is about to come to an end.
Seventeen-year-old Daniel Calder’s world falls apart when a freak accident brings personal tragedy—and he discovers there’s a link between the accident and a wildly successful new cult, the Seraphim. Catapulted into a violent struggle for humanity’s past and future, he’s not even sure who the enemy is, or if he’s battling a phantom that doesn’t exist. But as Daniel puts his life on the line, he is forced to conclude that our very survival as a species will depend on who, and what, we choose to believe.
Entertaining thinking person’s sci-fi thriller “The Fire Seekers”, written by a self-described British “recovering philosopher”, Richard Farr, is jam-packed with esoteric and exotic archaeological/anthropological/historical/religious/scientific/linguistic etc., etc. information (some of which is further explicated in the epilogue) that serves to enhance this story of a post-modern odyssey by a group of young people to save the world from the Architects. Who are the Architects, you ask? You’ll have to read the book to figure that one out…
Not Sci Fi I think Amazon made a mistake classifying this book as sci fi. And calling it YA sci fi just makes the mistake worse. I think they said YA because Daniel, the main character, is a teenager for most of the book. But he has the insight, problem-solving skills and world view of a 40 year old man so it doesn’t make sense to me to limit the audience to YA readers.And this is not a sci fi book. I think Amazon would have a Kindle best seller if they positioned it as a novel in the…
Ancient Saviors or Antediluvian Horrors? When I opened up to the first page of THE FIRE SEEKERS, I had an involuntary groan at the 1st person narrative (I had forgotten peek at the LOOK NOW feature before hitting the BUY button). Just who I am as a reader, yet I mention this to emphasize the enjoyment I had BECAUSE OF Richard Farr’s skillful use of internal discourse, external action, and an absolutely entertaining melding of our hero’s personality and the unraveling mysteries with a clarity that never left me muddled nor divorced me…