A stunning reworking of the Ramayana myth.
The princely incarnation, exiled Lord Rodion, is saddled with his worldly brother Alexander and a "monkey" called Arthur who helps raise an army to rescue Rodion's abducted wife, Ilena. But who is Ilena, and why has she never been seen? Even occluded, why do men obsess so about her? Why can Arthur remember things from before his birth? Who is the devil, Zain, and what are his struggles with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva? And, most importantly, who is Arthur's brother, Solomon, who seems to know and remember so much?
Equal part SF cycle, historical re-imagining, sexual misadventure, psychological drama, comic book fantasy and gripping adventure, "Rodion" takes from the old, the new and the one day new and combines them all into a thrilling, colourful and fast-paced study of destiny and its workings among mortals, immortals, and those who are neither.
Follow Arthur's birth, fully grown, in a lush forest and his immediate mother love. Follow Solomon's self-destructive obsession with an unworldly past nobody else can remember. Follow Alexander's all-consuming passion for his brother's wife and his eventual redemption with the gods of his fathers. Follow the greatest musician in the universe humbled and made mortal. Follow gods and demigods circle an unseen woman and go to their doom. Follow a madness that reaches back to become its own creation. Follow the road to mile-high titans engaged in ultimate combat for the fate of a world which might be a thousand years in the future, or a thousand years in the past. Follow the destiny of Rodion and his companions, and discover your own...
The princely incarnation, exiled Lord Rodion, is saddled with his worldly brother Alexander and a "monkey" called Arthur who helps raise an army to rescue Rodion's abducted wife, Ilena. But who is Ilena, and why has she never been seen? Even occluded, why do men obsess so about her? Why can Arthur remember things from before his birth? Who is the devil, Zain, and what are his struggles with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva? And, most importantly, who is Arthur's brother, Solomon, who seems to know and remember so much?
Equal part SF cycle, historical re-imagining, sexual misadventure, psychological drama, comic book fantasy and gripping adventure, "Rodion" takes from the old, the new and the one day new and combines them all into a thrilling, colourful and fast-paced study of destiny and its workings among mortals, immortals, and those who are neither.
Follow Arthur's birth, fully grown, in a lush forest and his immediate mother love. Follow Solomon's self-destructive obsession with an unworldly past nobody else can remember. Follow Alexander's all-consuming passion for his brother's wife and his eventual redemption with the gods of his fathers. Follow the greatest musician in the universe humbled and made mortal. Follow gods and demigods circle an unseen woman and go to their doom. Follow a madness that reaches back to become its own creation. Follow the road to mile-high titans engaged in ultimate combat for the fate of a world which might be a thousand years in the future, or a thousand years in the past. Follow the destiny of Rodion and his companions, and discover your own...
