The God in the Clear Rock
Book One of the Ancients of Earth Series
by:
Lucian Randolph
© 2012
In 50 hours, the world as we know it will end…
Like a celestial alarm clock, the sun is about to enter a cycle of giant storms that will decimate life on Earth and destroy our modern civilization. It’s happened before, but it was long before humans even had writing.
Now it will occur again in 50 hours.
Amid this imminent catastrophe is the God in the Clear Rock, a mysterious presence influential throughout the history of ancient man on the American continents.
And she has a secret.
Following stories from history, fast-paced scenes jump across centuries and millennia of time as the mystery of the God in the Clear Rock deepens. Coming together over years, unforgettable characters and epic events throughout the history of man unknowingly countdown in a race against the sun.
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THE GOD IN THE CLEAR ROCK has everything you could want in an epic sci-fi story; ancient civilizations, giant humans, advanced technology, military secrets, artificial intelligence, and a timeline that covers 78 millennia. Engaging, imaginative, and believable writing will drag you into the intrigue and drama as it begins to unfold across the planet.
First in a six-book series covering the 50 hour countdown, THE GOD IN THE CLEAR ROCK presents the initial eight-and-a-half hours. But 78,000 years of brutal history and adventure lead up to this first exciting book. The story blends the hour-by-hour style of the TV drama ‘24’ and the intelligent storytelling of Asimov with the twisted plots of George R.R. Martin; the result is a page turner you can’t put down.
It’s filled with science, technology, history and adventure, plus a sci-fi twist on a cliff-hanger ending that will have fans jumping into the second book in the series, THE HOLE IN THE MAGIC SHIELD (available now).
The God in the Clear Rock
Lucian Randolph
Copyright © 2012 Lucian Randolph
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9836091-0-0
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THE ANCIENTS OF EARTH
An Action Science Fiction Series
by Lucian Randolph
Available now at all major online booksellers.
Book One - THE GOD IN THE CLEAR ROCK
Book Two - THE HOLE IN THE MAGIC SHIELD
Book Three - THE EMPTY EGGS OF BURNING LIGHT
Book Four - THE WRATH OF THE INVISIBLE SWORD
Book Five - THE FINAL FIRE OF BRIGHT SKIES
And Coming Soon…
Book Six (the final book) - THE SEED OF THE SUN’S HEART
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A Quick Note from the Author
This story is based on actual history, real science, and existing or developing technology; plus a little bit of make-believe thrown in for spice. My intention is to take you on a journey that feels real and then to blend that journey into a deeply twisted fast-paced story that covers a long period of history. Almost all of the past events described in the book actually occurred, and the same percentage of the technology and science in the book is real or being developed. Vastly more of everything in the story is real rather than not. I’ll let you figure out which parts are which. And as the saying is true, “you write what you know,” there is also a whole lot of me in here. I’ll let you guess on that one, too.
Almost all of the characters are amalgams of real people that I have known or have met personally, and many of the conversations are based on actual dialogue that I have personally heard or been part of. Most of the political and military entities and processes mentioned are based on real-life counterparts. Part of the process of making an action adventure story that follows real history is to create characters and organizations that feel like real life people and groups, including known players from the news. A thinly veiled intentional sheen of identity is spread over a completely fictionalized character or group in these cases. My characters are meant to look like actual players in modern history, but their actions and personalities are my very own. For those who may be offended by proxy, rest assured that, in almost every instance, I know the person I’m making into a character; even the famous ones. I asked; they aren’t offended.
This is a story that has been trying to come out of me for a while. It’s turned into a very long and intricate tale of epic proportion, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. I should give you fair warning now, however. Like serials from long ago, each book ends in a cliff-hanger. There aren’t going to be many conclusions to hardly any of the storylines until the last book in the series. I figure, if you want to know how this twisted adventure ends, you’ll stick around and follow the story.
Sincerely,
Lucian Randolph
PS - Be sure to pay close attention to the opening time label and location description at the beginning of each chapter. This book covers the initial eight-and-a-half hours of the 50 hour countdown, and the modern storyline unfolds chronologically. Most of the past timelines are also continued in the following books. All of the current storyline chapters are marked in a Greenwich Mean Time or GMT and these are the basis of the fifty hour countdown. This is a standard time that is universal across the globe and makes it easy to follow current events as they unfold in different time zones but only minutes apart.
CHAPTER ONE
78,000 Years Ago
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