
Robert's day has been hell. In less than twelve hours he's found his best friend dead, been chased by murderous shadows made flesh, and managed to piss off the ancient Egyptian god of death (No easy task as Anubis is a genuinely nice guy).
The life of a minor god, to put it bluntly, sucks.
You can't kill a god, everyone knows that. Too bad no one told Wepawet, Robert's best friend. Robert found the fellow god slumped over in his easy chair while the TV news droned on about crime being at an all time low here in New York.
Someone or something is stalking the gods, picking them off one at a time while they bicker endlessly amongst themselves. Robert, the weakest of them, is left to follow a trail of dead deities to find the killer before he becomes the next victim.
Not that Robert even knows what to do when he finds the killer. How can you defeat a force that puts the fear of God in... well, gods?
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The life of a minor god, to put it bluntly, sucks.
You can't kill a god, everyone knows that. Too bad no one told Wepawet, Robert's best friend. Robert found the fellow god slumped over in his easy chair while the TV news droned on about crime being at an all time low here in New York.
Someone or something is stalking the gods, picking them off one at a time while they bicker endlessly amongst themselves. Robert, the weakest of them, is left to follow a trail of dead deities to find the killer before he becomes the next victim.
Not that Robert even knows what to do when he finds the killer. How can you defeat a force that puts the fear of God in... well, gods?
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*Sighs* And so Robert is gone.. It's something I had always wondered re immortality - how long until I loose that parts that make me human. How long could I still connect to the people around me. I think.. If one became immortal then would could only be a spectator - and rarely a participant.
Many thanks for sharing
Marc
Many thanks for sharing
Marc
And thank you!
But there is an interesting question, must we first become immortal to lose touch with what's important to us?
Part of the book, specificity the soup kitchen scenes, were loosely inspired by time I spent volunteering at my local food bank. It was quite eye opening to see how the real world lives, those of us who don't have the same layers of wealth and comfort between us and stark reality.
But, in any event, I don't think I could stand immortality. After a few decades it would swiftly turn from a blessing to a curse.
But there is an interesting question, must we first become immortal to lose touch with what's important to us?
Part of the book, specificity the soup kitchen scenes, were loosely inspired by time I spent volunteering at my local food bank. It was quite eye opening to see how the real world lives, those of us who don't have the same layers of wealth and comfort between us and stark reality.
But, in any event, I don't think I could stand immortality. After a few decades it would swiftly turn from a blessing to a curse.
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