Ancient Light

 

 

Aegypt is only the beginning... Ancient Light

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISBN: 1424599016

ISBN-13: 978-1424599011

Format: Paperback, 528pp

Publisher: Broadstreet Publishing Group LLC

Pub. Date: September 30, 2014

 

 
   

The Ancient Light Novels

 

     Aegypt (Published by OakTara)

          Sister of Light (Contracted to OakTara)

          Sister of Darkness (Contracted to OakTara)

           Shadow of Darkness (In consideration with OakTara)

           Shadow of Light (In consideration with OakTara)

 

           Children of Light and Darkness (In consideration with OakTara) 

 

           Warrior of Light (In consideration with OakTara) 

   
 

           Warrior of Darkness (In consideration with OakTara)  

                                                                   

 

 

Aegypt is being republished with a new cover in a second edition

 

 

  Available now from OakTara

 

 

 

 

                                       Secrets

 

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ISBN: 1602900132

ISBN-13: 9781602900134

Format: Paperback, 232pp

Publisher: OakTara Publishing Group LLC

Pub. Date: January 2008

 

 

 

 

An unspeakable evil and an unbelievable power is about to be released into the world...

 
In the Tomb of Darkness and Light
   

If someone from the ancient world walked suddenly on the earth, what would they tell us about their times, and what changes would they observe in ours?  What if that person was revered as a goddess in the ancient world and evidenced a power beyond modern human understanding?  What if she were malevolent?

    

Fort Saint stands on a plateau between the salt deserts of the Chott Djerid and Chott Melrhir.  Four thousand years ago the chotts were filled–one salt and one fresh.  The fort coincidentally guards an ancient foundation where once stood a temple.  

 

The commander of Fort Saint, Lieutenant Paul Bolang discovered the foundation and unearthed Egyptian hieroglyphics on it.  His letter brought an archeological party to explore it.  And when the archeologists unearthed a tomb beneath, Paul was the only one who noticed a keen foreboding in the find.  Death followed the opening of the tomb and led Paul to uncover alone the existence of two other hidden tombs: the tombs of the Goddess of Darkness and the Goddess of Light.


Paul was present when the archeologists opened the tomb of the Goddess of Light and someone or something escaped.  Paul chased the being out onto the desert and captured a naked woman who spoke only ancient Egyptian.  


Paul struggled to communicate with woman who called herself Leora.  She claimed to come from the tomb, and she claimed to be the Goddess of Light—a claim she backed up with inexplicable powers.  Leora seemed benevolent, but she alerted Paul that her sister, Leila, the Goddess of Darkness wanted to also escape her tomb.  Leora warned that if Leila were released, she would visit only evil and suffering on mankind—that was her nature.


Now the archeologists have discovered the second tomb, the Tomb of the Goddess of Darkness, and they want to open it.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Format: Paperback,  

Publisher: OakTara Publishing Group LLC

Pub. Date: Soon 2014

 

 

 

Length of Novel:

67,300 words

Keywords and Market Focus:

Fiction, Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Tunisia, Tomb, Suspense, Mummy, Archeology, Mystery, Germany, France, Britain, Goddess; will fascinate anyone interested in mystery and suspense—will appeal particularly to those who enjoy archeological historical mystery and suspense novels.

The theme of Sister of Light is similar to the gothic horror novel The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker; it is a completely new twist on the many Egyptian and archeological historical mysteries currently in print.

The Sister of Light is a continuation of the adventures of Paul and Leora began in Aegypt.

Genre:

Fiction Suspense

Synopsis: 

Leora Bolang is a goddess. Not an imaginary being, but a real flesh and blood goddess awakened from  death out of a 4000 year old tomb. In ancient Egypt, Leora was known as the goddess of light. Unfortunately, Leora’s sister, Leila is the Egyptian goddess of darkness, and it was the goddess of darkness who forced Leora into the tomb and an early death. In 1926, Paul Bolang released Leora from her tomb, but Leila was also released. Leila is absolutely evil, and Paul Bolang with Leora fought her earthly being and defeated her. Leila’s spirit, her ka, was released into the world and now the goddess of darkness wants revenge, revenge and power over the lives of men.
 

Paul Bolang is an officer in the French Cavalry—a hero of the Great War and France’s colonial expeditions. For Leora’s sake, Paul accepts an exchange tour with the Americans—Leora, the goddess of light, requires the sun for her power and being. In America, they find purpose and bear children—four beautiful and precocious beings who absorb languages and learning like a sponge. But in 1933 Paul is recalled to Paris and to a special assignment. Leora saw a future much different than this, but for her family and her children, she returns with Paul to France. Leora always faced tension in European and American society because she is dark skinned and African. The cloud blanketed skies of Northern Europe entice her sister, Leila, but rob Leora of her full power. When Paul departs, Leora tries vainly to hold onto her strength, but without Paul she looses hope and vitality. Paul is captured during a military operation and Leora receives another blow. Before he vanished, Paul sent her a package--an antiquity the Germans and Leila desire. A blackmailer from Leila threatens Paul and Leora’s honor and Paul’s military commission.


The events of Leora and Leila’s release caused the destruction of Paul’s command and men. The official record marked Paul a hero—his blackmailer threatens to release information that will show Paul was a coward and traitor. He further threatens to reveal Leora as a primitive tribeswoman and whore. Leora rejects the threats and finds herself quickly at Paul’s court martial. The trial rules against Paul, and Leora’s name and picture are splashed across every paper in Europe.
 

Now Leora must discover the strength to fight her sister and find her husband. Beaten down at every turn, Leora’s family and friends come to her rescue—they support her and Paul. Leora has only one chance, she seeks out Paul’s British friend, Sir Barot Cheston. Only Sir Barot possesses the money, connections, and friendship that might give her a chance of finding Paul Bolang. With Sir Barot’s impetuous and overly refined graduate student, Tilly Hastings, they begin a breakneck mission to discover the origins of the antiquity Leila desires, the source of information that dishonored Paul and Leora, and ultimately, the rescue of Paul Bolang.
 

Author's reviewer’s quotes:

Things can’t get much worse for Leora in Sister of Light.  An impressive revenge by the Goddess of Darkness, and a heroic response by the Goddess of Light.

Absolutely unexpected plot development.  The story of Paul and Leora flows with visceral force.  The strings are manipulated unseen and without mercy toward their destruction and dishonor.

Fun continuation to Aegypt.  I can’t get enough of the characters.  Tilly, the kids Paul’s parents, sisters, friends move in and out of the story whole and real people—brilliant.

Short descriptive teasers:

The revenge of the Goddess of Darkness destroys Paul and Leora Bolang’s life, profession, and reputations—now Leora must find the strength and help to face that force of evil and recover her missing husband.

The spiritual world comes alive around the person of Leora, the Goddess of Light; from the depths of despair she must determine how to fight ancient evil and redeem her husband and herself.

Sister of Light is a historically based mystery and suspense novel that explores the boundaries of human spirituality and belief—in both science and philosophy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ISBN:

ISBN-13: 

Format: Paperback,  

Publisher: OakTara Publishing Group LLC

Pub. Date: Soon 2014

 

 

 

Length of Novel:

84,115 words

Keywords and Market Focus:

Fiction, Egypt, Ancient Egypt, World War II, Tomb, Suspense, Mummy, Archeology, Mystery, Germany, France, Britain, Berlin, Hitler, Eva Braun, Goddess; will fascinate anyone interested in mystery and suspense—will appeal particularly to those who enjoy archeological historical mystery and suspense novels.

The theme of Sister of Darkness is similar to the gothic horror novel The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker mixed with a World War Two spy novel like Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes; it is a completely new twist on the many Egyptian and archeological historical mysteries currently in print.

Sister of Darkness is a continuation of the adventures of Paul and Leora began in Aegypt and Sister of Light.

Genre:

Fiction Suspense

Synopsis: 

A pall spreads over the world with the beginning of World War II. The darkness is both a physical and spiritual miasma. Colonel Paul Bolang, a special officer in the French Alpine Corps, is assigned, with his men, to support the Allied operations against the Germans in Norway. He leaves his wife, Leora Bolang and their children Lumiére, Robert, Jacques, and Marie in sunny Hyères, France.


Paul and Leora share a secret they have never divulged to their children or to their closest friends. Leora is the incarnation of the Goddess of Light, herself reintroduced into the world from a 4000 year old tomb. Paul, her warrior, has a power beyond that of normal humans. Unfortunately, when Paul released Leora, Leora’s sister, the Goddess of Darkness, Leila was also released into the world. Leila delights in darkness and the deaths of men. 4000 years ago, Leora and Leila were displaced with the entire pantheon of the Egyptian gods when Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt. Now Leila wants revenge—revenge against the people who displaced her and revenge against the world—“that is her purpose.”


Paul is still on assignment when Germany invades France. Leora and her children barely escape the clutches of German troops through the help of Major Lyons leading a British Special Forces Team. They are shipped to Britain with only the clothes on their back. In Britain, Matilda Hastings, Tilly, rescues them, and Leora discovers she was, weeks before, invited to a royal function. How did Lyons know the Germans were coming for them? How did Tilly know to help them? Why the predestined invitation? Who knows about Leora and Paul’s secrets, and who is helping them?


Worse, the Osiris Offering Formula, a small black tablet Leila desires, lay protected and safe at the house in Hyères—now it is missing. If Leila gets her hands on the offering formula, she will be able to influence the world a hundred fold greater with her evil. Leila controls men through their own dark desires. With the offering formula, her power will increase.


As war spreads, Leora must deal with Paul’s loss, her sister’s interference in the world, the violent world around her, and finally, her daughter,
Lumiére’s strange dreams and desires. The novel, Sister of Darkness leads through the dark days of World War II from its beginning to a spiritual confrontation at its conclusion. Leora and Paul face enemies and threats throughout, yet they persevere to the bitter end—an end where they must directly confront Leila and their own daughter.

Author's reviewer’s quotes: 

Poor Lumiére.  Paul and Leora’s daughter becomes a pawn of forces she can barely understand or face.  Her choices, like ours are never what they seem and never what she truly desires.

Sister of Darkness is nonstop action and adventure.  Where else can you meet many of the major players in World War II, at dinner?

Here is a novel you can really sink your teeth into.  If you like history, it’s there.  If you like adventure, it’s there.  If you want suspense, you won’t be disappointed.

Short descriptive teasers: 

World War II plays out through the lives of the unique Leora and Paul Bolang and their children—Paul and Leora must confront and defeat the spiritual evil that undergirds the Reich’s aggression and defeat it.

Leora, the goddess of light and Paul Bolang, her warrior, must confront the greatest evil in the world; in the process they may lose their lives and souls or even worse their daughter.

Adventure and suspense vie with mystery and history in Sister of Darkness to bring forth a novel that illustrates the underbelly of spiritual evil driving Germany in World War II.

 

 

 

 

Aegypt - Ancient World through the Eyes of the Egyptians

Where: West Wichita Shepherd's Center

             745 N. Westlink

             Wichita, KS  67212

             316 721-2208

When:  5 March to 9 April 2009

             Thursdays 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

What:   Session #1 - Aegypt - Novel, Characters, History, Politics - WSC

             Session #2 - Aegypt - Paganism and the Egyptian Pantheon - WSC

             Session #3 - Aegypt - Egyptian Life - WSC

             Session #4 - Aegypt - Hieroglyphics - WSC

             Session #5 - Aegypt - Tombs and Constructions - WSC

             Session #6 - Aegypt - Conclusion - WSC

   

Where: East Wichita Shepherd's Center

             4407 East Douglas

             Wichita, KS  67218

             316 682-0504

When:  9 September to 28 October 2008

             Tuesdays 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.

What:   Session #1 - Aegypt - Novel, Characters, History, Politics

              Session #2 - Aegypt - Tunisia and Egypt in 1926

              Session #3 - Aegypt - Paganism and the Egyptian Pantheon

              Session #4 - Aegypt - Egyptian Life

              Session #5 - Aegypt - Hieroglyphics

              Session #6 - Aegypt - Tombs and Temples

              Session #7 - Aegypt - French Foreign Legion

              Session #8 - Aegypt - Conclusion

 

 

 

  Novels by this Author
   
       The Second Mission (Available now)
       Centurion   (Available now published by OakTara)
       Aegypt            (Available now published by OakTara)
 

  

The Dragon and the Fox

 

                     (Available now published by OakTara)

 

                                                         

The End of Honor                The Fox’s Honor                A Season of Honor 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  L.D. Alford is the author of 41 technical papers published in international journals on flight test, military policy, flight safety, space, and cyberwar.  Technical Writing
   
  L.D. Alford has been a professional aviator for over 30 years.  Aviation Writing

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