FirstWorld Saga

"If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendour of the Mighty one I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds."Bhagavad GitaWeylyn the Wolf has been defeated and Elannort saved. Simon Redhead has found his sword and begun to learn how to use it to become the Everlasting Hero. Like Queen Ceridwen of the Elves, he is incomplete. They are both missing their kochari. Cambyses is lost in a far dimension. Julie is held prisoner by Dring in Simon's post-apocalyptic dimension. Meanwhile, Gadiel's forces threaten to attack on several fronts. Simon is under Ceridwen's enchantment, but is she driven by her responsibility for her people, her personal desires, or by some darker force? Everyone needs the Hero. Which way will Simon turn, and will he make the ultimate bond with Kin Slayer to become a major incarnation of the Everlasting Hero? Simon will risk everything to save Julie, and it will cost him dearly. Along the way, he will learn much about himself and his enemies. He will make a deal with the Devil to give the elves a future, putting his own future at great risk.

It is now seven years since Simon Redhead was saved from the nuclear destruction of his dimension and taken to FirstWorld. During that time he has struggled to embrace his designated role as Everlasting Hero. Nevertheless, he has defeated Weylyn the Wolf, negotiated a sort of truce with Gadiel, liberated Tamarlan, and rescued the lost elves. In the process, he has killed so many enemies and several friends that he questions his own morality. His actions have cost him much the loss of his son Alexander, time napped by the Great Old Ones, and his kochari Julie lost in a locked-in coma. He would give or do anything to get his family back. Or would he? In the end he must face the ultimate confrontation with Gadiel. The Balance must ensure that he is prepared. In A Vision of the Future, the Hero and his Companion travel the length and breadth of time and space at the whim of the Gods. Simon must serve the Gods of Chaos and the Gods of Law, as well as The Balance. He will be tempted by their potential rewards but will negotiate a tricky path to the End of Time that allows him to finally face Gadiel. On the way, he will be given opportunities to save the dwarves, destroy Gods, and provide the three races with a golden-age of peace and prosperity. However, the ultimate confrontation cannot be delayed indefinitely, and Gadiel and Simon must meet to determine the fate of the next Cosmos, and perhaps the current one. Will Simon and Kin Slayer have the strength to defeat Gadiel? Is it just raw power that is needed? Will Simon have learned the lessons that he needs to come to terms with his morality? Can Gadiel give Simon his heart's desire? And what is the great secret that Jhamed has been keeping, even from himself? This is the climax of the FirstWorld Saga. All roads lead to the End of Time, where Simon Redhead and Gadiel will have the final confrontation. Has Simon learned enough to defeat Gadiel, or will he succumb to the evil one's seduction, like Gilgamesh before him? Gilgamesh desired immortality. Simon just wants his family back. Is that too much to ask? Warning! This novel may offend people who hold a religious faith, especially the three monotheistic religions.

"Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldTo be seen ere this war is won.When the final Wonder's flag's unfurled,The final battle will be done."Three years have passed since the events of Aftermath of Armageddon. FirstWorld is at relative peace. The Balance is as close to balance as it has been for millennia. Everyone in Melasurej, except Simon and Julie, is bored to tears. Then Simon receives a summons from Gadiel to visit Tartarus, Gadiel's ancient prison in First Delve. The visit sets up a chain of events that destroys the fellowship they have enjoyed and sends Simon off on a personal quest to find his father and change the past. Simon and Jhamed's journey takes them to three more wonders of the world, before Simon finds the key that will take him to the past. He abandons everything he holds dear in a misguided attempt to change the past, put everything right, and avoid the terrible killing he has perpetrated as the Everlasting Hero. Locked in a repeating time loop, while Gadiel continues his domination of the rest of the multiverse, Simon receives aid from an unexpected quarter to finally break free and be returned to FirstWorld by the seventh wonder. He finds his son, Alexander, taken by the Great Old Ones, his wife, Julie, comatose in a sort of locked-in syndrome, and his new baby daughter, Leonora, without a mother. He is torn as to what he should do. Unable to save Alexander, and taking a selfless approach, he decides to give Ceridwen the help she needs to rescue her kochari, Cambyses, from the torment he and his few remaining elven comrades have endured for many millennia in a dimension ruled by Law. It will take a surprising alliance of characters, and the seventh wonder, to return Ceridwen's kochari. But what hope does Simon have of rescuing his kochari from the self-imposed prison Julie finds herself in? And will the deal he must do with Gadiel compromise his future and the fate of the entire multiverse?