author - "Christopher Jackson-Ash"
FirstWorld is at the centre of the multiverse. It is the original universe before The Sundering caused a rupture of Time that generated a myriad of other dimensions. FirstWorld is under threat and needs a Hero to wield a magic sword. Simon Redhead is a shy, mild-mannered medical student in the near future of a dimension much like this one. By chance, he has the genes that could make him a major manifestation of the Everlasting Hero. He is taken to FirstWorld and pressed into service. How can someone who has sworn to do no harm take up a terrible weapon and massacre people? Simon must come to understand good & evil, and the eternal battle between Law and Chaos and where The Balance fits in. His time travel adventure will contribute to the cause of The Sundering. Will he choose to stay in the past, where he has found happiness with a primitive Paleolithic tribe or will he return to the present to help his friends as their enemies are at the gates of the Wizards' Keep. This is epic fantasy inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien & Michael Moorcock - elves & dwarves meet sword & sorcery with a few time travel paradoxes thrown in for good measure.
The story opens in Melbourne in the mid 21st Century, as the world is on the brink of a calamitous nuclear conflict. Our hero, Simon Redhead, is a young university student who is unaware that his genetic make-up has conspired to make him a manifestation of the 'Everlasting Hero'. Simon is saved from the forces of evil that are also looking for him and taken to FirstWorld, where he learns about its history and the eternal battle between Law and Chaos into which he is to be thrust. FirstWorld is at the centre of the multiverse – perhaps an infinite number of dimensions that reflect the various probabilities of existence. Originally, there was a single universe and time was linear. We discover that Simon and another manifestation of the Everlasting Hero were responsible for the Sundering, which caused the formation of the multiverse. We are confronted with the possibility that Fate controls everything we do in life and that we have no control over our own actions.
Simon finds a group of friends and colleagues to help him in his great quest. There’s a wizard (one of the last of the wise, created by the Great Old Ones to maintain the Balance), an elf, a dwarf, a human warrior, a being of currently uncertain parentage who is the Hero’s companion, and a strange fellow who is perhaps a bard and could be either a friend or a foe. There are possible friends and potential enemies around every turn. There’s a wizard turned evil, who is the main protagonist in Volume One, and there’s the big evil bad guy who won’t be vanquished (or will he?) until Volume Four.
We follow two groups of this fellowship as they travel within FirstWorld and through the dimensions and have to overcome many challenges, as well as Simon’s individual journeys through time. Simon’s first quest is to find his Sword, a very powerful talisman, and learn how to control and use it. Others seek it too. When he finds it, there’s an internal moral struggle as to whether he should use its great power. After great soul searching and hiding away, Simon realises that he must accept and face his destiny as the Everlasting Hero and he must use the Sword to save his friends and defeat the evil wizard, just when all seems lost.
Quest for Knowledge is available in a single E-Book or in four smaller parts.
The Search for a Legend is Part 1 of Quest for Knowledge and takes Simon from his dimension to FirstWorld where he learns about the history and geography and discovers that everyone expects him to be their saviour.
FirstWorld is at the centre of the multiverse. It is the original universe before The Sundering caused a rupture of Time that generated a myriad of other dimensions. FirstWorld is under threat and needs a Hero to wield a magic sword. Simon Redhead is a shy, mild-mannered medical student in the near future of a dimension much like this one. By chance, he has the genes that could make him a major manifestation of the Everlasting Hero. He is taken to FirstWorld and pressed into service. How can someone who has sworn to do no harm take up a terrible weapon and massacre people? Simon must come to understand good & evil, and the eternal battle between Law and Chaos and where The Balance fits in. His time travel adventure will contribute to the cause of The Sundering. Will he choose to stay in the past, where he has found happiness with a primitive Paleolithic tribe or will he return to the present to help his friends as their enemies are at the gates of the Wizards' Keep. This is epic fantasy inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien & Michael Moorcock - elves & dwarves meet sword & sorcery with a few time travel paradoxes thrown in for good measure.
The story opens in Melbourne in the mid 21st Century, as the world is on the brink of a calamitous nuclear conflict. Our hero, Simon Redhead, is a young university student who is unaware that his genetic make-up has conspired to make him a manifestation of the 'Everlasting Hero'. Simon is saved from the forces of evil that are also looking for him and taken to FirstWorld, where he learns about its history and the eternal battle between Law and Chaos into which he is to be thrust. FirstWorld is at the centre of the multiverse – perhaps an infinite number of dimensions that reflect the various probabilities of existence. Originally, there was a single universe and time was linear. We discover that Simon and another manifestation of the Everlasting Hero were responsible for the Sundering, which caused the formation of the multiverse. We are confronted with the possibility that Fate controls everything we do in life and that we have no control over our own actions.
Simon finds a group of friends and colleagues to help him in his great quest. There’s a wizard (one of the last of the wise, created by the Great Old Ones to maintain the Balance), an elf, a dwarf, a human warrior, a being of currently uncertain parentage who is the Hero’s companion, and a strange fellow who is perhaps a bard and could be either a friend or a foe. There are possible friends and potential enemies around every turn. There’s a wizard turned evil, who is the main protagonist in Volume One, and there’s the big evil bad guy who won’t be vanquished (or will he?) until Volume Four.
We follow two groups of this fellowship as they travel within FirstWorld and through the dimensions and have to overcome many challenges, as well as Simon’s individual journeys through time. Simon’s first quest is to find his Sword, a very powerful talisman, and learn how to control and use it. Others seek it too. When he finds it, there’s an internal moral struggle as to whether he should use its great power. After great soul searching and hiding away, Simon realises that he must accept and face his destiny as the Everlasting Hero and he must use the Sword to save his friends and defeat the evil wizard, just when all seems lost.
Quest for Knowledge is available in a single E-Book or in four smaller parts.
The Search for a Legend is Part 1 of Quest for Knowledge and takes Simon from his dimension to FirstWorld where he learns about the history and geography and discovers that everyone expects him to be their saviour.