Zon Recollections of an Alien - kindle ebook by Stus Rollins
Zon: the brilliant début novel by Stus Rollins is an
unsettling and challenging read. It is the subversive and iconoclastic tale of
an inter-galactic garbage collector who, while out on his rounds discovers the
nascent Earth and unwittingly gets involved in its history and development, with
profound and hilarious consequences. It travels from our early days of
civilization, through recent times, far into the future, where a battle is
raging for the soul of mankind between the malevolent forces of Kaplinsky, and
his nemesis Nikamedes. Zon it seems, is the unwitting catalyst for everything,
and maybe, in the end, its savior.
Featuring a rich tapestry of colourful
characters and mind bending situations, the reader is kept on their toes
continually. Part adventure story, part treatise, it seeks to debunk the myth of
Christianity and hold up a light for the truth, by exploring how we became what
we became, and how we might, in the future, find our own spectacular way out of
our conundrum, and find answers to what ails us.
At once comic and
thought provoking, futuristic yet recognizably contemporary, it has shades of
both Arthur C Clarke and G I Gurdjieff. It's going to be quite a trip, so strap
yourselves in and hold on tight.
