Cosmic Reviews Zecharia

The King Who Refused to Die

Pre-Release Review: Part One

Alas, Zecharia Sitchin, who almost singlehandedly breathed new life into humanity's earliest recorded tales and made them relevant to our modern age, left this world in 2010.

Though his theories remain controversial and his interpretations are routinely challenged, no one can deny that Zecharia Sitchin inspired in us a powerful urge to discover what insights ancient texts can offer regarding our origins, purpose for being and ultimate destiny.

His last gift to us is a novel that explores the Epic of Gilgamesh from the perspective of the author's life-work.

The story begins in the present.

Astra Kouri, a young lady who is secretly obsessed by ancient Near Eastern artefacts, is mysteriously invited to a posh dinner event at the British Museum to celebrate the opening of their new Gilgamesh exhibit.

There she meets a flirtatious yet well informed young man named Henry and an enigmatic older man named Adam Helios, who insists she call him Eli. Through their initial interactions the reader is cleverly introduced to all the background material needed to follow the flow of the book.

Eli knows a great deal about Astra's inner and outer life. We learn that in fact it was he who invited her to this event. Intrigued, she accompanies him to his apartment where, over drinks, he shares even more startling revelations. This encounter leads to ritual sex.

Eli needs something from Astra, something buried deep within the memories of her soul's earliest experiences on our world.

Together they travel, via sex magick, to a long-ago time when extraterrestrial gods walked among us and intertwined their DNA, and their destiny, with our own.

Review by Hercules Invictus