{"product_id":"the-thirteenth-a-novel-for-troubled-times-the-inspiring-and-challenging-spiritual-journey-of-a-reborn-arthurian-knight-through-a-dy-9798412606262","title":"The Thirteenth: A Novel For Troubled Times - the inspiring and challenging spiritual journey of a reborn Arthurian knight through a dy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark Glinski-Grant\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Occult \u0026amp; Supernatural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInspired by Spirituality, Arthurian Legend, the Mysteries of Existence and the Known and Unknowable\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGo, little book, from this my solitude.\u003cbr\u003eI cast thee on the waters, go thy ways.\u003cbr\u003eAnd if, as I believe, thy vein be good, \u003cbr\u003eThe world will find thee after \u003ci\u003eMANY \u003c\/i\u003edays\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eByron\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIN A DIVIDED ENGLAND OF THE FUTURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree Kingdoms, \u003c\/b\u003e Wessex, Mercia and the London State, compete with their conflicting ideals to lead the world towards a better tomorrow.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thirteenth, \u003c\/b\u003e a reclusive young man from South London, a reborn Arthurian knight, begins his newest quest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWessex\u003c\/b\u003e promotes radical policies of forgiveness and kindness, together with a new form of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMercia\u003c\/b\u003e wishes to bring into its cause the oldest souls and restore the dying Earth to a time before Atlantis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe London State\u003c\/b\u003e believes that the control of its population through Artificial Intelligence will bring peace, justice and prosperity for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his journey through Wessex and Mercia, The Thirteenth encounters friends he has forgotten yet has known for many lifetimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Thirteenth struggles to accept his destiny yet cannot escape endeavouring to inspire his greatest friend and overcome his greatest enemy - himself!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Chester Castle of the future, the thirteen members of King Arthur's Ancient Round Table, including Emperor Chan, meet for one last time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOME EXCERPTS FROM THE NOVEL: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Rainham\u003c\/b\u003e (Prime Minister of Mercia)\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The more educated men become, the stupider they get, and so it is that clever fools have brought our sacred Earth almost to its death bed.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyesha of the Sacred Sands: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Have you not dreamed of a woman who would love you unconditionally, and now you have what you desired, are you so ready to cast me aside? I cannot bear to wait another lifetime to guide you to your true self.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thirteenth: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn later years I understood that Wessex pursued the unusual educational policy of training its children to enter lovingly into any point of view, however extreme, as if each viewpoint was but one necessary perspective of the whole. My education had taught me to more or less hate those with wrong ideas, so I struggled to accept such a radical philosophy. Yet, I could also see that such an upbringing might lead to more natural sympathy between people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir Agravaine\u003c\/b\u003e (a disembodied Arthurian knight)\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nothing is truly divided, and even this infinite Universe is not all of creation, for infinity is also finite. And nothing can be further from the truth than truth itself. But enough of my vain chatter that accomplishes nothing! Come! Let us go forth to save my brother knights and the Round Table!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thirteenth: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI effortlessly raised his visor. I clasped my strangely glowing sword with both hands, its point downwards, ready to plunge the blade into an eye socket of my hated enemy. He made no gesture of resistance but merely gazed at me with his reproachful blue eyes, which were bluer than blue eyes had a right to be. I hesitated, for I seemed to see in those eyes an accusing record of my guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKing Marel\u003c\/b\u003e (King of the Three Kingdoms)\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'So are not those of us who feel that we know what is best for others, perhaps the true fools of the world? I go so far as to say that if any of our varying visions for humanity were to triumph, then hell on earth would be assured.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spectral Queen\u003c\/b\u003e on Glastonbury Tor\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Forgiveness without recompense is for the foolish.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJupiter (a green-clad of Wessex): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Had good not grown from evil, humanity would have perished long ago.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Motto of Lucinda Venoix\u003c\/b\u003e (President of Europe)\u003cb\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The good of the many outweighs that of the few.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Motto of the London State: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stay Safe. 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