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Revelation: The Future Human Past
As society teeters on the brink of nuclear apocalypse, Markus Moksha, an oversexed alcoholic anthropologist, encounters Dordogne, a telepathic woman from the future who recognizes his import to the fate of humanity. She recruits him to join her team of time-traveling scientists aboard their UFO, as they venture back through the distant past, seeking to enact a change that will bring peace to his time and avert the Great War.
Along the way, Markus discovers that his loathsome christian upbringing, together with an unabashed love of alcohol, drugs, and promiscuous sex, have inexplicably imbued him with the perfect set of tools for furthering the mission. However, mounting hardship and clashes for control of the timeline force every member of the team to look within and reflect on what it means to be human.
As civilization’s last hope of avoiding Armageddon, they must persevere in the face of pervasive challenges and devastating loss, with the wish of returning home to find a new and brighter world, where the political and religious feuds of the troglodyte past have given way to an enlightened, Superhuman future.
Along the way, Markus discovers that his loathsome christian upbringing, together with an unabashed love of alcohol, drugs, and promiscuous sex, have inexplicably imbued him with the perfect set of tools for furthering the mission. However, mounting hardship and clashes for control of the timeline force every member of the team to look within and reflect on what it means to be human.
As civilization’s last hope of avoiding Armageddon, they must persevere in the face of pervasive challenges and devastating loss, with the wish of returning home to find a new and brighter world, where the political and religious feuds of the troglodyte past have given way to an enlightened, Superhuman future.
297 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 28, 2023
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May 9, 2025
Surely there’s a good story?
“Surely there’s a good story in there,” I thought. “Let me just get passed all the fucks and related swear words that don’t say anything other than show the character has little command of the English language.”
I suspended judgement and read on.
“Surely there’s a good story in there,” I thought. “Let me just figure out who’s saying what. Everybody sounds the same.”
I kept reading (and rereading the parts where it was particularly unclear who was saying what) and hoping.
“SURELY there’s a good story in there,” I sighed. “It’s just not worth the effort to find it.”
There are five star reviews so somebody found the good story in there. Maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones, too. I wasn’t. I stopped reading at about the 35% mark. The shame of it is I adore the premise, but there are too many good books out there to read and this isn’t one of them.
“Surely there’s a good story in there,” I thought. “Let me just get passed all the fucks and related swear words that don’t say anything other than show the character has little command of the English language.”
I suspended judgement and read on.
“Surely there’s a good story in there,” I thought. “Let me just figure out who’s saying what. Everybody sounds the same.”
I kept reading (and rereading the parts where it was particularly unclear who was saying what) and hoping.
“SURELY there’s a good story in there,” I sighed. “It’s just not worth the effort to find it.”
There are five star reviews so somebody found the good story in there. Maybe you’ll be one of the lucky ones, too. I wasn’t. I stopped reading at about the 35% mark. The shame of it is I adore the premise, but there are too many good books out there to read and this isn’t one of them.
November 24, 2023
A quick read that might make you expand your aperture
A simple love story overlain on a complicated time travelling secret mission to save future humanity. Along the way, I learned about biological anthropology and time travel closed loops!
A simple love story overlain on a complicated time travelling secret mission to save future humanity. Along the way, I learned about biological anthropology and time travel closed loops!
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews