The Relics

by John Dawson Jackson

“Many men have spoken, but no one was listening. How do you know those fiction books on the shelf are untrue? You were told, but have you ever asked Mary Shelley herself or Bram Stoker where they got the ideas? No, because they’re long gone. The writers of history are the rulers and politicians. Do you think they want the common man to know that evil, real pure devilish evil, is right behind the door? The rules of man would crumble. Society would break down. Fear is the greatest evil and yet the most reliable. It’s the work of the wicked. The Salem Witch Trials, the Holocaust, the Inquisition, they all came about because of fear.”
--Samuel

This is the story of several heroes from different parts of the world and different times in history as their lives intersect after their exposure to the relics, a collection of weapons and objects that have been around since the dawn of time, always there to shape the course of man, objects that can be used for good or evil depending on the owner. Milo Culper, Jr. faces his father’s killer in New York City after inheriting his vicious axe. Killian Lynch must battle his way from Ireland to America in hopes of freeing himself once and for all from the clutches of the mysterious Pendulum, a group that just might be plotting the end of the world, all while caring for the legendary Looking Glass. The enigmatic hunter must fight his way through the Appalachian Mountains through an army of what he calls story-folk—creatures that just shouldn’t exist in the world—using Doc Holliday’s pistols. And Abigail Williams, the girl who brought down Salem, must learn to cope with everlasting life and a seemingly never-ending war of wits with Jack the Ripper, hoping to claim his Philosopher’s Stone before he can kill again.

487 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 27, 2012

About the author

Born in a ditch beside a busy highway, John Dawson Jackson never knew his parents. Taken in by wealthy philanthropists Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Elmo Jackson, he was trained from the age of two in classical piano. A horrible accident left his arm damaged, ending his dream before it began. He was forced to undertake control of his adopted father's oil business, a company that allowed him to travel the globe and explore the far reaches of civilization. As he studied the ancient carvings of the Mesopotamians, he realized just how much of our history has been covered up by powerful people. These findings have been collected into his new novel The Relics.

Or maybe that isn't true. Maybe this is...

John Dawson Jackson is an independent author based out of the Knoxville, TN area who has a broad spectrum of interests. Predominantly, his novels integrate the genres of fantasy, history, and horror with intriguing mind bending qualities. All of his works are based in the supernatural and exist within the same universe- a sometimes frightening, but always exhilarating place where Jackson enjoys playing with the interconnectivity of what is real, myth, and rumor.

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

John Dawson Jackson is brilliant! The Relics weave you through time, letting you experience all those myths and legends in your nightmares, but are they fables? Are they simply the tales that have endured repeating over centuries and by different narrators? Mr. Jackson must have investigated thoroughly these tales, or perhaps he was there for all the events! This book is an in depth paranormal bible of the things that go bump in the night. This is mot a light fluffy story, prepare to travel through time with demons, witches, assassins and a hero or two. I can not wait for Relics 2 to be released. I wonder what the next leg in the journey will be!