Sumerian Vortex: Music From A Lost Civilization

by Dominic Geraghty

Turn down the music on any blockbuster movie and you’ll realize that without the extraordinary power of music to stimulate emotion, it doesn’t stay engaging for long. What if musical harmonies could be encoded and weaponized to incite communities to behave in desired ways?

Our understanding of how to use musical harmonies to manage emotions is primitive. But it wasn't always the case. Researching the culture of ancient Sumer, musicologist and historian Eileen stumbles upon an esoteric ritual enabled by a mysterious musical system. The dormant system has been preserved by a secret cult over millennia for its capability to manipulate societies.

With the help of Tiernan Óg, chairman of the Mayo County Council, an egotistical God, and some witty local faeries, Eileen resuscitates the musical system to influence the course of people’s lives in rural Ireland.

When the power of their ancient artifact is recognized, Eileen and Tiernan Óg find themselves targeted from all sides, and are forced to take drastic actions that have some unintended consequences...

597 pages, Paperback

Published June 22, 2020

About the author

Dominic Geraghty holds a B.E. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA. After working in the Irish government to deploy advanced energy technologies, he emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1970s. With an extensive career as a venture capitalist and CEO, president, and executive chairman of various high tech companies in North America, Dominic is well versed in business and technology. His experience and passions for music, ancient civilizations, small nation development, and travel appear with Irish humor in the lines of his first novel Sumerian Vortex at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08B6F8X6C/