Godsend: Book One: Awakenings

by Joz Rhodes

Brief SynopsisGodsend - Book AwakeningsNeil prepares to sacrifice what he feels will be his last offering to The Godhead -before his Father is revealed to him - and kidnaps, strips and mutilates her ready for the deed. But on the eve of the ceremony, Sarah Huston, co-worker at the local shop where Neil's temporarily installed himself finally succeeds in breaking the his stoic barrier and force him to consider he might be able to feel love, independent of deeper hatred.Neil fulfils his purpose in a gruesome rite and The Godhead, conjured into existence by the power of Neil's faith and the multitude of lives extinguished in His name, collects the final offering while Neil sleeps, leaving only the crucified husk of the victim - which Neil disposes of care of a willing, local dog population.Neil feels the call of The Godhead, but dallies, begins to forge a relationship with Sarah that keeps him locked in quiet Southern England, unsure if he can call his duty done. Could he stay and indulge this fresh experience or leave to join The Godhead?Meanwhile The Godhead sits waiting in a Scottish Highland cavern, calling more disciples he has allied to the Joshua Neukum - feared, respected businessman and perverted sadist, William Elias Farrell - timid librarian and bitter, seething paedophile, Jane Kane - quiet, confused kleptomaniac, Martin Howard - mortuary porter and necrophiliac and Madeleine Maher - rabid nymphomaniac. The Godhead accepts their offerings and plucks them from their lives to sleep in His presence and await the approach of the prodigal.Neil finally departs, in the depths of night after recognising he's fallen in love with Sarah, but not before taking her to bed, sealing their bond. He heads north to rendezvous with The Godhead, travelling through an alternative reality called "Birmingham" where he works his way backwards through events and sacrifices until he reaches the very beginning and an ultimate meeting with The Godhead.

602 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2020