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The Rings of Hesaurun
Fleeing an alien menace of galactic proportions, a starship named The Dreamer crash-lands on Earth in the year 2436 BCE. Responding to the crash, the primitive earthlings discover the ship’s commander Valerie Dunne is a 5,000-year-old woman from the future, forced to escape her nemesis, the Boecki, by hiding in the past. Soon they learn the fate of the future world now rests on this strange woman’s ability to harness five Hesaurun rings — rings with the power to destroy, heal, and manipulate time — and somehow, to find a way to alter her own destiny.An epic Sci-Fi tale of good and evil, rescue and survival, betrayal and love, and a threat to mankind unlike anything the human race has ever faced, The Rings of Book One burns with the scope and imagination of the greatest Fantasy novels of the golden age. Weaving in a huge cast of humans and aliens, Peter Harrett has crafted a galaxy for readers of the 21st century to believe in…immense, ancient, and mind-bending.
500 pages, Paperback
Published April 17, 2021
About the author
Peter Harrett
4 books645 followersEvents and experiences that fascinate and impress become part of us, make us who we are, and for many become the engine of creativity. Like many youngsters of my generation, I was drawn to fantasy and science fiction at an early age. I have always had a vivid imagination. Space Angel, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Star Trek all seemed so real to me. Those television shows and movies fired my imagination. I identified with them. They were real to me.
I remember my first experience with fantasy came when The Wizard of Oz was shown on television and in color, which was a big deal at the time. I was about six years old then, around 1960. My grandparents had a color television set, we didn’t, so arrangements were made to watch with them. It was wonderful, but I thought the witch’s marching soldiers were scary. My brother Paul, 2 yrs older, was horrified by the flying monkeys. In the day, The Wizard of Oz frightened a lot of little kids.
Our folks often went to the drive-in movies and took us with them. There was a children’s playground under the big screen; we would play there in our pajamas before the movie started. Paul and I got to watch cartoons that came on before the feature, but when the movie began, we were expected to go to sleep on the back seat. We watched anyway, covertly peeking over the seats.
I remember seeing Ben-Hur, which was a spectacle, with its great chariot race. On another occasion, a double feature of Vincent Price’s Fall Of The House Of Usher followed by The Pit and The Pendulum scared the tar out of us! Fall of The House of Usher ends with the house sinking into the swamp with people still inside! I can still hear their haunting cries. That one gave us nightmares! I never saw it again, but The Fall of The House of Usher left its mark on me.
Space Angel, with Commander Scott McCloud aboard the spaceship Starduster, was an animated science fiction television series produced from 1962 through 1964 using the Synchro-Vox lip technique. In English, that means it was still-action; the only thing moving on the characters were their lips. After school, we would run home so we didn’t miss Space Angel—that and the Three Stooges. We loved Space Angel! By today’s standards, the animation seems hokey, but at the time Space Angel had us glued to the TV screen.
One day, I was in the school library with one of my schoolmates, Rick, who recommended reading Robert Heinlein’s book Have Space Suit Will Travel. Then he asked me if I planned to watch the new science fiction show on TV. He said it was called Star Trek. I hadn’t heard about it, and the word trek was new to me. Rick explained trek means to journey. Star Trek was a TV show about traveling among the stars. That’s all I needed to hear, so I made sure not to miss it. From then on, nothing was ever the same for me.
Looking back on that day, that conversation in the library with Rick was a defining moment. I began reading science fiction books, comics and watching Star Trek on television. Now take all that science fiction and throw in the Three Stooges, and you have your author of The Rings of Hesaurun, Peter Harrett.
I remember my first experience with fantasy came when The Wizard of Oz was shown on television and in color, which was a big deal at the time. I was about six years old then, around 1960. My grandparents had a color television set, we didn’t, so arrangements were made to watch with them. It was wonderful, but I thought the witch’s marching soldiers were scary. My brother Paul, 2 yrs older, was horrified by the flying monkeys. In the day, The Wizard of Oz frightened a lot of little kids.
Our folks often went to the drive-in movies and took us with them. There was a children’s playground under the big screen; we would play there in our pajamas before the movie started. Paul and I got to watch cartoons that came on before the feature, but when the movie began, we were expected to go to sleep on the back seat. We watched anyway, covertly peeking over the seats.
I remember seeing Ben-Hur, which was a spectacle, with its great chariot race. On another occasion, a double feature of Vincent Price’s Fall Of The House Of Usher followed by The Pit and The Pendulum scared the tar out of us! Fall of The House of Usher ends with the house sinking into the swamp with people still inside! I can still hear their haunting cries. That one gave us nightmares! I never saw it again, but The Fall of The House of Usher left its mark on me.
Space Angel, with Commander Scott McCloud aboard the spaceship Starduster, was an animated science fiction television series produced from 1962 through 1964 using the Synchro-Vox lip technique. In English, that means it was still-action; the only thing moving on the characters were their lips. After school, we would run home so we didn’t miss Space Angel—that and the Three Stooges. We loved Space Angel! By today’s standards, the animation seems hokey, but at the time Space Angel had us glued to the TV screen.
One day, I was in the school library with one of my schoolmates, Rick, who recommended reading Robert Heinlein’s book Have Space Suit Will Travel. Then he asked me if I planned to watch the new science fiction show on TV. He said it was called Star Trek. I hadn’t heard about it, and the word trek was new to me. Rick explained trek means to journey. Star Trek was a TV show about traveling among the stars. That’s all I needed to hear, so I made sure not to miss it. From then on, nothing was ever the same for me.
Looking back on that day, that conversation in the library with Rick was a defining moment. I began reading science fiction books, comics and watching Star Trek on television. Now take all that science fiction and throw in the Three Stooges, and you have your author of The Rings of Hesaurun, Peter Harrett.
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May 18, 2021
A Cinematic Long Read...
If you are an enthusiast of sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy, no wonder “The Rings of Hesaurun” by Peter Harrett will be a remarkable story. The story revolves around a starship commander, Vallerie Dunne.
The story begins with sudden arrival of a " glass fish" to the valley of river Noor, in January 2431 BCE . and Peter with his masterful storytelling got me hooked there, from the first two pages. The way he builds the tension in a subtle manner is amazing, and once you pass the first few pages of the book it is almost impossible to put it down.
The character development is exceptional, elaborating even the tiniest detail in a vivid manner which gives nothing short of a cinematic experience. Even though the book is a sci-fi fantasy, the language is simple and maintains a smooth flow.
While I am not a fan of Sci-fi, this book appealing me in big time. Anyone who would be Sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy-adventure enthusiasts will be interesting. I would highly recommend this book to Sci-fi lovers and looking forward for the book two!
If you are an enthusiast of sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy, no wonder “The Rings of Hesaurun” by Peter Harrett will be a remarkable story. The story revolves around a starship commander, Vallerie Dunne.
The story begins with sudden arrival of a " glass fish" to the valley of river Noor, in January 2431 BCE . and Peter with his masterful storytelling got me hooked there, from the first two pages. The way he builds the tension in a subtle manner is amazing, and once you pass the first few pages of the book it is almost impossible to put it down.
The character development is exceptional, elaborating even the tiniest detail in a vivid manner which gives nothing short of a cinematic experience. Even though the book is a sci-fi fantasy, the language is simple and maintains a smooth flow.
While I am not a fan of Sci-fi, this book appealing me in big time. Anyone who would be Sci-fi, thriller, and fantasy-adventure enthusiasts will be interesting. I would highly recommend this book to Sci-fi lovers and looking forward for the book two!
May 11, 2021
I would definitely recommend “The Rings of Hesaurun” by Peter Harrett, just be prepared for a major cliffhanger. Each chapter told you which character you were going to read about and at what time it was taking place so it makes it easy to follow, because the story has to jump between several key players. The one issue I have with this book is that it ends too soon, and I am looking forward to reading the next installment “The Ring Bearer”. The story is definitely one that will make you cheer with the protagonist and boo the antagonists. As a science fiction enthusiast, this is a story that hit on so many levels. Time travel, magic rings, space aliens, and good vs evil; what more can you want. So far, the time travel has not caused too many issues, except trying to sort out the logistics, which Valerie struggles with. In this first book, we are introduced to three different times and the major players in each time. We also see how each character is affected by the other characters in previous times and how their actions will affect the characters to come. With all the changes, you are never confused about what is actually happening. Harrett makes sure that you the reader are aware of where and when you are so we don’t have to struggle following the narrative. Sci-fi lovers, pick this book up and get ready to read!
August 5, 2023
Nice read
A little more detail than I expected but I liked it. It enhanced the story.
I'm normally not into this genre of fiction but the more I read it the more enjoyable I find it.
A little more detail than I expected but I liked it. It enhanced the story.
I'm normally not into this genre of fiction but the more I read it the more enjoyable I find it.
June 19, 2024
I kept expecting someone to mention dungarees.
First, this is an odd Kindle book format. You cannot change font, background or anything else. Light background, dark text, which is terrible for reading at night. At the start I was having a little trouble understanding the alien world, but then the scene moves to Earth and the writing exposes itself as being pretty amateurish.
One scene I did not understand at all, when Valerie’s Uncle is being questioned by a cop and the patrolman asks her Uncle why he is there. He replies that she is his niece and she had called them for help. The officer ask, “again, why are YOU here?” This is repeated three more times. I didn’t understand why the cop kept saying he wasn’t answering and then kept asking again. The emphasis is always on “you.” I reread it several times and ended up shrugging and moving on. That was one early clue.
Another scene involves an explosion and nearby a man is rushed to the hospital and he has been on fire but the writer casually lets us know that because they were unconscious, the apparently deaf police didn’t ever put the explosion and the nearby smoldering man together as possibly having been linked.
The dialog between Valerie and Jack and Finn is where I started to feel I was reading Hardy Boys books from the fifties.
“We’re done, Finn,” said Jack pushing himself up. “Stay away from Valerie and me—or I will explain it to you with this,” Jack growled, holding his fist under Finn’s nose. Then Jack left the room, and a moment later, the table was empty.
This comes after Finn made fun of 18 year-old Valerie’s yearbook pic. I gave up then.
Maybe you will fare better. I’m just getting very tired of finding 4+ star rated books on KU and wasting time to find out that they are even close to quality, edited, publishing house quality writing. I get that these authors aren’t huge or they wouldn’t be using the KU model. But I would appreciate accurate reviews. I would have appreciated knowing ahead of time.
First, this is an odd Kindle book format. You cannot change font, background or anything else. Light background, dark text, which is terrible for reading at night. At the start I was having a little trouble understanding the alien world, but then the scene moves to Earth and the writing exposes itself as being pretty amateurish.
One scene I did not understand at all, when Valerie’s Uncle is being questioned by a cop and the patrolman asks her Uncle why he is there. He replies that she is his niece and she had called them for help. The officer ask, “again, why are YOU here?” This is repeated three more times. I didn’t understand why the cop kept saying he wasn’t answering and then kept asking again. The emphasis is always on “you.” I reread it several times and ended up shrugging and moving on. That was one early clue.
Another scene involves an explosion and nearby a man is rushed to the hospital and he has been on fire but the writer casually lets us know that because they were unconscious, the apparently deaf police didn’t ever put the explosion and the nearby smoldering man together as possibly having been linked.
The dialog between Valerie and Jack and Finn is where I started to feel I was reading Hardy Boys books from the fifties.
“We’re done, Finn,” said Jack pushing himself up. “Stay away from Valerie and me—or I will explain it to you with this,” Jack growled, holding his fist under Finn’s nose. Then Jack left the room, and a moment later, the table was empty.
This comes after Finn made fun of 18 year-old Valerie’s yearbook pic. I gave up then.
Maybe you will fare better. I’m just getting very tired of finding 4+ star rated books on KU and wasting time to find out that they are even close to quality, edited, publishing house quality writing. I get that these authors aren’t huge or they wouldn’t be using the KU model. But I would appreciate accurate reviews. I would have appreciated knowing ahead of time.
May 25, 2021
Truly an action-packed, coming-of-age fiction series about a girl who must navigate her way through a purpose she never knew existed. Book One in The Hesaurun Ring Series kickstarts the epic Sci-Fi thriller that’ll have readers clutching their seats in suspense and excitement.
December 26, 2021
"The Rings of Hesaurun" written by Peter Harrett is by far the best science fiction novel that I have ever read. The novel has everything and more you would want in a good book. I highly recommend this title and I cannot wait to read the second novel to the series.
January 15, 2023
Walk, run, limp, bike, crawl, click some buttons on your phone and order it from Amazon. Do whatever you have to do to read this book. What a wonderful sci-fi, time travel epic. I loved the characters and the story. I can’t wait for the next book and the rest of this series.
August 5, 2022
SciFi makes me happy! This book is a clever SciFi thriller that will keep you reading until the end. A very promising young author with a captivating imagination.
May 16, 2023
Overall very enjoyable, probably would have been a 4 star for me if it wasn’t for the ending. I’m not a huge fan of books that don’t really wrap up atleast part of the story and leave on huge cliffhangers.
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