The Solae: a conjectural history

by Lewis MacLeod

It is nearly a thousand years beyond the present day. The globe and the human race are slowly recovering from the horrors of a devastating war and plague that occurred in the year 2147. Humanity lives simply, without the technologies of today, for the net of industry, medicine, and science was shattered beyond recovery by the tribulations of that war. Small villages of farmers and herdsmen cluster against the flank of the mountains once known as the Rockies. On the High Plains, a few fiercely protective bands of nomads make their seasonal migrations, practicing their arts and trades with whatever peaceable folk they encounter. Deep in a mountain fastness dwells a secretive sect, whose avowed purpose is to collect and safeguard scraps of scientific knowledge that survived the Laser War...safeguard this knowledge until the Deserving One their faith prophesies will come forward to receive this store of wisdom. And always, bringing terror and death as their ally, the bands of pitiless, thieving murderers wander this cold and terrible world, marauders known by all men as ULTS....But a change is about to come upon this savage world.

424 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

About the Author:
Lewis MacLeod has lived a multifaceted life as an outdoorsman, natural resource specialist, military intelligence analyst, computer software engineer, educator and author. His interests in societal diversity and folkways are insatiable, and have led him to attempt mastery of a diversity of global languages, including such challenging tongues as Irish Gaelic, Arabic, and Hawaiian. His current residence is in the beautiful State of Oregon.