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		<title>Child of the Dark Star</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gripping story of one man&#8217;s fight to free his mind from the conditioning of a restrictive and powerful system. A science fantasy novel set on an alien planet where the astrologers have created an oppressive caste system, and mysterious hidden rulers act through a malevolent crystal skull. &#8220;There was a planet once called Earth. [...]]]></description>
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</p><p><strong>A gripping story of one man&#8217;s fight to free his mind from the conditioning of a restrictive and powerful system</strong>.</p>
<p>A science fantasy novel set on an alien planet where the astrologers have created an oppressive caste system, and mysterious hidden rulers act through a malevolent crystal skull.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was a planet once called Earth. Its people, scattered like seeds before the wind, came to rest on Agaron… &#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Had this moment of destruction come then from such a small beginning? Could even an Astrologer have foretold that a girl gathering crops in a field, filled with the love of her unborn child, would lead to the scene now before him…</p>
<p>Or is there ever a beginning?</p>
<p>Hope, like a small leaf unfurling from a dark and wrinkled seed, pushed out from his aching heart… If there is never a beginning will there ever be an end?&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>TESTIMONIALS:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I read Child of the Dark Star from cover to cover. It flows from chapter to chapter and at no time could I have put it aside. I think it&#8217;s a winner.&#8221; D Barrett</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;a good and original theme with deep meaning. I feel all astrologers should read it &#8211; one comes across so much superstition and misunderstanding about free will.&#8221; R Fitzpatrick (an astrologer)</p>
<p>&#8220;I have been reading Child of the Dark Star since its arrival and can&#8217;t put it down. I would definitely say it is one of your best. I was riveted.&#8221; N Pearson</p>
<p>&#8220;Your books are so marvellous, they have been one of the renewing experiences in my life.&#8221; J Ciner Levine</p>
<p>&#8220;They go so unerringly to the pure sources of life that it lifts the spirit to read them.&#8221; K Herbert</p></blockquote>
<p>Availability: Electronic and print editions<br />
Publisher: Mushroom eBooks and Bladud Books<br />
ISBN: 1899142509 (Gemstar)<br />
Publication Date: February 2001<br />
Copyright date: 1984, 2001<br />
Price: $4.99 (ebook)</p>
<p><strong>Publishing History:</strong></p>
<p>July 1984: Bran&#8217;s Head Books, UK, ISBN: 0-905220-45-5 / 978-0-905220-45-1 (UK edition), 162pp. paperback. Out of Print.</p>
<p>February 2001: Mushroom eBooks, Bath, England, ISBN 1899142509, Gemstar eBook</p>
<p>July 2001: Mushroom eBooks, Bath, England. Microsoft Reader format and Adobe pdf format.</p>
<p>2005: Bladud Books, an imprint of Mushroom Publishing, Bath, UK. ISBN: 1-899142-23-1/978-1899142-23-1. Paperback, 196<em>pp.</em></p>
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