{"id":56,"date":"2009-01-01T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moyracaldecott.co.uk\/?p=56"},"modified":"2024-01-16T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T13:37:26","slug":"child-of-the-dark-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moyracaldecott.co.uk\/wdp\/child-of-the-dark-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Child of the Dark Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>\n<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>\n<p>&#8220;There was a planet once called Earth. Its people, scattered like seeds before the wind, came to rest on Agaron\u2026 &#8221;<\/p>\n<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\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Or is there ever a beginning?<\/p>\n<p>Hope, like a small leaf unfurling from a dark and wrinkled seed, pushed out from his aching heart\u2026 If there is never a beginning will there ever be an end?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:0px\" src=\"http:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/books?id=uxZ93ZGMhqAC&#038;lpg=PP1&#038;ots=6EfTmqOUgl&#038;dq=%22child%20of%20the%20dark%20star%22&#038;pg=PP1&#038;output=embed\" width=500 height=500><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>TESTIMONIALS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<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>\n<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>\n<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>\n<p>&#8220;Your books are so marvellous, they have been one of the renewing experiences in my life.&#8221; J Ciner Levine<\/p>\n<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>\n<p>Availability: Electronic and print editions<br \/>\nPublisher: Mushroom eBooks and Bladud Books<br \/>\nISBN: 1899142509 (Gemstar)<br \/>\nPublication Date: February 2001<br \/>\nCopyright date: 1984, 2001<br \/>\nPrice: $4.99 (ebook)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publishing History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<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>\n<p>February 2001: Mushroom eBooks, Bath, England, ISBN 1899142509, Gemstar eBook<\/p>\n<p>July 2001: Mushroom eBooks, Bath, England. Microsoft Reader format and Adobe pdf format.<\/p>\n<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>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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