The Hierophant’s Daughter
(Disgraced Martyr Trilogy #1)
by M. F. Sullivan
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GENRE: Sci-fi, Horror, LGBTQ
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BLURB:
By
4042 CE, the Hierophant and his Church have risen to political dominance with
his cannibalistic army of genetically modified humans: martyrs. In an era when
mankind's intergenerational cold wars against their long-lived predators seem
close to running hot, the Holy Family is poised on the verge of complete
planetary control. It will take a miracle to save humanity from extinction.
It will also take a
miracle to resurrect the wife of 331-year-old General Dominia di Mephitoli, who
defects during martyr year 1997 AL in search of Lazarus, the one man rumored to
bring life to the dead. With the Hierophant's Project Black Sun looming over
her head, she has little choice but to believe this Lazarus is really all her
new friends say he is--assuming he exists at all--and that these companions of
hers are really able to help her. From the foulmouthed Japanese prostitute with
a few secrets of her own to the outright sapient dog who seems to judge every
move, they don't inspire a lot of confidence, but the General has to take the
help she can get.
After all, Dominia is
no ordinary martyr. She is THE HIEROPHANT'S DAUGHTER, and her Father won't let
her switch sides without a fight. Not when she still has so much to learn.
The dystopic first
entry of an epic cyberpunk trilogy, THE HIEROPHANT’S DAUGHTER is a
horror/sci-fi adventure sure to delight and inspire adult readers of all
stripes.
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Excerpt:
I
The Flight of the Governess
The Disgraced Governess of the United Front was blind in her
right eye. Was that blood in the left, or was it damaged, too? The crash
ringing in her ears kept her from thinking straight. Of course her left eye
still worked: it worked well enough to prevent her from careening into the
trees through which she plunged. Yet, for the tinted flecks of reality
sometimes twinkling between crimson streaks, she could only imagine her total
blindness with existential horror. Would the protein heal the damage? How
severely was her left eye wounded? What about the one she knew to be blind—was
it salvageable? Ichigawa could check, if she ever made it to the shore.
She couldn’t afford to think that way. It was a matter of
“when,” not of “if.” She would never succumb. Neither could car accident, nor
baying hounds, nor the Hierophant himself keep her from her goal. She had
fourteen miles to the ship that would whisk her across the Pacific and deliver
her to the relative safety of the Risen Sun. Then the Lazarene ceremony would
be less than a week away. Cassandra’s diamond beat against her heart to pump it
into double time, and with each double beat, she thought of her wife (smiling,
laughing, weeping when she thought herself alone) and ran faster. A lucky thing
the Governess wasn’t human! Though, had she remained human, she’d have died
three centuries ago in some ghetto if she’d lived past twenty without becoming
supper. Might have been the easier fate, or so she lamented each time her mind
replayed the crash of the passenger-laden tanque at fifth gear against the side
of their small car. How much she might have avoided!
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
M.F. Sullivan
is the author of Delilah, My Woman, The Lightning Stenography Device, and a
slew of plays in addition to the Trilogy. She lives in Ashland, Oregon with her
boyfriend and her cat, where she attends the local Shakespeare Festival and
experiments with the occult. Find more information about her work (and plenty
of free essays) at https://www.paintedblindpublishing.com!
Author Links:
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https://www.paintedblindpublishing.com
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/TheRealMFS
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