
The Roots on the Ground
The Standing Ground Trilogy Book 2
Jan Fortune(Author)
Cinnamon Press
Published on 4. October 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
146 pages
978-1-78864-119-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this prequel to The Standing Ground, we travel back two generations to the origins of the oppressive E-Government state that infiltrates every aspect of people's lives in the decade following Brexit and a global pandemic. But, as the darkness overtakes Britain and other areas of Europe, the light of resistance wakes in a community that spans the Celtic outposts of Brittany and North Wales. And in a strange child, Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin.
Weaving together Arthurian legend and exploratory fiction of the near future, The Roots of the Ground explores the human cost of a monoculture that tramples freedom and privacy and asserts with Carl Jung that:
'As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.'
Weaving together Arthurian legend and exploratory fiction of the near future, The Roots of the Ground explores the human cost of a monoculture that tramples freedom and privacy and asserts with Carl Jung that:
'As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Blaenau Ffestiniog
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
164 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78864-119-7 (9781788641197)
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03/2022
Cinnamon Press
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Jan Fortune is a writer, mentor, yoga nidra teacher and herbalist living in a forest in Finistere. She has a doctorate in feminist theology and is the founding editor of Cinnamon Press. Jan has taught writing courses across Europe. Her previous publications include creative non-fiction on the alchemy of writing, poetry collections and novels, most recently At world's end begin and Saoirse's Crossing. Jan writes at the intersection of story, poetry, herbalism and alchemy. You can follow her on Substack (https://substack.com/@janelisabeth) and she blogs and runs the writing community, 'Kith: for a different story' (https://janfortune.com/).