Atlantos - Softcover

Maxwell, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996375902 ISBN 13: 9780996375900

Publisher: Pipes Canyon Press, 2015

Synopsis

Inspired by the writings of Plato 12,000 years in the past... On two primeval sister-planets two magnificent civilizations hurtle towards their cataclysmic destinies. Poseidon and Athens Ra are the two rival brothers who govern them. They possess advanced technos and all-too-human passions. Are they gods or are they men? Level-headed Terresian explorer and scientist Poseidon Ra commands an expedition to Erthe where a routine genetic protocol on the aboriginal population has unexpectedly triggered a staggering leap in human evolution. He quickly realizes that he's traveled 940 million miles across the solar system only to fall in love with a planet...and its exceptionally advanced, exquisite native daughter. Sensualist and bad boy Athens Ra has been tasked with governing the mining colony of Mars - a life-sustaining mission crucial to the survival of the home world. The drilling spawns riches beyond imagining, and enemies that are the stuff of nightmares. One brother discovers a love that will change the course of history, the other...monsters, madness and death.

About this title

From the Author

I'm proud to announce ATLANTOS, Volume I of my new series, The Early Erthe Chronicles. Fifteen years in the making, this is my first-ever science fiction saga, and the first novel that I've published myself. It was great fun exploring all my favorite mysteries of the universe in one fell swoop. I got a chance to write about men and women from a distant, technologically advanced planet who arrive on prehistoric Erthe possessing the power of gods, and the extraordinary aboriginals that teach them - through their passion, fury, love and revenge - what it really means to be human.

If you're thinking, "science fiction is not my thing," or "I read Robin Maxwell for her historical novels," I'm betting you'll be pleasantly surprised by this deeply researched, back-to-the-future genre I call "historical science fiction.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR JANE: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan

Finally, an honest portrayal of the only woman of whom I have been really, really jealous...Now I am jealous all over again.- Dr. Jane Goodall
"...Thrills and adventure leap off the page in the great tradition of ERB himself." - John R. Burroughs, Grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs

"...respectful, exciting and disarming...Jane Goodall and Isak Dinesen would be right at home with Miss Jane Porter."- Kirkus Reviews
 "Lush and satisfying entertainment." - Booklist, Starred Review
"A triumph! A triumph of imagination, adventure, character." - Margaret George, NY Times and International bestselling author of Autobiography of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
 "This stunning sequel to TARZAN is outstanding in its scope and pageantry."- AudioFile Magazine
"...one of the most unique historical fiction novels of the year."- Pittsburgh Examiner
"Excitement, danger, labyrinths, pyramids, treasure, and volcanoes abound...enough action and excitement to satisfy most Tarzan aficionados."- Library Journal

"Robin Maxwell took an immortal tale of fantasy and mastered the nearly impossible: she gave us a female hero spin on a lifelong testosterone-fueled story."- Portland Book Review, 5-stars

About this edition

• Publisher: Pipes Canyon Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0996375902
• ISBN 13: 9780996375900
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 548