Deep Structure: The Stonehenge Quantum

Where are the symbols coming from? What do they mean? Why have they appeared in an Egyptian tomb, a Peruvian palace, and a shape created by a fakir's snakes? Could they be related to the astounding disaster at Stonehenge? Dr. Gatsby Donovan's work at the British Museum has made her an expert in decoding ancient writings, but this archeolinguistic puzzle is the greatest challenge of her life. Will her empiricism unearth the answers, or are they secreted within the very manuscript that she dare not decipher? With the help of Cambridge archeologist Martin Traussbery, Gatsby resolves to break the code--unsure whether she is deciphering a shared hallucination or perception itself--and finds herself dangling from the ledge of everything she once believed about reality.

"Da Vinci Code, move over for this sparkling, fast-paced tale of magic, mystery, and intrigue. Dedicated epigrapher Gatsby Donovan trots half the globe to uncover the secret of a set of glyphs...Gatsby moves from curiosity to terror as the power behind the unknown symbols begins to manifest in her own body. [The author's] great sense of storytelling spiced with humor effortlessly carries the reader back to a time when Druids, Mayan priests, and Egyptian gods shared the world between them and the spoken word held the power to move even the earth itself. Deep Structure takes flight with the entrance of strange monsters, whimsical beings, and bizarre phenomena. Glowing symbols appear and disappear at will by a curious loophole in the known structure of the universe. Who is pulling the strings?...extensive research and intuitive imagination bring to life the magic of languages, both those ancient and those yet to be decoded, twining them together with real physics and archaeology in a highly entertaining story that echoes Shyamalan's Signs and Gaiman's Stardust."--Candy Davis, Editing International LLC

"A valid complaint about most science fiction is that the science is so shoddy there's no suspension of disbelief to aid the fiction. Here, the science is more than solid, and the reader is easily immersed in the adventure."--Charles King, Cox-King Media

"Deep Structure is an introvert's adventure in which the thrills and chills are driven by scientific and philosophical intrigue instead of murder and mayhem. We need more thrillers like this. Epigrapher Gatsby Donavan is a woman of science who, on the cusp of her summer sabbatical, is challenged with deciphering a series of magical symbols appearing in Egyptian and Peruvian ruins. Her quest for the truth leads her from exploration of exotic locales, to confrontation of repressed childhood memories, and ultimately to the brink of madness. And what she discovers is an alternate vision of reality that forces her to abandon an empiricist's view of the universe for a new understanding that borrows equally from quantum physics and mysticism. Like any truly original work, it defies convenient labels or comparisons. But if Richard Bach's Illusions had been written in consultation with Steven Hawking and C.S. Lewis, the result may have been something like Deep Structure."--Kevin Joseph, Amazon Reviewer