Reliquary of the Dead: 1 (War of the Gods) - Softcover

Falk, David A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1069216003 ISBN 13: 9781069216007

Publisher: Lagomorph Rampant Studios, 2025

Synopsis

Pierre Gulet, an eccentric and uniquely intuitive French archaeologist, is living in 25^th century Egypt but is fixated on the past. After centuries, Egypt is still Egypt-the pyramids, the donkey carts, the unfinished high rises, the rancid stench of garbage, the systemic corruption. Pierre was excavating the find of a lifetime, a pre-dynastic temple beneath an Old Kingdom fortress, until he was called into the office of the Director of Antiquities who takes away his life's work, blacklists him, and drives him into exile onto a distant world, a small colony struggling for survival on the edge of outer space.

Pierre must now solve a mystery that has baffled traditional scientists for decades, an agricultural blight that has decimated the food supply of a colony on Gliese 832 c. Driven by a desire to make a discovery no one can take away from him, he must use his unique skills to save the future of a planet that is on the precipice of disaster. But as he seeks to uncover the truth, he is opposed by intransigent colonists, jealous predecessors, and an ancient power lurking deep in the earth. The more he discovers, the more he is vilified, and the more determined he becomes to discover what is at the heart of the blight. Should he fail, everyone in the colony dies. 

RELIQUARY OF THE DEAD is the first book in the WAR OF THE GODS series, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Indiana Jones, and the cosmic mythos of the ancient Near East. 

About this title

About the Author

David A. Falk lives in Vancouver, Canada. He holds three master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool. He has published in lexicography, Bible interpretation, religious ritual, Egyptology, iconography, and archaeometallurgy. He has worked for over twenty years as a computer engineer for companies that include IBM, Oracle and Disney. He also composes music under the penname Velocirabbit.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lagomorph Rampant Studios
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1069216003
• ISBN 13: 9781069216007
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270