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The Apocalypse Script
What happens when humanity’s hidden masters tire of their slaves? They start over.
Financial markets are crashing, crops are failing, Cage’s disease is a pandemic, and sabers are being rattled around the globe. It’s not the world that Ben Mitchell, a free-lance expert on ancient and esoteric writings, envisioned when he left the battlefields of Afghanistan a decade ago.
The world looks a little brighter when he is offered a small fortune by the attractive but mysterious Lilian Stratton to research some puzzling inscriptions found on set of stone tablets discovered in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. But to do that he must join a secret society known as the Delphic Order of the Nisirtu and travel to Steepleguard, the remote fortress-like home of an elderly eccentric named Ridley.
The researcher soon finds that his client has lured him into a conspiracy of epic proportions. Her powerful opponents are now his enemies and even her allies seem to have hidden and sinister agendas. He learns that the world is truly a stage and the scripts that have preserved mankind for millennia are being systematically destroyed by the invisible kingdoms that authored them. Within days the final script will run its course and the planet’s scattered survivors will be thrust into a new Dark Age.
As civilization rapidly disintegrates and clandestine armies converge on Steepleguard, humanity’s future hinges on Ben Mitchell’s ability to navigate the labyrinths of the Nisirtu and unlock the secrets of the Tiwanaku tablets.
Financial markets are crashing, crops are failing, Cage’s disease is a pandemic, and sabers are being rattled around the globe. It’s not the world that Ben Mitchell, a free-lance expert on ancient and esoteric writings, envisioned when he left the battlefields of Afghanistan a decade ago.
The world looks a little brighter when he is offered a small fortune by the attractive but mysterious Lilian Stratton to research some puzzling inscriptions found on set of stone tablets discovered in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. But to do that he must join a secret society known as the Delphic Order of the Nisirtu and travel to Steepleguard, the remote fortress-like home of an elderly eccentric named Ridley.
The researcher soon finds that his client has lured him into a conspiracy of epic proportions. Her powerful opponents are now his enemies and even her allies seem to have hidden and sinister agendas. He learns that the world is truly a stage and the scripts that have preserved mankind for millennia are being systematically destroyed by the invisible kingdoms that authored them. Within days the final script will run its course and the planet’s scattered survivors will be thrust into a new Dark Age.
As civilization rapidly disintegrates and clandestine armies converge on Steepleguard, humanity’s future hinges on Ben Mitchell’s ability to navigate the labyrinths of the Nisirtu and unlock the secrets of the Tiwanaku tablets.
388 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 10, 2014
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About the author
Samuel Fort
8 books4 followersSamuel Fort, author, has a B.S. in Political Science. After spending almost a decade as a military cryptographer and intelligence analyst, he attended law school, worked as a private investigator and researcher, and took a job as an overseas operations manager in the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and the Far East.
He has a passion for history and is particularly interested in American history from 1880 to 1930. Sam's hobbies include book collecting, military simulation gaming, logic puzzles, silent film, reading, and strong coffee. He is fond of true crime books, historical mysteries, and horror fiction. His favorite authors include Raymond Chandler, Jorge Louis Borges, and H.P. Lovecraft.
He has a passion for history and is particularly interested in American history from 1880 to 1930. Sam's hobbies include book collecting, military simulation gaming, logic puzzles, silent film, reading, and strong coffee. He is fond of true crime books, historical mysteries, and horror fiction. His favorite authors include Raymond Chandler, Jorge Louis Borges, and H.P. Lovecraft.
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August 11, 2016
A hidden code, a master race, a mystery, approaching collapse? Truly a must-read, in my opinion. And so I did. I am in two minds about this book; allow me to explain. On the one hand, the premise is excellent and is the reason I read all the way to the end (and want to read the next book!), but, on the other hand, it felt as if the narrative was distanced from the reader – in other words, it was hard to really care about the characters; I never felt personally involved with their fates (and it’s quite the fate!). It’s almost as if this … oh, epiphany! It was a series of SCRIPTS and it created a SCENARIO. The author will know what I mean by that, and you will too once you’ve read it, and now I say to you – read it! Because it does, after all make perfect sense.
A worthy read indeed.
A worthy read indeed.
February 7, 2017
A highly detailed and fascinating tale of fantastic adventure and lore of dystopian proportions. a good read.
November 27, 2018
Samuel Fort brings a delightful, while dark at times, story that could be frightfully true.
The story revolves around a ancient line of people, the Nisirtu, that has guided humanity along their ways, all in order to keep themselves in power. The currency of trade is power, those who have it are wealthy; those without it are peasants.
The Nisirtu value bodily perfection and power. They selectively breed in order to obtain the perfect bodies. Our protagonist won the gene lottery, while not having been selectively breed, and has captured the attention of one of the Nisirtu (while also falling for one).
The story involves intrigue and plotting to get what one wants, striking true to the real world but adding elements of fantasy into it. With-out ruining anything the story captures your attention and keeps you wanting more.
The story revolves around a ancient line of people, the Nisirtu, that has guided humanity along their ways, all in order to keep themselves in power. The currency of trade is power, those who have it are wealthy; those without it are peasants.
The Nisirtu value bodily perfection and power. They selectively breed in order to obtain the perfect bodies. Our protagonist won the gene lottery, while not having been selectively breed, and has captured the attention of one of the Nisirtu (while also falling for one).
The story involves intrigue and plotting to get what one wants, striking true to the real world but adding elements of fantasy into it. With-out ruining anything the story captures your attention and keeps you wanting more.
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