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The Time Tunnel and the Grail (E-Book and Print)

This speculative Fantasy cleverly blends a tale of love and of the quest for the Grail which stretches over time and centuries and  geographic locations as varied as the journey itself and all that it represents.

About the Book:

John Finniss is just an Anglo-Irish schoolteacher in Darwin, who has reached breaking point in his career due to mid-life crisis... or is he? Why has he started recalling childhood dreams of life as a druidic bard of Irish origin, at the court of King Arthur in 6th century Britain? Is it simply memories of a past incarnation, or is he really two people, able to exist in both past and present simultaneously? And why does the Time Tunnel begin to materialise, as if to draw him back? He decides to find the answer over the course of a weekend, by accepting the challenge of the Time Tunnel, letting it take him...

        ... back to his boyhood in Celtic Ireland, then to Britain in the Dark Ages, and knowing that only thus can his crisis be resolved John Finniss lets his dreams become reality. He becomes a friend and confidant of King Arthur, participating in all the great events of his reign, and in doing so meeting the love of his life, Elen, a princess of North Wales. But nothing runs smoothly, and the wars of that time - in which he has a part divide them. So - as a druidic initiate under the guidance of Merlin he takes refuge in the Grail Quest, and an otherworld ritual that brings it close to realization.

        Yet all the while events in his worlds (past and present) are being manipulated by the Annunaki gods, seemingly for their own ends, until it seems impossible that Finn and Elen will ever re-discover one another. Nonetheless, as Finn lies wounded after the last battle -- when Arthur has been taken away to Avalon, Elen finds him at the end of a day's fighting, as the Time Tunnel materializes for the last time over the battlefield... but can they reach it, and return to the modern world before he dies of his wounds? And even if they do manage to enter, can they survive its terrors in the state of no-time as they journey through?

Over The Wave Break (E-Book)

Adrian Rogers has been writing Poetry for a long time and this collection of ninety-one Poems is a beautifully presented artist's pallet of landscapes, memories, journeys, and illusions.

This is neither a cycle on one theme or an obsession with relationships. These are present of course – in the form of ideas presented as short messages to an unnamed friend, but they intersperse nature poems, fleeting visions, reflections on illusion and reality, on Christmas, capitalism, reconciliation, Australia Day, and some autobiographical recollections. Through it all the memory of my Mother runs like a single thread in a varied tapestry. Adrian Rogers

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What have 'The Three Fates', spinning destinies in a lifeless world between worlds got to do with a reckless eighteen year old driving his first car, or his studious girlfriend? Very little, one might think, yet because of them, Sean and Melissa find themselves caught up in an alternative reality less than twenty kilometres from their homes. In The Gates of Sunset, the struggle between good and evil is portrayed in straightforward language as a story of love, war, self-discovery, the opposition of virtue and vice, and an overarching mystery.

It is the story of two young South Australians stepping out of their own small realities, being matured in the process, coming to know themselves better, and finding new purpose in their lives. Guided by the mysterious 'Archer', whose name they never learn, and a host of lesser characters they learn to accept the unimaginable and triumph, but at a cost…..

 

The novel's style reminded me of Michael Moorcock’s, and coming from me that is a definite compliment! In fact all the elements were perfect, just what I wanted to see, it was almost as if Adrian had read my mind and written the novel I would have loved to but never had the time to! I really enjoyed reading it and am happy to give it a definite thumbs-up. I, for one, would certainly go out and buy a copy! A story that deserves to become a classic of fantasy. A good read. David John Tyrer Editor, Monomyth, AWEN.
 

About Adrian Rogers:

Adrian Rogers was born in the United Kingdom and trained as a Music Teacher in Ireland. He has taught Music in Ireland, Scotland, England, Australia and Papua New Guinea. After emigrating to Australia in 1985 he became an Australian citizen in 1989 and now resides in South Australia.

Adrian began writing in 1989 and has since had his Stories and Poetry published in a variety of magazines including Tamba, Centoria, Sidewalk, Core, Red Lamp, Winedark Sea, Shortz and in several anthologies. He has had five short stories read on Radio 5UV in Adelaide. He was guest poet at the CJ Dennis Festival at Auburn, SA in 1999; and at the Adelaide Hills Festival of a Thousand Voices, in January 2000.

Adrian had three fantasy novels published by Zeus Publications of Queensland, and an Anthology of Poetry published by Mockfrog Press and he currently has an historical fantasy novel, Fire in the Wasteland, under contract with Books Unbound of New York.

Comments on The Time Tunnel and the Grail from Sophie Masson, Author of the Forest of Dreams trilogy published by Bantum:

"A great idea, and interestingly done. I like the mixture of myth, both Celtic and other - Biblical, Aztec and so on with modern angst and problems, romance, and adventure. And I love the bardic, musical aspects, too.

 ...and the book has a great deal to recommend it, a great many interesting thoughts and some great descriptions, and strong characters."