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.
“Lost civilizations, the manipulation of human evolution, monsters and a high-tech colony on Mars - these, and a brilliant literary style add up to make Atlantos an instant classic and a Science-Fiction masterpiece!”
“If you fancy titanic struggles of godlike beings at the dawn of history, then strap yourself in for a vivid re-imagining of one of our oldest and most mysterious legends. Maxwell has created a fantastic world so thrillingly described that the reader will want to live there for a long, long time.”
I wasn’t expecting much from an Atlantis-themed novel, but Robin Maxwell’s Atlantos is a tremendous, exhilarating, unputdownable SURPRISE with deep and engaging characters and a clever plot full of twists, turns and unexpected challenges. These qualities, and the sheer sustained craftsmanship of the author from first page to last, combine to make Atlantos a brilliant read. But beyond that, this unique novel offers a plausible, completely unexpected explanation of the Atlantis mystery, and with it some real food for thought for anyone interested in the secrets of humanity’s forgotten past.
