Dreams from the Death Age
Book 1 of 'The Baker Trilogy' - humorous, irreverent, satirical, poignant
From a writer with a dry, rascally wit, and a 'nothing-is-sacred' attitude, Dreams from the Death Age is the first book in 'The Baker Trilogy'. This humorous novel and futuristic satire is full of unexpected twists, laugh-out-loud characters, and fast paced events. Its humour reveals both the absurdities of life as well as a more enlightened message about the strength, understanding and heart required to survive a world on the brink of disaster.
Sean Baker is a failed author who finds a mysterious manuscript written by a sophisticated 100,000 year-old civilisation. Inspired by its stunning revelations, he writes a new book - 'Dreams from the Death Age' - whose enlightened message resonates with such intensity that it becomes a best seller overnight. 'The Book' - as its disciples call it - is talked about in the hushed whispers borne of cultish reverence and blind adulation. A dangerous combination.
Lillian Schatsheimer latches onto 'The Book' with an almost biblical fervour and establishes the Baker Academy for the Advancement of Humanity (BAAH) as her 'brilliant strategy' to reverse the fading hopes of a Senator’s bid for the US Presidential election. But it spirals out of control setting in motion a cult movement with both hilarious and disastrous consequences.
Meanwhile a series of puzzling and unexpected natural and man-made disasters shake the core of humankind's very existence. Sean Baker and his partner Dawn are thrust into the limelight and ironically become the voice of reason, leading those who care to listen to safety.
But can the explosive chain of events be reversed? Or is Armageddon actually required to cleanse the world of a "mutated" humanity that has totally lost its way and its connection to its own heart and soul?
If you love a good laugh, a different way of thinking and have a wicked sense of humour then you will enjoy this book. If you take yourself too seriously or explode in self-righteous indignation when faced with irreverent humour around religion, politics or sex, then I suggest you buy the book for someone else! AFN Clarke.
Book length: 437 pages
Learn more about Armageddon, Book 2 in 'The Baker Trilogy'.
