The Citadel -Part Three of The SCI'ON Trilogy
Nicola Rhodes
- The
- Third
- Part
- of
- the
- SCI'ON
- TrilogyLife
- Is
- But
- A
- Dream
- …Out
- of
- the
- destruction
- of
- the
- old
- worlds,
- a
- new
- SCI’ON
- has
- arisen.
- For,
- it
- seems,
- that
- no
- matter
- what
- decision
- is
- taken
- –
- even
- the
- complete
- destruction
- of
- the
- universe
- –
- a
- choice
- is
- always
- made,
- and
- from
- that
- choice,
- an
- alternate
- possibility
- appears
- and
- becomes
- its
- own
- reality.Something
- that
- Johnny
- has
- yet
- to
- learn
- to
- accept.And
- he
- is
- not
- the
- only
- one.Talvas
- has
- also
- survived
- the
- devastation,
- much
- to
- his
- deep
- and
- abiding
- fury.Those
- who
- were
- once
- the
- Undying
- are
- now
- the
- gods,
- and
- before
- they
- can
- begin
- to
- try
- to
- understand
- the
- true
- nature
- of
- the
- universe,
- they
- must
- first
- adjust
- to
- their
- new
- situation.Now
- the
- Citadel
- is
- a
- part
- of
- the
- world.
- The
- former
- Undying
- and
- the
- dwellers
- of
- the
- Citadel
- are,
- once
- more,
- contemporaries
- and
- equals.
- New
- gods
- in
- the
- new
- world.
- And
- new
- rivals.But
- everything
- is
- different
- now,
- soon
- the
- time
- of
- the
- gods
- will
- be
- over
- and
- Johnny
- and
- all
- the
- new
- gods
- will
- shortly
- go
- the
- way
- of
- the
- old,
- leaving
- the
- worlds
- to
- the
- domination
- of
- mortals
- and
- the
- new
- Undying.In
- the
- meantime,
- Jez
- dedicates
- herself
- to
- luring
- Johnny
- from
- his
- obsession
- with
- Talvas,
- by
- giving
- him
- a
- new
- obsession
- –
- the
- love
- of
- a
- good
- woman.But
- will
- she,
- in
- the
- end,
- be
- able
- to
- hold
- him
- back
- indefinitely,
- or
- will
- Johnny’s
- obsessive
- inclinations
- eventually
- develop
- into
- an
- uncontrollable
- mania
- that
- will
- lead
- him
- to,
- once
- more,
- seek
- the
- obliteration,
- not
- only
- of
- the
- worlds,
- but
- of
- the
- infinite
- itself
- and
- all
- it
- contains,
- in
- order
- to
- halt,
- finally
- and
- forever,
- the
- repeating
- patterns
- of eternity?
