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Synopsis of the Series, Mortal Immortals

Spanning some 43,000 years, the series starts as an urban fantasy pitting John Smith and Lois Templeton, grand children of Spirit Gods, against Earths Nature Gods. The problem is humanity!

Uncontrolled expansion, uncontrolled breeding, decimating of natural habitat, Nature Gods are bound to this one planet and feel responsible for all life forms, more numerous than humans. Yet humans are slowly but surly poisoning their planet, causing mass extinctions, polluting the oceans, and destroying nature. It is time to cull humans again. But the Spirit Gods, Wolf, Crow, and Stag, representing Fauna, Life, and Flora are championing keeping humans alive, all of them. But they are losing. Their hope rests on new blood, new thinking, and a new approach to save humanity.

John and Lois are children of the Druid and the Crow but they failed in the previous life, dying at a young age before they could meet and change the course of colonization. In their current live, Nature Gods have poisoned Lois and John is plagued by maddening owl dreams. But both have a secret weapon. For John, it is his deceased mother rescuing him from his night terrors. For Lois, it is her alleged grandmother from a previous life, a giant crow, who speaks in riddles, in her dreams. Lois has just a few weeks to live unless she can find the Golden Eyed Wolf, according to her dream crow. Yet, saving humanity will cost the planet. Why are the Spirit Gods tasked with saving those who are destroying their own home?

Book 1 - Golden Eyed Wolf

Not aware of their heritage and not even aware of each other, John is living a fairly normal life, except for his Owl nightmares. Still, he is strong, six-foot-two-inches, intelligent but also awkward and a bumpkin at time. Finished his engineering degree at the Boston Institute of Technology, John desperately wants to work for the Stoddard. Possibly the richest person in th US, even the world, Humphrey Stoddard controls most of US telephony, shipping, newspapers and railway. But all this is irrelevant. John wants to work as a telephony engineer in his home town of New London, where Stoddard's New London Telephone and Cable are headquartered.

Lois is dying. Brutally assaulted at a young age, she survived although the doctor did not know how. Taken in by the Pink Lady, Lois would be happy to be her hand maiden when offered the position but the Pink Lady, lady Weatherford send her away with enough money to study at Boston University of Business. Lois applies and is rejected, because she is a woman. Lois forges her papers to read not Lois but Luis, dresses as a man and is accepted.

John and Luis (Lois disguised as a man) become best friends, neither aware what they are to each other or the world. In what Lois feels are her last days of life, she confides in John that she is in fact a woman, not Luis. She wants to make the best of her last few weeks of life. But where John has owl nightmares, Lois has a cryptic crow in her dreams that tells her to find the Golden Eyed Wolf. With just weeks to live, where does one find a Golden Eyed Wolf?

Part 2 - Boston

Graduated

Little skinny, ten-year-old Johnny arrived at the Anglican Boarding School. Still reeling from his mother's death a week earlier, the school seniors sent to fetch gave him a welcome thrashing, then brought him to Mother Superior. Owl Headed Mother Superior listened to the seniors account how he attached them. She stood up, bared Johnnies bottom and paddled his behind chanting, "Thou shalt not raise they hand against thy betterers." Little Johnny did not cry, and he did not know how to defend himself. He did not understand why he was being punished, but then he remembered and called out, "Mummy!"

His mother's green gloved hand appeared and drew him out of the nightmare into her dream bedroom. In her arms, he felt safe and slowly reverted to his current age. Settling in bed, his mother hugged and kissed him, then told him of faraway lands as she had when he was still alive before he went to the boarding school. Today she was a lady in Poland when he fell into a deep sleep… Waking, John felt tired, with last night's nightmare still ghosting around in his head. He yawn-spoke, "Good morning, mother, and thank you again. The final exam pressure made my nightmares worse. Was I ever scared or frightened by owls? Why do my nightmares of the boarding school nuns always have owl-heads?"

"Good morning, my son. No, you were never frightened of anything. The Owl and your night terrors only manifested after my death and after that first thrashing in the boarding school. I cannot explain why you dream of Nightmare Owls. Why not talk about your dreams with Luis and see what he makes of them."

After his morning ablutions, dressed, John was out the door on his way to the Blue Beaver Tavern to meet Luis, still feeling groggy. He answered, "I like him well, mummy, but he will never say what he wants. He is a strange man and very likable, but I do not know what to do." Honestly, John liked him more than a man should like another man, and he felt ashamed.

As John turned into the park, the cold Boston Wind blasted him in the face, almost blowing his hat off. Everything seemed bleak in winter, especially a year after the Great War's end, with the Gray Flu killing more people than the war. John hated the cold, and it was particularly chilly this morning. His bed was too short for his six-foot-two inches, and his feet stuck out, perpetually frozen in winter despite double socking.

John spotted Farnsworth, this time with five other ballers, which cheered him up. He was so busy this past year that he neglected his boxing and pankration and would not mind a little exercise to warm up a bit. They were solid ballers, for sure, but Coach Berg, the local pankration and boxing teacher, taught John how not to lose, even when he was a runt.

John almost smiled as Farnsworth called out, "Hey Smith, you faggot, didn't expect to see me again, did you, Smith?" Yes, that was true. John thought that the first few times he thrashed the idiot Farnsworth with his usual two buddies, he would learn, but no matter. Following his mother's advice to stay out of trouble, John tried to walk around the group.

One of his lackeys grabbed John's arm and tried to twist it up his back. Recognizing the simple technique, John moved into the turn, elbow the fool in his ribs, hard, then pushed hi open hand onto the man's face, pushing him into another trying to sneak up. But another baller locked his arms around John from behind and held him.

As Farnsworth approached, John offered, "I am not staying in Boston, so leave off for a week, and you'll be rid of me." Farnsworth looked at his buddy on the ground, then stepped forward into John's face and spoke, "No chance, faggot. Your kind has to be sorted out, here or elsewhere; it is God's will. After we finish you, we will visit your bum-chum Luis and fix him too. Aside, that was a sucker punch you hit me with last time, Smith,"

John grabbed the nuts of the baller holding him and was rewarded by a yawl and head-butted Farnsworth. When freed, he drove an uppercut to Farnsworth's chin, lifting him off his feet, and driving the point of his elbow to the fourth baller. Fired up, John took down any baller that stood until they were all on the ground bleating like sheep.

Not a hold of his rage yet, John spoke, "That uppercut today was a sucker punch, Farnsworth, because you are a sucker. The last time, when you tried to punch my nose and missed, you hit my forehead and broke your knuckles all by yourself. Today, I dislocated your jaw, and it will need setting. Goodbye, Farnsworth. Thanks for making the morning a little less dreary." John picked up his hat and walked on.

Once out of earshot of the ballers, John asked, "Mother, why do they do that when they lose every time?"

His mother replies, "John, my dear, you need to get that fighting rage in check. At least three lads will need a few days in the infirmary. Now John, slow your breathing and calm before you meet Luis." John did as his mother instructed, mostly anyway.

After walking through the park, John's thoughts returned to Luis. He frowned and wondered why this slim, tall, strange fellow with the whispering voice excited him so? It was not proper for a man to have such thoughts about another man. What was an appropriate way of looking at women and nuns, anyway? What was a proper way of looking at women and nuns, for that matter?

John never felt drawn to any other person like he was to Luis. Was he a godforsaken buggerer? John continued to the Blue Beaver Tavern…

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If you liked The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hern, Elemental Assassin Series by Jennifer Estep, and the Bridei Chronicles by Juliet Marillier, you will like Mortal Immortals. Robert Z, the author of Mortal Immortals grew up on the Valdemar Series by Mercedes Lackey, The Ruby Throne Trilogy by Deborah Chester, and David Eddings, Belgariad, Ruby Night, Malloreon, and Elenium book. Of course there were many others books that influenced Robert writings including Dune but also sci-fi like Honor Harrington Series by David Weber, and the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. One of the most influential series for sci-fi though was the Perry Rhodan German space opera going back to 1961.

So too, the Mortal Immortal series spans over forty-three-thousand-years, although the first three books are in the twentieth century. Beginning as an urban supernatural fantasy, the series branches out into utopian and dis-topian sci-fi. Book four is the turning point where Earth is a toxic dangerous wasteland with less then twenty-million survivors underground, in sky-cities, on the moon, and orbital platforms."

The series does not follow the usual market preferred three act story structure. Although very successful, it has become too formulaic for many people. Instead, the Mortal Immortals series follows the pattern of life, which is not a standard pattern. In life surprises come where you least expected and sometimes luck is your only hope and not always there when needed.

Why not read into the first book and see if it grabs you. Give it a chance. Not everyone will like the way Robert Z writes, but those who do will love the story, interesting and characters, and g, who the good guys really are. The link below will take you to the Amazon Kindel Direct Publishing store."

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A newcomer to the genre is the brand-new, young adult fantasy book series, 'Mortal Immortal' a collection of ~six novels that follow the trials, tribulations and adventures of two main characters Lois and John, the the Wolf God and Ghost Witch. In a world that is beset by problems that we can identify with in real life, but centering on humanity's inevitable march to self-destruction our two protagonists face day to day dilemmas whilst dealing with the actions of the Gods along the way. These Gods that have lost control of the progress of mankind and the evolution of the planet, would see humanity thrown back to the stone ages for a 'new start' but along with the consequent annihilation of billions of lives.

This brilliantly crafted, feel-good story with its intricate plots and sub plots begins early in the 20^th century and encompasses a span of almost 30 centuries over the several novels and short stories, which allows the reader to become utterly engaged with the story line and the development of the multitude of characters within. Character development and bringing life to them, within the framework of the story is fundamental to the success of this YA fantasy series, and it has been executed beautifully.

As with many science fiction novels and paranormal fantasy books the main target audience is young adults and teenagers, but these books will appeal to readers of all ages. The very best fantasy novels for teens manage to reach out to older generations due to the maturity of the concept of the story, and whilst being firmly based on fantasy are connected enough to the real world to be relevant.

In the myriad world of newly published Sci-fi book series and YA fantasy books, very few new titles stand out from the crowd and last the test of time. 'Mortal Immortals' could be destined to become a modern-day classic of a mixed genre and provide entertainment not only for today's teenagers but also those of yesterday and tomorrow. There is no need for you to miss out - start reading 'Mortal Immortals' today!

Books 1, 2, & 3, now on Amazon KDP