The Lost Continent: The Story of AtlantisU of Nebraska Press, 01.01.2002 - 257 Seiten The finest tale ever written of fabled Atlantis, The Lost Continent is a sweeping, fiery saga of the last days of the doomed land. Atlantis, at the height of its power and glory, is without equal. It has established far-flung colonies in Egypt and Central America, and its mighty navies patrol the seas. The priests of Atlantis channel the elemental powers of the universe, and a powerful monarch rules from a staggeringly beautiful city of pyramids and shining temples clustered around a sacred mountain. ø Mighty Atlantis is also decaying and corrupt. Its people are growing soft and decadent, and many live in squalor. Rebellion is in the air, and prophecies of doom ring forth. Into this epic drama of the end of time stride two memorable characters: the warrior-priest Deucalion, stern, just, and loyal, and the Empress Phorenice, brilliant, ambitious, and passionate. The old and new Atlantis collide in a titanic showdown between Deucalion and Phorenice, a struggle that soon affects the destiny of an entire civilization. |
Inhalt
The Legatees of Deucalion | 1 |
My Recall | 11 |
Back to Atlantis | 22 |
A Rival Navy | 31 |
The Welcome of Phorenice | 39 |
Zaemons Curse | 50 |
The Biters of the City Walls | 65 |
The Biters of the Walls Further Account | 79 |
The Drug of Our Lady the Moon | 136 |
The Burying Alive of Nais | 151 |
Again the Gods Make Change | 163 |
Zaemons Summons | 177 |
Siege of the Sacred Mountain | 185 |
Nais the Regained | 200 |
Storm of the Sacred Mountain | 213 |
Destruction of Atlantis | 226 |
The Preacher from the Mountains | 89 |
Phorenice Goddess | 100 |
A Wooing | 110 |
An Affair with the Barbarous Fishers | 123 |
On the Bosom of the Deep | 237 |
Afterword | 241 |
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