The Journey of Brother Esparza: Book 1 of the Estion Chronicles

By Richard O'Reilly

What price would a man pay to preserve a past he has no connection to? For one, it was his fortune. For another, it was his very existence.With Earth in shambles, a Bio-Engineer named Pieter Estes invests heavily in building a Star ship that would take a select few to a distant planet, to form a colony. He named the ship Destiny, as it was his hope to save mankind.Forging a raw planet into a viable home world took decades, with many conflicts along the way. The establishment of a World Council helped to ease those wars, providing peace to many. A religious organization referred to as the Church, provided spiritual comfort to the rest, using a singular focal point of worship. In time, the Church overshadowed the World Council, becoming the single dominant ruling party. A routine audit by the Church in the year 275 uncovered two missing sets of religious texts, written in the language of Old Earth. Realizing the danger they pose to the Churches power, the Bishops Council orders them destroyed.Brother Esparza, a young Acolyte of the Church, uncovers the plot, and vows to save the texts from harm. Putting himself at great risk, he intercepts one set on the way to the incinerator and hides them while he readies his escape from the Monastery, the only place he has ever felt at home.The Bishops Council, upon the discovery of the theft, orders teams of Acolytes to scour the planet to find him, before the truth becomes known to the world. There orders are clear, bring back the texts, whatever the cost.Across vast plains and deep oceans, from rugged mountain passes to the emptiness of the desert, Esparza manages to stay ahead of his pursuers. Finding food and shelter when he can, he uses his precious time to translate as much of the texts as possible, to learn the secrets of Earth's first religions, before time runs out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973442841
• ISBN13: 9781973442844
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"