Two A Second

By Geoffrey Le Rat

Two A Second is a tapestry of interwoven threads, launched in the social disruptions of war that lead to two would-be sons of Lady Aurelia, fighting for the inheritance of her birthright: Hepsom Estate. The corrupt English Establishment battles the morality of Paul Hughes, an Australian engineer whose brains are used by Churchill to build the Hughes Gun that saved the Allies from the scourge of Nazi submarines in WW2. But Aurelia uses Paul for his semen to conceive sons like Greek Gods. Battle breaks out when Paul refuses to allow the English Establishment to make fortunes from the Gun: they retaliate by banning him as a mere commoner, from marrying Aurelia. The conflict is exacerbated by Paul's discovery that they stole the science of the Gun from a humble schoolteacher working alone in the Welsh Mountains. These diversions of class and privilege set the scene for the next generation as Aurelia's cuckoo chicks emerge from their foster nests and strive to discover their own identities.Cassie, a boy from the London suburbs goes in search of the secret of the Gun and the tapestry of the book is stained with the terrible prospect of incest with his mother. Cassie forms a love-hate relationship with charismatic Sir Gareth Caesar, born in a slate mining village, who ruthlessly claims Aurelia's estate. Marianne, an investigative journalist is the first to ridicule Gareth's claim and Wendy, a professor from the University of California, finally finds the secret in an old grave which is now empty of its tiny corpse.There are many secrets and culprits including single mother Elizabeth destined for greatness as a scientist. We journey through government and universities, from high mountains to Hollywood, to Castles, through war and death, to many pubs and indulge in fine wines in London's Soho and beside the River Dee.Aurelia, a student of the rites of Ancient Rome, is a lifelong disciple of Aurelia Cotta, mother of Caesar, and emasculates her husband with a penectomy keeping his penis in a pickle jar on the mantelpiece.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1480297593
• ISBN13: 9781480297593
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.4" x 6.0"