ZHARASTRAN: A GEODESIC ODYSSEY (The Chronicles of Zharastran)

By Michael Yorga

Dear Reader, "Zharastran" is a story written as a response to a climate riddled by religious wars and political tensions. Due to insufficient acrylic oils or ink and also the rising cost of painting supplies, I wrote this tale instead. The action of the story takes place on Strandland, a fantasy planet that I built as a retirement community for the souls lost in space; Souls without a biological host. It serves as a dual purpose domain: one for the stage of my story and my latter intent was inspired by the abandoned stadiums after a city hosts the Olympics. I decided that a perfectly imagined planet would go to waste if I don't utilize it.I set the story in prose that rhymes to contradict and prove, by logic, that rhymes are heuristic creative output, and not divine messages.Zharastran, the hero of the story, is built as a character that would emulate a son of an intergalactic God, set in a very distant part of our Universe.The Farmer is a character that is built to emulate Zharastran's Father. The story includes an imagined scenario where the son will sacrifice himself before the father would step in to offer himself instead.A hero does not have a name. It shows in his or her eyes. The deeds will always be the same. In every heroic action, a hero lies within it. My actions are to author the actions of a hero, and that makes me not a hero. It is my opinion that these actions are heroic actions. Besides that I am zero. These are not my actions. These are my reactions to the chronicles of Zharastran! My hero! These verses are of his battles and of his obstacles.I wrote this story from an inspired message received in time and space here on earth. I do not pretend the characters are or were alive, or that they are lost in eternal space's firth. The story is written with my own interpretation and distilled by my own mind to fit my words.The message was written by emotions in time and space and lost within its fords. And in those shallow fords, I found them, as you would, after a flood.Please Read Responsibly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980343721
• ISBN13: 9781980343721
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"