Light Bearer (ePub)

Humankind was never some random act of blind chance. In the long and winding path that has led from ancient times to now, Blind Chance has rolled extermination many times on her dice, bringing floods, pestilence, famine, fire and earthquake, and other misfortunes. Gods and Titans have played their games, bringing wars, death, destruction and damage to so many humans.

Amongst all this chaos are the few who have kept the wolves at bay; fought humankind's ancient enemies; and held the gods to account. Humans have called them Gardeners, Watchers, Shepherds, Light Bearers among other names. The gods have labeled them demons, Fallen Angels; bestowing names such as Queen of Terror, White Death, Lord of Destruction, Red Reaver, Soul Flayer and worse, in their attempts to discredit their betters.

The Light Bearers are not demons, neither are they gods or titans. They taught us civilization, music, medicine, peaceful coexistence. The gods taught us war, weapon making, slavery and worship of our rulers. The titans taught us to glory in death and destruction and self aggrandizement.

One was known to the ancient Egyptians as Horus the Hawk of Dawn, and to the ancient Greeks as Apollo Lukeios, Light Bearer, Shepherd and Wolfsbane. He is with us still. Some know him as Monsieur Luc, others as Lucius or Lukeios.

Rarely will you notice the Light Bearers, but if you look hard enough, you will see where they have been.

Dr John Dee, Astrologer to Queen Elizabeth the First, meets Apollo Lukeios when his assistant Edward Kelly accidentally summons a demon while in search of an angelic apparition.
Colette, orphaned by German soldiers, is saved by Monsieur Luc. Rabbi Abraham and several truckloads of Jewish people have been collected by the Nazis, until Monsieur Luc intervenes.
Elanor, an African woman who migrated to England as a child, meets Luke in her darkest hour. Sonya is saved from living hell, and Lucy from a fate worse than death.
Ingmar and Vera are possessed by humankind's ancient mortal enemies, determined to destroy all humans on earth.
In each case, Lukeios saves the day. Every story should be considered a miracle, except they have gone unnoticed. Until now.