Gawain and the Green Knight
by Stefan
Emunds
GENRE: Mystical
Romance
BLURB:
A
knight goes out of his way and seeks his execution on his own free will in the
hope people will remember him as the embodiment of honor.
Sir Gawain serves as
the most honorable knight at King Arthur’s Round Table, and after an encounter
with the mysterious Green Knight, Gawain’s fate becomes intertwined with that
of his own honorable death - a destiny he must fight for to the bitter end.
After accepting a beheading challenge from the Green Knight, Sir Gawain is
awestruck to find the knight quite alive, despite his mortal wound.
In the year that
follows, Gawain strikes out across the land in search of the green chapel, just
one link in the chain of a perplexing and ancient mystery behind the Green
Knight, and the circumstances of Gawain’s voluntary execution. Along the way,
Gawain’s strength, duty, and honor will be tested as he fights through
treacherous trials and carnal temptations. Trapped in a terminal karmic
scenario, and honor-bound to seek out his own death, Gawain leaps into the
ethos of mythology as a hero of legend.
A classic retelling
of the story of Gawain and the Green Knight, this story of karma and honor
brings the legend back to life as a mystical romance and epic adventure tale
that will whisk you away to an era of chivalry, honor, and divine purpose.
Excerpt:
Gawain’s eyelids quiver like
butterflies in a thunderstorm.
His brain is on fire.
“Argh!”
He shakes his head but stops at
once. It feels as if his brain is loose and banging against the inside of his
skull.
“Swyve!”
He pushes his forehead against a
cold rock.
“What’s that noise?”
Fifty yards away a river whirls
fire, water, and stones into the air. It’s a ferocious, elemental wall, ready
to obliterate anything that gets too close. The deafening clamor pumps up the
pain in his head.
“Where am I, by God’s bones?”
His tongue is a lump of hot sand,
his body limp as if bled out, prostrated on a rock. He summons a prayer and
rolls over. A vast, flat stone desert boasts there. On the horizon soars a
violet, oval mountain of perfect proportions. Raindrops are floating in the
air.
Awe adulterates his agony.
“This is no common land. How did I
end up here?”
A few meters away a horse snorts,
weary, feeble, and twisted like him. From its mouth leaks thick, green saliva.
“Were we poisoned?”
He worms his way to the horse and
leans against it. The horse’s skin shivers and it moans with appreciation. The
horses sweat smells like urine. He pats the horse, swipes through the air and
wets his hand, then his forehead.
“That’s better!”
He does the same for the horse.
“What happened to us?” An inky fog
clouds his mind. He fumbles for his memories like a blind man who lost his
stick and dog. Nothing. His spirit implodes into the void of his mind.
“My God, who am I?” He shakes his
head again, this time he ignores the painful throbbing.
“Did the poison take my memory?”
He looks down at his body. It is
glowing with a mysterious, amber light. “Am I a ghost? Did I die?”
He pinches himself and welcomes the
pain.
AUTHOR BIO:
Stefan
loves to write spiritual, visionary, and inspirational fiction and non fiction.
He was born in Germany and enjoyed two years backpacking in Australia, New
Zealand, and South-East Asia in his early twenties.
Although
drawn to philosophy and spirituality since adolescence, Stefan chose a career
in the telecommunication industry. Since then, he has worked as a business
development manager in Europe, Middle East, and in South East Asia.
For
almost three decades, Stefan has pursued a spiritual career at B.O.T.A., a
modern mystery school teaching Tarot, Qabalah, Gematria, esoteric Astrology,
and Alchemy.
2012
Stefan kick-started his author hobby career. He writes about the mysteries of
life and beyond and likes to tickle people’s spiritual bone. He has set his
heart on promoting a contemporary, spiritual Christianity too. Of course, he
also writes to entertain. Spirituality is fun.
When
Stefan isn’t writing, he spends his time with his children and works on his
spiritual career, in the hope to meet God face to face in this lifetime.
Author
Links:
The Nu Christ Facebook Page
The Daily Inspirer Facebook Page
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Author YouTube
channel
Google+ Page God
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channel
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