HOSTS OF ANGELS
BY
AMELIA MAY KINGSTON
ISBN 1-4116-5637-7
Retail Price from UK £ 6.71
USA $ 16.33
BOOK DESCRIPTION
This book is a science-fiction allegory for our times in which a mutated
biological agent escapes from Porton Down weapons testing establishment
outside Portsmouth, England. Superficially, the mutant appears to be
a butterfly. The story revolves around a couple of University lecturers
who stumble unwittingly on the agent, thinking it a new species. Through
their research, the authorities are alerted to the possible publication
of its origin and take ruthless steps to prevent this. Murder, political
intrigue and big-business machinations occur against a background of
increasing social awareness of danger and unrest, whilst a number of
dedicated opponents of the system struggle for recognition of humanitarian
values. Underlying the development of the characters and the action
is an awareness of the interconnectedness of all life and a strong philosophical
argument for the effects of inertia on ecological systems and on social
conventions, no matter how violently these are disturbed.
A donation will be made from each book sold to encourage the spread
of butterfly gardens and preservation of butterfly habitats throughout
the world. The book is set in a bold font for ease of reading.
PREVIEW
Amelia May Kingston is an exceptionally gifted author and I heartily recommend this book to you. BUTTERFLY BOOKS AT SF HEART.
"Is it Science or Fantasy"
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"A scientist who writes like a poet."
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AUTHOR'S COMMENTS
It may be of interest that this plot came to me in its entirety in a
dream and that the book virtually wrote itself.
I have always been intensely interested in the natural world, the interconnectedness
of all life, spiritual development and creativity, so the story was crafted
from the whole of my life.
The nature of the 'butterflies' was familiar to me as I have studied myxomycetes
since I was twelve years old. Mycetozoa or slime moulds are now classified
as a separate kingdom (not animal nor plant nor fungus). I have also loved
butterflies from a very early age.
The protagonists were drawn with permission from composites of many of
the people I have loved. The settings are places dear to me. The plot
is fictional and no individual creature, living or dead, is portrayed
factually, except Frazzle.
I have been very happy in the world as I know it and hope this offerring
helps to promote awareness of how fragile it is and how we are really
all interdependent parts of one beautiful organism.
researchers, activists, reviewers and journalists can Email me for free pdf copy
With acknowledgements to Alan D. Moore and the Butterfly
Gardeners Association <www.butterflyspirit.org>
who were happy to be mentioned in the book.
Project Chrysalis
Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace
Authors for a Positive Millennium
Rainbow Warriors
and everyone else who is working towards the health of the Earth and all
its passengers.
For every book sold, a donation will be made to help to save butterfly
species from extinction by creating butterfly gardens and promoting education
and action to help regenerate these gorgeous creatures.
Because of their astounding transformation from egg to caterpillar to
chrysalis and then to the incredible beauty and elegance of the butterfly,
they can be the mascot of mankind's own unfolding to more caring beings.
Stewardship of butterflies becomes linked to the larger issues of abatement
of habitat destruction and fostering cultural and bio-diversity.
Butterflies embody all the beauty and complexity of nature itself. It
is said that a butterfly can, with a flap of its wings, change the world
because the ripple it sends out can spawn a hurricane.....
The
Earth Proclamation We are one people... we share one planet... we have one common dream... we want to live in peace... we choose to protect and heal the earth... we cherish the earth's bio and cultural diversity... we will choose to create a better world for all... we will become stewards for the planet's threatened and endangered species... we will defend and protect the rain forests, redwoods, and other sacred places... we will do our best to make this dream come true... we will do this for our children, and our children's children... we will transform what needs to be transformed... we will break free of our chrysalis limitations... we will joyfully love, share, and forgive... so that peace may prevail on earth!
May peace prevail on earth!
FUTURE PERFECT
Just as the Wind blows,
So Time carries all that happens
Into the Future.
A gentler Breeze touches your Brow...
A Butterfly Kiss....
You may not recognise this contact of Mind,
But it wafts all your Life, and all your Gratitude
Into Eternity
And...
Somewhere...
Under the Arch of Heaven...
Helps you to build
A New World.
(translated from German from a poem by a beloved Aunt)
BACK COVER COPY
From researching light in the Arctic to building palaces
on the equator; from night-club singer to landlady providing bed, breakfast
and evening meals for lorry drivers: Amelia May Kingston’s life
has never been dull. In spite of having Multiple Sclerosis since her teens,
she has raised a family of three and, on her old Yorkshire doctor’s
advice, said “No!" to "nowt”.
Amelia, now a qualified psychologist, has a self-esteem website, which
is free and can be found at http://www.youareunique.co.uk.