The Speed of Life launches with a crime so horrific that if the first great tragedians—Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides—had imagined it, no historical record remains to prove it.

From themes as modern as #MeToo to leitmotifs of Greek tragedy, the novel tells the stories of diverse characters who are brought together by the seminal crime and rewards the reader with psychological revelations worthy of Stendhal.

From the courtroom to the swamp primeval to the underpinnings of the universe, James Jordan takes us on a wild ride. This ground-breaking, scientific/philosophical novel is wrapped in a Carl Hiaasen-flavored thriller. Jordan relates cutting-edge theoretical physics to ancient Seminole shamanistic practices and produces a credible explanation of why and how old magical methods may have tangible effects in our world.

At the same time, this novel is sparklingly contemporary, bright and crisp around the edges of its plot, and ingenious in braiding elaborate storylines to bring an extraordinary cast of characters together. And it fires itself forward at a break-neck velocity; this is not a book you will want to put down.

It blends human courage and cruelties with solid astrophysics and with Seminole culture and mythology—resulting in a richness that holds you tightly in its grip.

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price.

3400 BCE. INDIA
Ayodhya is weakened by divisions. A terrible war has taken its toll, and the damage runs deep. The demon King of Lanka, Raavan, does not impose his rule on the defeated. Instead, he imposes his trade. Money is sucked out of the empire, and the Sapt Sindhu people descend into poverty, despondency, and corruption.

They cry for a leader to lead them out of the morass. Little do they appreciate that the leader is among them. One whom they know: a tortured and ostracised prince, a prince they tried to break, a prince called Ram.

He loves his country, even when his countrymen torment him. He stands alone for the law, with his band of brothers, his Sita, and himself, against the darkness of chaos.

Will Ram rise above the taint that others heap on him? Will his love for Sita sustain him through his struggle? Will he defeat the demon Lord Raavan who destroyed his childhood? Will he fulfil the destiny of the Vishnu?

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