Saint-Jolivet of
Pendleton
Genesis
This is the translation of Saint-Jolivet de Pendleton, my first
novel. It was initially written as an exercise in a growing short story, but
quickly became a respectable novel. The translation took place during the
summer of 2001 and was completed in early 2002.
Publication
The books
is currently published through Trafford Publishings. Click here to see the press release.
ISBN:
1-55369-247-0
Follow
this link for instructions on how to purchase.
Evaluation
An
evaluation sample of the novel is available for download. It is a restricted
PDF file that can be accessed through this link.
Enjoy!
Professor
Jolivet is inspired with the Holy Quest of ridding the planet of all
imbeciles after he invents an astoundingly practical device. While the old
man is trying out his new toy, nothing much seems to happen except Pendleton,
soon to be the professor’s right hand man, is led to ask himself such
profound questions as: why hasn’t the Catholic Church elected a new pope for
the past fifteen years, or, more importantly, why does he have only six
dollars in his pocket while he really ought to have eight? It is the search for answers to these
interrogations that will lead him to join the Professor in his quest.
Together
they assemble close to a dozen disciples and set out to achieve the Divine
Will. They quickly run into problems,
from political scandals to unnaturally fast responses from civil servants.
Something fishy is afoot and Jolivet is starting to fear that they are not
alone. Acting on the advice of his coffee machine, he sends one of his flock
to seek more information, but the envoy meets a man on his journey that
challenges some of his most fundamental assumptions. What is really going on?
In
the meantime, love has flourished between Pendleton and Rose-Anne, the heart
of the movement. A love so pure and powerful that it permeates everything and
everyone but, strangely, does not seem in total accord with their mission.
After the weather gets involved, things eventually resolve themselves,
although not exactly as anticipated. Most of the issues are made irrelevant,
including the nuclear genocide, and all are left with only one question: why
those names?
|
