I'm
here at Tami Dee's blog today to discussion the history of the immortal race in
my SFR series "The Telomere Trilogy".
"They thought they were Gods. So
much so, they named their planet for God and God set them straight as he is apt
to do once in a while."
A
quote from Merchant Marine Captain Noah Bonney in Revelations of Tomorrow (The Telomere Trilogy, #1). She was talking
about her own race's founders. Considering the state of her people, the
Telomere, I'd say it was an apt comment.
When
the founding scientists began their immortality and human creation quest they
were under fire from the Imperial's ethics council, so packed up and relocated
to the outer reaches of the civilized galaxy, in the Cygni Solar System and the
planet of Ngai. Here they created to their hearts content and built up the
Telomere civilization that would eventually populate most of the Cygni system's
planets, satellites, and space stations.
Telomeres
were genetic embodiments of their creator's idea of perfection. Healthy and
tall, they are easy to identify by their silver hair, pale blue eyes, and pale
white skin that glows under stress or heightened emotional situations.
To
ensure the utopia they strived for, the founders genetically "mated"
each telomere to another. This mating was a chemical reaction to their
"soul mate" that would ensure they desired each other.
What
could go wrong?
What
they didn't factor in? That there really was a higher power and they are
ultimate holder of souls. So, even though the Telomere were created by man, the
God bestowed upon them souls. But souls aren't meant to be tethered in a body
forever. They are transient essences that are on journeys of their own.
Unfortunately
for the Telomere, when their race became about 150 or so years old, the souls
left the body and what remained was nothing more than the evil part of humanity
the soul struggled to overcome as part of their larger journey. This period of
Telomere history became known as Soul Death and caused a physical change in the
eyes of those affected. (I took "the window to the soul" literally
here.)
To
combat the evil, the Kikuyu Kingdom dispatch Watchers to kill those Telomere
who'd lost their soul. Once the situation was under control, they reassigned
the Watchers to follow a single telomere until their soul death and only then
to kill them.
That
was what Noah was raised in, the height of Soul Death. Now over 450 years old,
she is the oldest Telomere and the only one to survive past the 200-year record
of keeping their soul. Why, she's not sure. All she knows is she's tired and
dreams of death.
The
Telomere Trilogy goes through her mission to end eternity and stop a galactic
level threat... the resurgence of her people.
Interested
in learning more? Why not click on one of the links for Revelations of Tomorrow (The Telomere Trilogy, #1) to get started
on the series!
A. R. Norris on line!Blog: http://sci-fiadventures.blogspot.com/
Purchase links
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Romance Books - http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thetelomeretrilogybookonerevelationsoftomorrow-624968-143.html
Books
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