The Gods Who Chose Us

THE GODS WHO CHOSE US (hard science-fiction) is a reimagining of global mythology from a science fiction perspective. Various established mythos have been transformed into unique civilizations that interact with one another, with the story centered on characters from the Norse (Aesir) and Greek (Olympians) pantheons. The book is peppered with scientific explanations for fantasy-based phenomena, and incorporates themes of embracing or rejecting cultural roots, the emotional-rational tension in ethics, and implications of perceived variations in civilizational sentience.



Story:

The Aesir, desperate to free themselves from the hegemonic rule of Olympia, send a covert team of three to Earth to leverage the humans as allies in their pending conflict with their Olympian overlords. In addition to bolstering their military might, the Aesir know they will be disrupting an experiment the superior Olympians have been secretly performing on the human race for nearly one thousand years. 



The Olympians—like all other Primordial civilizations—have evolved a bond with space-time, allowing them to perform godlike feats. Moreover, they aren’t keen on allowing the Aesir, beings they call ‘Lessers,’ to tamper with their clandestine plans for humans. The Aesir and Olympians on Earth become entwined in a cat-and-mouse game as they hunt one another, search for unwittingly genetically modified humans dubbed ‘Descendants,’ and explore underground facilities at many of Earth’s oldest monuments, which uncovers forgotten and dangerous research.