About the Book
The Gods of Probabilities
By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
The Gods require a time shifter to ensure the Path of Light reigns during the final collapse of possibilities. To speed the process of finding an Oceanic with the specific talents needed, God DNA is induced in several batches of Oceanic eggs, resulting in a generation of brilliant tiny blue Oceanic children.
One charming boy named Drogan has the ability to manipulate quantum reality in ways that will strengthen the Path of Light. Only trouble is that his gift runs a high probability of killing him and wiping out the Path of Light for good.
While the bureaucratic Gods will try to assist, in Quantum all possibilities not only can, but do happen, so the future is never certain.
Excerpt
Sun rays streamed through blue water, into the castle window, and danced like little fish upon the pink coral on the far side of the room.
Osan stared at the reddish hue of the wall. Gods! How did it get so late? He returned his attention to the arrogant and never happy, bloated senator before him. “We’ll continue this discussion tomorrow. I have an important appointment.”
Before Segar could object, Osan swam out of his private office, kicking his webbed feet in unison as he soared up the coral steps to the second story of the castle. While walking the steps was more dignified for an emperor, swimming was far more expedient.
When he entered his private quarters, his beautiful wife, Akai, stood in the entrance hall of their home, nervously shredding a kelp leaf. The pearl necklace, passed down for a hundred generations, shimmered on her dark-blue chest.
“I’m here.”
Her eyes sparkled with joy as she swam to him and grasped his hand, her finger talons cutting into his palm.
“Easy, love,” he teased.
Her claws retracted and her neck gills fluttered. “Sorry, I’m just nervous.”
He was as well. This was their first and only hatching. The scholars had given him careful instructions on how to choose the best of the hatchlings to be his son or daughter.
Scholar Hemp helped the last of the hatchlings out of their sacks, then smiled at him. “It is time, my Emperor.” The young scholar motioned to the nest. “Make your selection.”
Osan and his wife moved in unison to the woven kelp bed and hovered above it, staring at the mass of babies. “How many are there?” Akai asked.
“Forty-three,” Hemp replied. “Take your time, and may the Gods help your selection.”
Osan certainly hoped the Gods would help. As emperor of the Oceanics, he made difficult choices every day; but suddenly, they all seemed simple compared to this task.
He had to choose the best hatchling to become his son or daughter. The others would be returned to the Gods.
In former times, all his hatchlings would have been allowed to live, and time would have revealed the best choice for the next emperor. But his father had imposed harsh population controls on the people. When Osan became emperor, he’d imposed the same law on himself and the senate, so all Oceanics could see the law was necessary and just. No one was exempt, not even those who chose poorly and selected a primitive that proved to be no better than seals in the kelp beds.
Which to choose? They all looked much the same: blue babies with a stub of a tail that would disappear in forty-two days. Most were enchanted with the discovery of their webbed toes. A few were playing with a sibling’s stubby tail.
However, one large-eyed hatching stared straight at him and smiled with happiness. Then the fellow shifted his gaze to Akai and stretched out his arms. “Mother,” a tiny voice spoke in their heads.
“That one,” Akai whispered.
Osan nodded in agreement and lifted the hatchling up. “This is our choice.” He then handed the hatchling to his wife, while the scholars gathered up the other forty-two hatchings and took them away.
He focused on the vibrant life in his wife’s arms. She smiled at him. “You have a son, my love. What shall you call him?”
He caressed his son’s shiny blue forehead. “We shall call him Drogan.”
Scholar Hemp’s eyes rounded in shock. “To name your child after our greatest Oceanic will either inspire or break him.”
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About Author
Liza is a multiple genre author of 15 novels. A Late Victorian Series, The Adventures of Xavier & Vic, plus a spinoff, A Right to Love, is an ongoing series. A Long Road to Love is a humorous Contemporary Disaster Romance series (5 books). She has two single books. One is a humorous, bad boys contemporary novel with ghosts, called Ghost Lover, the other is Untamed & Unabashed, a spinoff from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Now, she’s rolling out her Science fiction series (with romance & humor) called The Multiverses. The first four books are slotted for last half of 2015. In addition she hopes, if she hasn’t dropped from exhaustion by then, to re-release a sometimes humorous/suspense thriller called Saving Casey
Liza would love to know: What’s your favorite genre?
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By
Liza O’Connor
Blurb
The Gods require a time shifter to ensure the Path of Light reigns during the final collapse of possibilities. To speed the process of finding an Oceanic with the specific talents needed, God DNA is induced in several batches of Oceanic eggs, resulting in a generation of brilliant tiny blue Oceanic children.
One charming boy named Drogan has the ability to manipulate quantum reality in ways that will strengthen the Path of Light. Only trouble is that his gift runs a high probability of killing him and wiping out the Path of Light for good.
While the bureaucratic Gods will try to assist, in Quantum all possibilities not only can, but do happen, so the future is never certain.
Excerpt
Sun rays streamed through blue water, into the castle window, and danced like little fish upon the pink coral on the far side of the room.
Osan stared at the reddish hue of the wall. Gods! How did it get so late? He returned his attention to the arrogant and never happy, bloated senator before him. “We’ll continue this discussion tomorrow. I have an important appointment.”
Before Segar could object, Osan swam out of his private office, kicking his webbed feet in unison as he soared up the coral steps to the second story of the castle. While walking the steps was more dignified for an emperor, swimming was far more expedient.
When he entered his private quarters, his beautiful wife, Akai, stood in the entrance hall of their home, nervously shredding a kelp leaf. The pearl necklace, passed down for a hundred generations, shimmered on her dark-blue chest.
“I’m here.”
Her eyes sparkled with joy as she swam to him and grasped his hand, her finger talons cutting into his palm.
“Easy, love,” he teased.
Her claws retracted and her neck gills fluttered. “Sorry, I’m just nervous.”
He was as well. This was their first and only hatching. The scholars had given him careful instructions on how to choose the best of the hatchlings to be his son or daughter.
Scholar Hemp helped the last of the hatchlings out of their sacks, then smiled at him. “It is time, my Emperor.” The young scholar motioned to the nest. “Make your selection.”
Osan and his wife moved in unison to the woven kelp bed and hovered above it, staring at the mass of babies. “How many are there?” Akai asked.
“Forty-three,” Hemp replied. “Take your time, and may the Gods help your selection.”
Osan certainly hoped the Gods would help. As emperor of the Oceanics, he made difficult choices every day; but suddenly, they all seemed simple compared to this task.
He had to choose the best hatchling to become his son or daughter. The others would be returned to the Gods.
In former times, all his hatchlings would have been allowed to live, and time would have revealed the best choice for the next emperor. But his father had imposed harsh population controls on the people. When Osan became emperor, he’d imposed the same law on himself and the senate, so all Oceanics could see the law was necessary and just. No one was exempt, not even those who chose poorly and selected a primitive that proved to be no better than seals in the kelp beds.
Which to choose? They all looked much the same: blue babies with a stub of a tail that would disappear in forty-two days. Most were enchanted with the discovery of their webbed toes. A few were playing with a sibling’s stubby tail.
However, one large-eyed hatching stared straight at him and smiled with happiness. Then the fellow shifted his gaze to Akai and stretched out his arms. “Mother,” a tiny voice spoke in their heads.
“That one,” Akai whispered.
Osan nodded in agreement and lifted the hatchling up. “This is our choice.” He then handed the hatchling to his wife, while the scholars gathered up the other forty-two hatchings and took them away.
He focused on the vibrant life in his wife’s arms. She smiled at him. “You have a son, my love. What shall you call him?”
He caressed his son’s shiny blue forehead. “We shall call him Drogan.”
Scholar Hemp’s eyes rounded in shock. “To name your child after our greatest Oceanic will either inspire or break him.”
Sales Link
Amazon
About Author
Liza is a multiple genre author of 15 novels. A Late Victorian Series, The Adventures of Xavier & Vic, plus a spinoff, A Right to Love, is an ongoing series. A Long Road to Love is a humorous Contemporary Disaster Romance series (5 books). She has two single books. One is a humorous, bad boys contemporary novel with ghosts, called Ghost Lover, the other is Untamed & Unabashed, a spinoff from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Now, she’s rolling out her Science fiction series (with romance & humor) called The Multiverses. The first four books are slotted for last half of 2015. In addition she hopes, if she hasn’t dropped from exhaustion by then, to re-release a sometimes humorous/suspense thriller called Saving Casey
Liza would love to know: What’s your favorite genre?
Social Networks
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
LIZA O'CONNOR
Investigate these sites:
Liza’s Multiverse Blog
Liza's Blog and Website Facebook Twitter
My Review
I have read a few books by Liza O’Connor so far and loved those immensely (from her Adventures of Xavier & Vic Series and her Worst Week Ever Series). They were, above all, hilariously funny, filled with lots of social criticism and wit, and deeply emotional. All this holds true for “The Gods of Probabilities” too, although it contains less humour and is a different genre.
There is a lot to enjoy and admire about this book. The way the author mixes science-fiction – including planets and multiverses and quantum leaps and space traveling – with ‘mermaids’ and some paranormal and magical elements is something I’ve never come across, and it works surprisingly well. When I say ‘mermaids’, I mean creatures living underwater and being somewhat ‘fishy’ but also human (gilled) and with legs to walk on. They’re aptly called Oceanics. What made the story even more entertaining to read were the gods, of whom she has picked a clever few and who would be great in a movie that could rival “Guardians of the Galaxy”. Sometimes I found myself reminded of Terry Pratchett’s books, and that’s a HUGE compliment.
Drogan and Navood are perfect picks for the main characters, and their parents as well as Scholar Korak are brilliantly matched to them and well fleshed out. Each character has a main purpose in the story and moves the plot forward, and I have grown to know and love them so much that I’d happily read a whole book with each of them. The octopuses are awesome, if I may say so, and I can’t wait to see how the confrontation with the humans will fit into the bigger picture.
Once again, O’Connor manages to tell a fast-paced story full of adventures and interesting facts and emotional depth that will stay in my mind for a long time. Her hints at environmental problems that are all too acute and severe, and her uncanny ability to make even the most outrageous seem real and perfectly plausible make this story shine. There is much to learn from this book, but you’ll be so engrossed that you won’t realize that until after you’ve finished it in one go. The scientific facts and hidden messages are always lurking, but never taking center stage, so this is a terrific read that is both entertaining and enlightening.
I can’t wait to meet Drogan again in Book 4, but until then I’ll happily read the different stories waiting for me in Books 2 and 3.
Rating: 5/5
There is a lot to enjoy and admire about this book. The way the author mixes science-fiction – including planets and multiverses and quantum leaps and space traveling – with ‘mermaids’ and some paranormal and magical elements is something I’ve never come across, and it works surprisingly well. When I say ‘mermaids’, I mean creatures living underwater and being somewhat ‘fishy’ but also human (gilled) and with legs to walk on. They’re aptly called Oceanics. What made the story even more entertaining to read were the gods, of whom she has picked a clever few and who would be great in a movie that could rival “Guardians of the Galaxy”. Sometimes I found myself reminded of Terry Pratchett’s books, and that’s a HUGE compliment.
Drogan and Navood are perfect picks for the main characters, and their parents as well as Scholar Korak are brilliantly matched to them and well fleshed out. Each character has a main purpose in the story and moves the plot forward, and I have grown to know and love them so much that I’d happily read a whole book with each of them. The octopuses are awesome, if I may say so, and I can’t wait to see how the confrontation with the humans will fit into the bigger picture.
Once again, O’Connor manages to tell a fast-paced story full of adventures and interesting facts and emotional depth that will stay in my mind for a long time. Her hints at environmental problems that are all too acute and severe, and her uncanny ability to make even the most outrageous seem real and perfectly plausible make this story shine. There is much to learn from this book, but you’ll be so engrossed that you won’t realize that until after you’ve finished it in one go. The scientific facts and hidden messages are always lurking, but never taking center stage, so this is a terrific read that is both entertaining and enlightening.
I can’t wait to meet Drogan again in Book 4, but until then I’ll happily read the different stories waiting for me in Books 2 and 3.
Rating: 5/5
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