Playlist For The Second
Chronicle
Tracks
unrelated to the time period
Max’s signature
tune – HAIM/Don’t Save Me
Max and Tahra’s signature tune – MUSE/Undisclosed
Desires
Sam and Ava’s signature tune –
CITIZENS/True Romance
For the hell of it and to all the
characters – RHIANNA/Stay
Tracks
related to the time periods in the book
JIMI HENDRIX/Voodoo Child
ROXY MUSIC/Love Is The Drug
KASABIAN (cover) – Everybody’s Gotta Learn
Sometime
THE MARCELS/Blue Moon
T-REX/Get It On
GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS/You’ll Never
Walk Alone
MARVIN GAYE & KIM WESTON/It Takes Two
JACKIE WILSON/Your Love Keeps Lifting me
(Higher and Higher)
BEN E. KING/Stand By Me
ROSE ROYCE/Car Wash
ELTON JOHN/Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest
Word
GLENN MILLER/Moonlight Serenade
Marie Harbon
Genre: Science Fiction, Science Fiction Adventure
Release date: December 2012
'The Truth Will Set You Free'
In the second instalment of the Seven Point Eight series, the legacy of the OOBE project weighs heavily on the conscience of Dr Paul Eldridge. Tahra Mamoun needs to muster all her courage and venture back into the alternate dimensions of reality. Through a series of challenging, surreal and frightening experiences, she comes to comprehend the destructive power she can yield and must face her own demons in the process.
Paul continues his quest to understand the ancient knowledge of the cosmos, while dark forces seek to hijack his research to further a secret agenda. With their lives in jeopardy, Paul and Tahra confront their enemies against an international backdrop featuring the pyramids of Giza and the peaks of Switzerland.
Meanwhile, Sam and Ava endeavour to uncover their past, even though it may irrevocably change their lives.
In a tale of courage and tragedy, love and betrayal, their lives are interwoven around the demons of one man, Max Richardson, who'll stop at nothing to achieve his objectives.
Written in the style of a TV series, Seven Point Eight draws together quantum physics, psychic powers, alternate dimensions, time travel, past lives, ancient wisdom and conspiracy in a soap opera for the soul.
Seven Point Eight: The
Second Chronicle
Excerpt 7
The dot mutated into a
fuzzy patch that took form as it approached me, morphing into a familiar
figure. Its identity threw me, an image that awakened a dichotomy of feelings,
exciting and repelling me simultaneously. What was my subconscious trying to
tell me this time? The image of Max advanced towards me and met my bewildered
gaze, seeming so real that I could almost reach out and touch him. Yet it was a
mere representation of him, drawn directly from my mind.
Nobody spoke. I knew it
wasn’t really him, but peering into those brown eyes, he seemed very genuine,
complete with feelings and memories. He looked slightly younger, exactly as
he’d appeared to me when he brought me to The Institute back in 1962. His face
expressed accusation.
“Why have you abandoned
me?”
Although I had no reason to
feel guilty, he made me experience remorse.
“What do you mean?”
“Why are you with someone
else instead of me?” he continued, uncharacteristically open and transparent, something
the real Max could never be.
“I made a choice. Paul
gives me what I need.”
It felt strange confronting
him with the truth, yet the opportunity to have this conversation with him
unburdened me.
“You were supposed to teach
me emotion,” he said. “You can’t hide from your responsibility.”
I could barely contain my
indignation.
“I have no responsibility
towards you. It was never meant to be.”
“We all deny what we’re
required to learn in this life,” he responded. “You’re afraid to feel
vulnerable too, fearful of opening your heart.”
“I understand my emotions,”
I retorted. “It’s you who do not.”
“Then I need to be taught.”
I turned away from him,
annoyed at how he teased out some repressed anger by poking me with a guilt
stick. For a memory, his presence felt far too real and triggered a whole
catalogue of emotions. I recalled his seduction of me through gifts, and our
time in America when he’d promiscuously vented his sexual frustration while
waiting to claim my virginity. A tear rolled down my cheek, and embarrassed, I
wiped it away. He took hold of my hand, which created a vivid touch sensation
not quite like skin on skin, but more lucid and electrical.
“Remember when you didn’t
suppress your feelings?” he said. “Remember when it was just you and me in New
York?”
I found myself at the top
of the Empire State building on that windy day in October 1963, looking out
over the city. Max stood behind me with his arms around my waist and his cheek
resting against mine. How vivid the memory felt, as if I were there in person.
I remembered that time, an ideal moment of love and trust in my life, yet how
could it be so perfect? Was my memory playing tricks on me?
“Don’t you wonder what it
would’ve been like if things had been different?” he said softly, in my ear.
“Misery,” I answered
quickly.
“Is that what you really
believe? If I make you so unhappy, then why have you summoned me in this
world?”
I’d never heard anything so
ridiculous!
“I came here looking for my
friends, not you.”
“You’re forgetting that
memories are both conscious and subconscious. Desire is the same, we’re only
aware of the tip of the iceberg. What do you really want?”
“You are not my purpose in
life,” I said with vehemence. “You’re a distraction, a…buzzing fly that won’t
go away, you’re a…corrosive chemical that destroys everything in its path.”
He almost laughed.
“You hate with such
passion. Does Paul arouse you like this?”
I swallowed back my hurt.
“No, he doesn’t make me
hate, or make me cry. That’s why I love him.”
“Is that what you want, a
life with a man who doesn’t occasionally arouse hate, who doesn’t sometimes
make you angry, or who doesn’t bring a tear to your eye? Love is a ride that
takes you to the top of a mountain, or the depths of a valley. True love makes
you feel the whole range of emotions, not merely a select few.”
I wanted to choke back my
tears, get the hell out of this place but he leaned closer, whispering
something in my ear.
“You know, we’ve met many
times over the course of eternity. In the history of civilisation, we’re old
friends. We have baggage, we have history.”
About the Author:
Marie Harbon has worked in both the retail and fitness industry. She has a degree in sport and fitness, and taught group exercise for several years, delivering aerobics and Pilates. For two years, she delivered BTEC sport courses and has also instructed dance and sport with children.
Marie is a member of Nottingham Writers Studio, Her future plans include not only completing the 'Seven Point Eight' series, but involve writing YA, children's and adult books, short stories, novellas and scripts.
Aside from writing, Marie is a self-confessed fabric geek and purveyor of beautiful, often ostentatious bags, bustiers and clothing. She lives in the town of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, which is in England.
Website: http://www.marieharbon.com
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When your destiny has been written in blood, and you are left with one burning question… Do Guardian Angels come from Heaven or Hell?
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When the charismatic Damon Draco begins to take an interest in Grace, it doesn’t take long before Grace falls for his alluring charm. A charm she doesn't quite understand.
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You can bet your soul on it!
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Savagely initiated into the brutal underbelly of the firm, Audra learns too late that the rumors are true. Now after five years of careful plotting, Audra is ready to push the wheels of justice in motion. Her goal of retribution has turned into an obsession and she will stop at nothing until everyone responsible pays. Will revenge set her free or is Audra's quest for personal justice only beginning?
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