A mutated biological agent escapes from Porton Down weapons testing establishment outside Portsmouth, England. Superficially, the mutant appears to be a butterfly. The story revolves around a couple of University lecturers who stumble unwittingly on the agent, thinking it a new species. Through their research, the authorities are alerted to the possible publication of its origin and take ruthless steps to prevent this. Murder, political intrigue and big-business machinations occur against a background of increasing social awareness of danger and unrest, whilst a number of dedicated opponents of the system struggle for recognition of humanitarian values. Underlying the development of the characters and the action is an awareness of the interconnectedness of all life and a strong philosophical argument for the effects of inertia on ecological systems and on social conventions, no matter how violently these are disturbed.
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It may be of interest that this plot came to me in its entirety in a dream and that the book virtually wrote itself. I have always been intensely interested in the natural world, the interconnectedness of all life, spiritual development and creativity, so the story was crafted from the whole of my life. The nature of the 'butterflies' was familiar to me as I have studied myxomycetes since I was twelve years old. Mycetozoa or slime moulds are now classified as a separate kingdom (not animal nor plant nor fungus). I have also loved butterflies from a very early age. The protagonists were drawn with permission from composites of many of the people I have loved. The settings are places dear to me. The plot is fictional and no individual creature, living or dead, is portrayed factually, except Frazzle. I have been very happy in the world as I know it and hope this offerring helps to promote awareness of how fragile it is and how we are really all interdependent parts of one beautiful organism.
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Just as the Wind blows, So Time carries all that happens Into the Future.
A gentler Breeze touches your Brow... A Butterfly Kiss....
You may not recognise this contact of Mind, But it wafts all your Life, and all your Gratitude Into Eternity
And... Somewere...
Under the Arch of Heaven... Helps you to build A New World.
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Together, disabled psychologist Sylvia Farley and her carer Ray Stokes haveset up Viscount Publishing. Ray's books, "Emma of Lulworth Cove" and "Thelma's Cottage" are now on sale worldwide, and under consideration as film screen plays. Sylvia's Sci-fi book "Hosts of Angels" was written under her pen-name Amelia May Kingston. She has also written "The Triumph of Hope," an autobiographical book on BDSM and alternative sexuality, the subject of her projected Doctoral thesis.
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