Epiphany - THE GOLDING: A story within a story

By Sonya Deanna Terry

"Sophisticated and thought-provoking... an urban fairy tale for grown ups."Avid Ashley*** GOLD MEDAL Winner - 2016 Global Ebook Awards USA***SILVER MEDAL Winner - 2017 Readers' Favorite Award Contest USA*** RED RIBBON Winner - 2015 Wishing Shelf Awards UK***GOLD AWARD Winner -2017 Literary Titan USAHistory, mystery, contemporary romance and magic ...A whimsical tale about money and its unknown otherworldly origins.
It is midnight, and you are sleeping.I am here at the table with a candle at my elbow, penning the most difficult letter I have ever had to write.They are coming for me. Samuel Withers saw them in the village…
ENGLAND 1767Edward Lillibridge is writing a farewell letter to his son. The controversial reverend is facing trial for heresy after revealing the true beginnings of money.FAST FORWARD TO 2008...six months before the Global Financial Crisis rocks the economy. Lillibridge’s Our True Ancient History—published under the guise of fiction—is out of print, available only at antiquarian bookshops and largely overlooked. Until now.Rosetta Melki, an idealist whose sole-parent struggles have all but crushed her philanthropy dream, is enchanted by Our True Ancient History. Lillibridge’s tale about a gold-obsessed empire (and the sprites they oppress: elfin clan dwellers whose currency of choice is kindness) has evoked a memory Rosetta cannot explain.Rosetta’s website surrounding the reading group she’s begun with her friends has inspired the emergence of other Lillibridge book clubs. Her own Sydney group meets fornightly at a vintage bungalow, the rental home she secured to escape a gruesome intruder. In a more affluent part of Sydney, finance executive Matthew Weissler (polished, successful, admired) has been questioning his slave-to-the-dollar existence and his marriage to a tantrum-throwing shopaholic. And now he's questioning his sanity after finding he's been followed by an elf. But who is the creepy intruder? A prowler from the suburb Rosetta and her teenaged daughter fled...or a traveller from the past, determined to suppress an ancient memory that will change the world forever?****Includes detailed Character ListWhat readers are saying on international sites ...... This book is the book of tomorrow, it will become a classic.AustraliaThe first thing that struck me about Terry’s debut novel was her seemingly effortless ability to entwine the contemporary and historical aspects of the story. At times the writing is nothing short of spellbinding, something that is rare these days, and even rarer at the beginning of a literary career.RoseyUKIt's not often a book will inspire me to re-read paragraphs, but Epiphany - THE GOLDING's insights were well worth savouring. Both the inner and outer stories were equally compelling, and made for an easy transition from one time-frame to another. Sophisticated and thought provoking ... an urban fairy tale for grown ups.Avid AshleyAustraliaEDITORIAL REVIEWS
A true delight. The unique dual storyline is such an interesting slant in story telling, and is very much worth the read. Tracey A Fisher, Readers' Favorite
Sonya Deanna Terry writes with a sure hand. She artistically weaves a huge amount of history, spiritualism, philosophy, and romance into a powerful tale of good and evil. Epiphany will appeal to anyone interested in arcane and esoteric subjects such as the tarot, dragons, ancient civilizations, lost histories, and reincarnation. These are very big subjects and many readers will learn a lot.Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite
Every page has you wanting to turn to the next one to see what's going to happen, and the whole story has been brought together very nicely. It is a highly entertaining book and I really look forward to the next installment. Anne-Marie Reynolds, Readers' Favorite
Sonya Deanna Terry has deftly and creatively combined two story lines, bringing them closer together as the book progresses until they actually overlap. While both are fiction, the two plots are taken

• Language: English
• Publisher: PublishDrive
• Release date: Dec 24, 2014
• ISBN: 9780994216779