Corvus the Crow is a lively retelling of an ancient star myth and is approximately 2,000 words long.Corvus the Crow is a lively retelling of an ancient star myth and is approximately 2,000 words long.Corvus was a gifted, handsome crow who is selected as a messenger for Apollo, but his growing fame soon gets the better of him, and he imagines himself equal to the Gods. Apollo thinks not, and has something lasting in store for Corvus.Please consider leaving a brief review! Thanks!

Corvus welcomes readers to a dystopian future not unlike our own where the illusions of an ideal society have been destroyed and rebuilt using technology and class warfare. By joining classical elements of speculative fiction including surveillance, forbidden relationships, and political dissent, to the traditions of aboriginal storytelling and the legends of the Trickster, Harold Johnson invites readers to consider the consequences of our current way of life.

SUMMARY:It is twenty-three years since a Macht army fought its way home from the heart of the Asurian Empire. The man who came to lead that army, Rictus, is now a hard-bitten mercenary captain, middle-aged and tired. He wants nothing more than to lay down his spear and become the farmer that his father was. But fate has different ideas. A young warleader has risen to challenge the order of things in the very heartlands of the Macht. A soldier of genius, he takes city after city, and reigns over them as king. What is more, he had heard of the legendary leader of the Ten Thousand. His name is Corvus, and the rumours say that he is not even fully human. He means to make himself absolute ruler of all the Macht. And he wants Rictus to help him.

In a slightly alternate world the minds of teen offenders are uploaded into computers for rehabilitation—a form of virtual wilderness therapy. Zach is a homo cognoscens, one of the new humans who can enter the virtual Fulgrid. Though still a high school student, he is indentured to the Fulgur Corporation as a counsellor. Laura is a homo sapiens. Their story is part odyssey, part tragedy, part riff on the nature of consciousness. Podcasts (audiobook), narrated by Welsh actor Ioan Hefin, and further information are available at http://www.lleelowe.com You can also purchase a paperback edition of the novel.