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The Shapeshifters

Trilogy

The Stolen Queen-Escape from

Myrizen-A New Earth

Barry Goddard

KEY SELLING POINTS
A fantasy novel about shapeshifting into animal forms, which is revealed to be an ancient and universal
tradition.
Presents real magic and shows how it can emerge from inner work.
The overarching theme reconciles Religion and Science, God and Lucifer.

In a world where dogmatic science has replaced tyrannical religion, the Shapeshifters – those with the ability to
take animal form – are ruthlessly hunted down by the ruling Logos. Janwar is a teenager with a nascent gift for
Shapeshifting, whose ambitious father is appalled by his son’s proclivity; Alicia is a rebel daughter of the
aristocracy, unashamed of her affinity with the animal world. Together with their Shapeshifting friends – Diana
the intuitive Dwarf, William the magical adept, Rowena the Rhino and Francis, a mole in the Logos - they must
find and rescue Queen Elfina, who has been spirited away because of her Otherworldly sympathies.

Elfina in her turn has a larger destiny to fulfil: reconciling the forces of science, led by the diabolical Roger
Bacon, and resurgent religion, led by the charismatic Zeus Messiah. She has the ancient elemental powers of
the earth at her disposal, along with the help of the Shapeshifters, but will that be enough to pacify these old
enemies?

A page-turning drama that addresses a central mythology of our times, Shapeshifters is also a real-world
exploration of the larger humanity that emerges from embodying animal spirits.

Barry Goddard has a background in Buddhism, Astrology and Shamanism, spanning 45 years. He wrote his
first two books – on The Medicine Wheel and on Astrology – during the Covid lockdowns. Shapeshifters
gives expression, in fictional form, to his shamanic healing work. He is well-known for his blogging, and for the
astrological and shamanic groups he runs on Facebook. Barry lives on Dartmoor in the UK, where he enjoys
visiting the fairy glens, of which there are many.

Comparative title: 9781803410104 Surfing the Galactic Highways (December 2022)

Publication Date: 28th January 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781805141952
Thema subject category: FW – Religious and spiritual fiction
paperback 216 x 138 mm 608 pp Portrait Author location: Dartmoor

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