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How Beatsthe

Original Heart

Ross Merrin

KEY SELLING POINTS

A story which is both a straight-forward tale and a philosophical odyssey with many layers.
Assimilates the human condition with thrilling action, humour with the spiritual, and a playful tone with the
most profound of subjects.
Thefirst of atrilogy of books, which can be read in anyorder.

In the flare of the flames a life-force flickers.

Why did Kick Vivid, singer in The Fifth Season, touring a post-religious world, agree to find the boy? And why
does the omnipotent Universal Services pursue him so relentlessly when its dominance of the modern world is
alreadyalmosttotal? Kick canfind thetruthat theheart of almostanysituation– butthis is different in away
even he can’t define.
So much - everything perhaps – is within easy reach; pleasure, resources, the future...souls. And while Universal
Servicesaresellinglifeafterdeath, noteveryone is buying.Thereis laughterto be had, afterall, in anylifeled
and especially within the touring family. Kick promised to find the boy. He doesn’t know why. Universal
Services do.

Itmight be theflamesthatthrowdancingshadowsovereverythingaround–or, maybe, simplynothingis as it
seems.Theysayyourlife flashes beforeyoureyes whenyouareabouttodie.

When there’s nothing left to believe in, what do you believe in?

Ross Merrin is aprofessionalmusicianwithadegree in Applied Biological Sciences.Hehasbackground in a
variety of sectors includingcharity, sponsorshipandfilm, buthisfascination is withthenature of theworld. He
isneverhappierthanwhenheiscreatingmusic,writingordivingintheworld'stropicalseas.

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781836280194
Thema subject category: FB – Fiction: general and literary
paperback 198 x 129 mm 336 pp Portrait Author location: London

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