Defender: There are knots at the beginning and ending of all things (The Republic of Dreams)

Welcome to the Republic of Dreams, where unseen combatants wage a proxy war in a world that is equal parts science, history, metaphor and mystery. Defender, book four in the series, is set at the end of the 22nd Century and follows the difficult life of Exander Metro, a man who has paid a great price for his heroism. He is now a ghostly shadow of his former self. He makes a long-awaited return to the Republic of Dreams and is proclaimed the King of Dreams, receiving the mysterious Crown of Fire, which Uira, Keeper of Legends, claims is an ancient object of power bestowed upon him by the gods. He struggles to learn its secrets while dealing with an influx of pirates bent on taking over the Republic at any cost, and fighting his own private battle against the pain of his deteriorating body. When the anti-rejection drugs that keep him alive begin to fail, his friends and family can do little to help him, and Ariadne, the global intelligence he helped create, wonders if she can exist without him. The answer to understanding the Crown - and to his and Ariadne's survival, might lie with his young son Ion, who sees the world as shadows of life and death that hint at the past - and the future.

Author: Stephen Spanoudis

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: Jan 02, 2019

Number of Pages: 383 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1793027188

ISBN-13: 9781793027184