Awakening the Essence: Book One of the Siren Chronicles

Millennia ago women were honored as matriarchs and the leaders of nations. Respected and powerful. Today women fight for an equal role in society, their power suppressed, their intelligence hidden, and their voice muffled. Why? Was it simply the vagaries of history or a secretly executed plan? Demonstrating a gift for the creation of legend, author Kate Sexton delivers a hypnotic novel of mysteries and profound knowledge based on fact, and brings to life a legendary dynasty of strong women. This is the tale of a family given to history and mythology, to murder and forbidden wisdom, to song and philosophy; a family that is itself haunted by a dangerous and secretive enemy. Rory Forsythe, a beautiful woman and successful entertainment executive, awakens from a car accident to discover she has acquired sensory abilities that both mystify and frighten her. Unsure and shaken, she is catapulted violently into a worldwide power struggle that began eons ago. With handsome Irishman Kelsey O’Keefe at her side, Rory takes up the hunt for the hidden location of a venerable family fortune. As these two – fiercely drawn to each other, fall in love and set out to solve the mystery of her past – the novel moves backward and forward in time from today’s Los Angeles and Lyon, France to atop an ancient temple in Babylon and a tribal circle of judgment held 8,000 years ago. Rory’s increasingly inspired yet dangerous moves in this ruthless game bind her to her heritage and the priceless legacy she was born to protect – The Siren Chronicles. With a dreamlike power, the novel draws us through circuitous, dusky paths to the present. And always – through peril, tension and escape – there swirl around us echoes of eternal war; innocence versus evil, sanity against madness, life versus death. Based on twelve years of research, Kate Sexton weaves a story filled with truths drawn from findings in archeology, linguistics, anthropology, myths and religions to reveal a stunning conclusion about the true history of the western world, the women who created the original civilizations, and the men who destroyed it. Journey through time and history as The Siren Chronicles are revealed. www.TheSirenChronicles.com