When The Gods Fell (Lost Civilizations Book 1)

Mars Is Hiding A Secret

When the first small group of humans arrive on Mars, they expect to retrieve some probes and learn more about Earth’s neighbor. Instead, they find Oracle Veritas, of House Delphi, who has waited 65 million years to brief these children of Olympus about their own origins, their very essence … and the danger that threatens them.

Seas and lakes, deserts and icecaps, forests and mountains once covered this planet then called Olympus. Veritas tells them that it was home to a race of immortals—Zeus, Odin, Yahweh, Lucifer, and others—who guided the fates of other worlds and fought among themselves for supremacy.

Zeus, Odin, Yahweh, and Lucifer, supported by characters from other realms, had battled for control. As civil war loomed, the most powerful of all the gods, Zeus, foresaw chaos and destruction. Left with a single, terrible solution to save all the worlds, Zeus turned to the only person he could trust to carry out his last order … and change all existence forever.

REVIEWER REACTIONS:

“When the Gods Fell will be a fun adventure for anyone who likes mythology, history, and thoughtful science-fiction,” book blogger Ambrose Crotts.

"True to form, Richard delivers another great story sure to keep you guessing. In 2041, an expeditionary force on Mars encounters an oracle to the gods. The sixty-million-year-old woman claiming to be oracle tells a familiar tale of greed, ambition, pride, and the undiluted lust for power. What’s unusual is her claim that Mars was Olympus, playground to the gods."

- W.S. Gray

"What the hell? I’ve never read such treachery, deceit—WTGF is a remarkable story. Seeing all the familiar names of the old gods and angels, the names of places, terms that I was familiar with all in one story was mind-blowing. Every day I was happy to come back where I left off. When I finished the entire story, I stared into space for a while letting it gel. It was quite an accomplishment."

- Dawn Ireland