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The Call of Eternity (Transcendence Book 2) Kindle Edition

by E A Carter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Caught between a powerful king and an indomitable warrior, who would you choose to love...for eternity?

SHORTLIST - PAGE TURNER AWARDS 2020

FINALIST - THE WISHING SHELF AWARDS 2020

In the epic sequel to The Lost Valor of Love, worlds collide, and gods and mortals cross paths, kingdoms fall, and ancient, long-buried hatreds stir.

In the heavens, the storm god Teshub discovers two of the most powerful gods of the pantheon have fallen to a world torn apart by rivalry, war, famine, and plagues. Soon, he learns, he too must fall.

In the north, a crown prince ascends the throne, his queen taken by his enemy as compensation for the crimes of his father. But the new king is prepared to risk everything to reclaim his queen, and plans for war begin.

In the east, a near-immortal senses the awakening of a powerful artifact after an eternity of silence. It can only mean one thing: gods once more walk among men, and with their return—the key to his immortality.

And from far without, the Creator eyes his dying creation, its fragile boundaries unraveling. From across an enormous board, he picks up a token—an exact replica of a living woman. He smiles at it with fondness and sets it down on a new space. Folding his hands together, he steps back, and waits.

The Call of Eternity is the second book in the Transcendence series.

“A rock solid 5 star sequel.” — Asrar Lydia, Bookstagrammer

“Rich, sumptuous and epic.”— Scarlette Drake, Author

“A journey that touches your soul.” — Joanne Teale, Reader

“Best book of the year.” — Verified Buyer, Amazon
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'An epic story of love. Powerful and compelling' - Katherine Stansfield, author of The Magpie Tree

'A gripping historical novel with an 'epic' feel to it and populated with memorable characters. A FINALIST and highly recommended!' - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

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Two major historical facts align with the narrative in The Call of Eternity. First, several years after the Battle of Kadesh, Urhi-Teshub mysteriously disappeared without a trace. There are a series of letters which passed between Hattusilis and Ramesses regarding the missing royal, with veiled accusations made by Hattusilis of foul play by Egypt. These accusations triggered a major diplomatic crisis. Despite both empires using considerable resources to find him, Urhi-Teshub - a royal - was never found again, an unthinkable thing in that era. The last historians know of him was he claimed sanctuary in Egypt where he remained for seven years before he vanished without a trace.

Second, according to ancient historians who documented the life of Alexander the Great (356-326 BCE), Alexander spent a large part of his life trying to prove he was the son of a god. First he went to Egypt and met with the priests of Atum, who told him from their divinations that Alexander was, in fact, the son of Marduk, the god of Babylon, and that Marduk was rumored to still exist, a physical being - unlike the other gods of the ancient world who had long since left the world of men.

Alexander duly pressed on, obsessed with vindicating himself. He arrived in Babylon and managed to convince the priests to allow him to meet the being he considered his father. The priests agreed, although, they informed him, Marduk had been dead for almost two hundred years. Bitterness filled Alexander - to have traveled so far, and to have defeated all the kingdoms between him and his 'father' only to learn at the last hour all his hopes had come to nothing - almost vanquished him. But in a strange twist, the priests took pity on Alexander and confessed they still possessed Marduk's body, kept in a hidden chamber deep beneath the stepped pyramid called the Etemen'anki, preserved in a stone vat according to the god's bizarre instructions.

Alexander insisted on seeing the body, and by all accounts there was a body, well preserved - as though the one within the vat slept - surrounded by flowers and incense. When I came across this tale, I was fascinated by both the arrogance of Alexander and the idea there might have actually have been a being who once lived and ruled as a god in ancient Babylon. A being who was neither man nor god, but something other. A being who slept on, perfectly preserved.

Within this novel are two deep threads: one which explores wormholes and the multiverse theory within the laws of quantum physics, the other explores what might occur should the so-called fine-tuned constants become unstable. I spent some time working with a physicist on the more difficult aspects within the narrative to ensure that should something like what unfolds in this novel ever transpire in our world, it might happen for us just as it is experienced by the characters in The Call of Eternity.

The location of Surru is based on the ancient site of Lonar Lake in Maharashtra, India. Its crater was created over a half-million years ago by either a comet or asteroid impact. It is the only known hyper velocity impact crater in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth.

E A Carter

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07CQQDG5M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Arundel House Press (April 27, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5032 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 472 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 20 ratings

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E A Carter is a multiple award-winning, Amazon #1 bestselling author of epic alternate historical fiction, sci-fi, and high fantasy love stories.

E A grew up in the Canadian countryside, the daughter of a reverend of modest means, with only her bicycle, her cat, and her imagination to occupy her.

Ever since she could talk she has been crafting stories. She writes of the complexities of love and mortality against evocative backdrops and seeks to test the perceived limits of love, death, and time.

In her debut series Transcendence, passion, war, treachery, and a love even more powerful than death awaits. It begins with the multiple award-winning historical epic The Lost Valor of Love, continues with The Call of Eternity whose passages between worlds are based on collaboration with a physicist at CERN and finishes with cosmic stakes in The Rise of the Goddess.

The premise for the series came to her during a stay in Luxor, Egypt when she dreamed of an empire-crossing, forbidden love affair which transpired during the New Kingdom period. As she woke to the sun rising over the Nile and three thousand years slammed back into her senses, she heard these words: Tell the story. Do not let it die.

It took five years of research across four countries to put together all the missing pieces of the puzzle. When she discovered the man she had dreamed of was a real historical person, including his position in Ramesses II's court, she sensed she had embarked on the story of a lifetime.

After sixteen years of research and writing, the transcendent love affair she dreamed of at last, lives again.

Recent awards: I, Cassandra is a sci-fi drenched in the dystopian atmospheres of Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and Elysium. Cassandra is a prisoner who can alter reality. Maddox is a dead soldier brought back to life as a sentient machine. A forbidden love affair that transcends time, the end of the world, and what it means to be human. Winner, Honorable Mention in the 2021 Writer's Digest Self Published e-Book Awards.

Her true story of survival, hope and healing, The Lost Letters: The Dark World of Narcissistic Abuse was Shortlisted in the 2021 International Page Turner Awards, won Highly Commended for Non-Fiction and received a PR campaign from Palamedes PR in London.

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Rad Ryder
5.0 out of 5 stars Layered, nuanced, and exceptionally gripping!
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2019
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I read the first book, The Lost Valor of Love, and the second, The Call of Eternity, on Wattpad a while ago. I purchased these books because I feel strongly that excellent writers deserve to be compensated well for their effort. And the effort that EA Carter put into this series is so obvious in every word choice and on every page.

These books are not cheap mind candy. The story follows Istara in the time of ancient Egypt and Rameses II and it includes three kingdoms and several important characters. Istara has spent her life as a pawn in the chess boards of kings and gods, and though she hates being a pawn she continues to follow the path because to do otherwise would bring consequences too terrible to contemplate. Istara is not perfectly selfless and self sacrificing. All of the characters in this fantasy story line are nuanced and layered. This is a time period that produces the kind of people that we modern minds can’t quite relate to and yet EA Carter has made them human just the same.

It has been a while since I read these two books and I will be reading them again before I start on the final installment The Rise of The Rise of the Goddess. It is rare that I reread books, or even watch a movie I’ve already seen. (Probably PTSD from raising kids and watching Disney movies 8,000 times, although Mary Poppins is always a treat.) But this series is absolutely on the list of books to enjoy again!
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Kat
5.0 out of 5 stars History, power, desire, love and the gods
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019
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So much love for this series. It is epic!!!
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cvair
5.0 out of 5 stars Give this all the stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
A glorious sequel — this maintained the exquisite historical detail of the first book while bringing in some truly fantastic elements that fed the Stargate fan in me. I would kill to see this as a TV series!
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Walks For Fun
5.0 out of 5 stars Girl power comes at a cost
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018
When destiny and fate are moved about on the chessboard of mere mortals' lives, will the queen play her part right before a king is put into checkmate during his quest to join the eternal play of the gods as directed by the creator?

If this game of (in the) throes (of love) gets you intrigued, you'll be spending your money well; me stating this even though I was privileged to a no-cost advance copy.

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Disclosure: I received a free copy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2018
This author is amazing I love love love this book can't wait to start the next one
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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Another epic read by E.A. Carter
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2019
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Epic! E.A. Carter delivers another heartbreaking suspenseful read. I love that you can never predict what will happen to these beloved character. I can't wait until the next in the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and Brilliant 👌
Reviewed in India on December 24, 2019
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A sequel beautifully written.
Absolutely brilliant.
I loved it.
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Michael Holloway
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sequel!
Reviewed in Spain on October 7, 2018
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To begin with, to state the obvious (given my rating), this is a fantastic book!

Like the first in the Transcendence series, it's built on a solid foundation of extensive research, bringing with it a life-like experience of the trials of politics, war, and love in the ancient worlds (of Egypt, Hatti, and more) with a thoroughly enjoyable story line set around familiar characters. The Call Of Eternity takes another step forward, expanding further into the world of ancient mythology, and drawing on [again, well researched] elements of sci-fi to round up in an unpredictable and complex plot.

Okay, I don't want to give anything away... just, I strongly recommend reading this (after The Lost Valor Of Love, of course!)
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ScarlettDrake
5.0 out of 5 stars Transcendent! Another epic tale of love, fate, mortals and Gods!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2018
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Okay so it has been a few days now since I finished The Call of Eternity and I wanted to take some time to decompress and try and sort through my emotions before sitting down to write this review. After finishing the final pages with tears in my eyes and hope and anticipation in my heart, I knew I wouldn't be able to write anything legible right away. I’m still not sure I’ll manage it - so emotional does this book make me - but here goes…

So, I’ve made no secret about my love and everlasting devotion to ‘The Lost Valor of Love’ to quite frankly anyone who will listen. It was a book I read because I loved the rich, seeping, epic tale that was promised by it’s title and synopsis, and I was not disappointed. In fact I was the very opposite of disappointed. I adored that book more than I will ever be able to accurately say, and it has since become one of my favourite books of all time. So, you can imagine the excitement I had for its sequel. What I will say first, is that ‘The Call of Eternity’ almost feels like a different genre to TLVoL. Well for some of the way at least. It feels ancient and epic, but it has has a new shiny sci-fi element (yes really) that I honestly wasn't expecting or even prepared for. I mean it started where its predecessor left off, but it quickly took us into a whole new world with a dive into quantum physics and the endless possibilities of the universe and time, while somehow still weaving it around love and fate and destiny the way the first book did so well. But this was next level stuff. In truth, I didn't know how this world was going to fit around my beloved Istara, Urhi-Teshub, and *almost grudging tone* Sethi. (My heart is and always will be Urhi-Teshub’s but Sethi really does get under your skin in this book and it’s just unfair quite honestly). Anyway I’m happy to report that after some twitching and adjusting, this new sci-fi aspect came to fit them like a glove, as though it had been hand stitched just for them.

This story is just as epic as this first, if not more so. There are even more Gods in play, making everything feel a lot larger in scale and the stakes feel that much higher,. You will hate some characters that you used to love (Ahmen I’m looking at you), you will love characters that you used to hate (okay I never hated Sethi but god did I fall in love with him hard in this book), and you will feel like you have gone on an epic journey through time and space and read several genres of book all at once by the time you get to the end.

Hands down my favourite new character in this sequel was Marduk. He was everything a ‘villain’ should be. Ruthless, driven, mysterious, nuanced, darkly alluring, but with a heart and soul. He completely hooked and tempted me and I honestly could not get enough of him. I would have loved to have seen even more of him - holding out big hopes for that in the next book.

Not many writers make me cry. But I confess that I was moved to tears a few times throughout this book, just as I was with TLVoL, and that is simply down to the way I feel about these characters. EA has crafted them with such a fine, masterful, and loving hand, that I feel like they live inside me. Their pain is my pain, their hope is my hope, their love is my love. I’m not quite sure how she does it, but it is magical to behold. I think part of it is that you can feel the love she has for her characters, they are plain in every word she writes and that love just seeps off the pages and into us, the reader. I am so thankful that I get to be a part of this world, their world, even for a little while. It's rich and sumptuous and epic and I honestly never ever wanted to leave it. So, I wait with baited breath for the final instalment because already I miss them. And if the excerpt of ‘The Rise of The Goddess’ is anything to go by, the end of this series will be the end of me.

Loved Loved LOVED IT.
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~*Irene*~
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply THE best!
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2018
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This series is hands down one of THE best books I've read. Possible EVER! I can not wait for the conclusion to this amazing story. Exquisitely written and 100% unputdownable!
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