José Ferrer Aleu Libri

The Seven Gods of Order had ruled unchallenged for an aeon, served by the Adepts of the Circle in their bleak Northern stronghold. But for Tarod – the most enigmatic and formidable sorcerer in the Circle's ranks – a darker affinity had begun to call. Threatening his beliefs, even his sanity, it rose unbidden from beyond Time; an ancient and deadly adversary that could plunge the world into madness and chaos – and whose power rivalled that even of the Gods themselves. And though Tarod's mind and heart were pledged to Order, his soul was another matter...

Tarod alone knew the nature of the supernatural force locked within his soul-and he knew that it must be thwarted, no matter what the sacrifice. Denounced by his fellow adepts as a demon, betrayed even by those he loved, he had unleashed a power that twisted the fabric of time, to put himself beyond the reach of that monstrous force and avert the pandemonium that threatened the world. He thought that nothing could break through the barrier he had created. He was wrong.

"Questo libro, dovuto alla penna di un ex occultista ed ex surrealista come Louis Pauwels, con la collaborazione di quel singolare scienziato e mitografo che è Jacques Bergier, non costituisce né un romanzo né una narrazione fantascientifica, né un documento di fatti bizzarri, né una divulgazione di un insegnamento ermetico: pur presentandoci un po' tutte queste cose insieme. E' una specie di rapsodia di una nuova speranza, della grande avventura che gli sterminati orizzonti inaugurati dalle ultime scoperte scientifiche offrono all'umanità, speranza che si riannoda a sua volta ai sogni e alle leggende che attraverso i secoli sono stati alimentati da magia e occultismo e sono stati appannaggio di misteriose sette iniziatiche". (Sergio Solmi)