THE MATRIARCH MESSIAH
THE MATRIARCH MESSIAH
Maxime Trencavel
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GENRE: SciFi
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BLURB:
Zara Khatum, a woman haunted by ancient visions, finds herself drawn deeper into the heart of a perilous quest. Guided by a mysterious voice, she seeks to fulfill an ancient prophecy and find the cavern of blue light – a sanctuary rumored to hold the key to saving humanity. But the path to salvation is fraught with danger, and Zara is torn between her destiny and her heart.
A shadowy organization, known as NiQihs, seeks to exploit the power of the legendary black object, the source of Zara’s visions, for their own sinister ends. They are not alone. The world’s superpowers, driven by greed and ambition, race to control the artifact, threatening to unleash unimaginable devastation.
Joining Zara in this dangerous pursuit is Rachel Capsali, a brilliant Israeli archaeologist driven by a personal quest to uncover evidence of Asherah, a forgotten goddess who held a pivotal place in ancient Israelite faith. Unbeknownst to them, both women are bound by a shared destiny – a prophecy foretelling the cavern of blue light and a final, heartbreaking truth: two women will fight to the death, and only one will save us all.
Adding to the complexity, a passionate triangle forms as Rachel vies for Peter Gollinger’s affection, a man deeply entangled in the ancient mystery. Zara, torn between fulfilling her destiny and her own feelings for Peter, finds herself caught in a web of conflicting desires.
As Zara and Rachel navigate a treacherous landscape of hidden agendas, betrayal, and relentless pursuit, their rivalry for Peter’s affections intensifies. Can love survive the forces that threaten to tear them apart? Will the quest for salvation lead to a heart-wrenching sacrifice?
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EXCERPT:
Another dewdrop hits her nose. But this time, she does not wipe it off as it mingles with the drops from her eyes while she searches inside for the strength to remember that which remains unresolved in her life, with her family, with her destiny. Is he really the one? Should she reveal what should only be revealed to the one man who will bring her to her destiny?
A purse of her lips and she finally says, “Sara, my great-grandmother, she was our link to the wisdom of generations of spiritually inspired women before her.”
Still facing away from Peter, she says, “Sara liked you. She saw something in you when she first met you at that first dinner at her ancestral house when we were staging for our mission to retrieve the object.”
Turning back to him, she says, “Sara said to my grandmother Roza, her daughter, that you harbor the same light her husband, a Sufi imam, my great-grandfather, had within him when they first met.”
She points to his eyes. Blue ones which naturally go with his once-blond and now-sandy-brown hair. “Sara said the light is blue. The light we should seek is blue. The world thinks the light is white. But the one we seek, we yearn for, we die for, is blue. She so feared dying before she could find the blue light. For in the blue light, we shall return”, she said.
Peter, who knows so much trivia because he is an editor of all sorts of topics, papers, and books, is speechless until he finally mutters, “Blue? Where did that come from? I’m not getting the connection to the mystery of the ancient matriarch we solved.”
“As you had with your grandfather, your pappy, who entrusted you with an ancient family oral tradition, passed from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation, as far back in time as that temple, the world’s oldest temple, which our follies led to be destroyed, so there is a line of similar wisdom passed down in my family line. But through the women. Mother to daughter and to granddaughter.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Maxime has been scribbling stories since grade school, from adventure epics to morality plays. Blessed with living in multicultural pluralistic settings and having earned degrees in science and marketing, Maxime has worked in business and sports, traveling to countries across five continents and learning about cultures, traditions, and the importance of tolerance and understanding. Maxime’s second novel, The Matriarch Messiah, was conceived, outlined, written, and edited in different locations in Belgium, including the Turkish and Kurdish neighborhoods of Brussels, in various islands of the Caribbean, in Colombia, in Madrid, Malaga, Mallorca, Spain, London, UK, and on the two coasts of the United States.
Book and author website: https://tailofthebird.com/
Author Blog: https://tailofthebird.com/blog
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Links to The Matriarch Messiah pre-sale at $0.99 intro pricing (release date March 17, 2025):
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https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-matriarch-messiah/id6742783963
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Matriarch_Messiah.html?id=I_9LEQAAQBAJ
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Q & A With …
If you could hang out with one famous person for one day, who would it be and why?
Mylène Farmer. She is a famous redheaded French singer, songwriter, and actress known for her
enigmatic persona, dark and atmospheric music, and visually stunning performances. Most of all, she is
the most successful recording artist of all time in France, with the record for most number one hit singles.
I wrote most of The Matriarch Matrix listening to a select soundtrack of her songs.
In the Matriarch Matrix, she is Father Jean-Paul Sobiros’ only visual vice. His fascination with her artistry,
but as the book progresses, we find she is a surrogate for his forbidden love of a redheaded Sister
Magali.
While very overt on stage, Mylène Farmer is a very private person, granting very few media interviews. To
spend time with her would be a rarity. As such, the day’s conversation would focus on genuine curiosity
about her artistry and creative process, rather than intrusive questions about her personal life. But I would
like to know about her choice of a monkey as her pet.
What’s the story behind your latest book?
Whereas The Matriarch Matrix focused upon a mythology passed down through patriarchal lineage, The
Matriarch Messiah gives the matriarchal legends equal billing. The legend of the cavern of the blue light is
passed down from grandmother to granddaughter. Never to be told to a man unless absolutely needed to help find their way or their descendants way back to the cavern.
But the mythology has a darker side. Two women will fight to the death so that one can save us all. In this
pursuit, Zara, the main protagonist from the first book is hailed as the next great prophetess—the next
messiah. To counter her “false messianic claim, Rachel is tasked by her sponsors to stop Zara at all
costs. Mixed between them is Zara’s paramour from the first book and a delightful love triangle tumbles
about.
At its heart, The Matriarch Messiah is a parable for how our modern society needs to strive better towards
mutual understanding and find solutions to the forces of nature, forces of people which threaten our
extinction.
What advice do you have for other writers who want to get the word out about their latest book?
Posting in book blogs like this had been effective for The Matriarch Matrix, so we’re on tour once again.
The results of dozens upon dozens of blogs fills any Google search for you as an author and your
published titles—a goal I learned early on from book marketing experts.
The next way I see many aspiring authors seek exposure is to attend, speak, sell books at these writer
conferences. In fact, I recently attended one where the guest speaker said speaking was how she
developed her fame and exposure for her books. What’s not to like about best-selling, award-winning?
Another method they talked about, but I am not in the position to do, is author signings at local
bookstores. Several authors at the conference had done this locally with good response.
Launching a wide-ranging social media campaign is only for those with deep, deep pockets with long-term goals.
List 5 things on your bucket list.
1. Traveling to country number 31 to 35
2. Publish without bankruptcy five more books, at least
3. Help solve a major social issue, well at least be a participant in the solution
4. Live long enough to be a wonderful grandparent to our daughters’ children
5. Help someone else meet or achieve one of their bucket list
