The Earth in Daimones – An Apocalyptic Travel
“Even with the best of intentions, cruelty is just around the corner.“
The Daimones Trilogy deals with many themes, from survival and the rebirth of the race of man after an alien apocalypse, to love and romance in a dying world, and the rise of new ethics and morals.
Why on earth does Earth become Eridu in the “Daimones Trilogy“?
Every name in the trilogy bears a symbolic meaning. Eridu was long considered to be the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, and is still today argued to be the oldest city in the world. Located 12 km southwest of Ur, Eridu was the southernmost of a conglomeration of Sumerian cities that grew about temples, almost in sight of one another.
In Sumerian mythology, Eridu was originally the home of Enki, who was considered to have founded the city, later known by the Akkadians as Ea. His temple was called E-Abzu, as Enki was believed to live in Abzu, an aquifer from which all life was believed to stem. Eridu, also transliterated as Eridug, means “mighty place” or “guidance place”.
And now, let’s have an imaginary travel in Eridu, visiting 28 famous places in the world, and let’s have a game together to win ebooks, paperbacks and have fun together, maybe in chatting as well, together, guessing how long it would take for the world to become as in the pictures when we will disappear. The game will last a month, some places are easily recognizable (at least 10), others much less, but all are known iconic places in the cities we’ll explore together through the post-apocalyptic pictures.
So, here’s the rules of the game.
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.2) Message me — in private — your guesses about the post-apocalyptic locations. You may contact me on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter, or use the contact form in this blog.
Look at the pictures (click for larger versions) and:
a) Guess at least 10 locations and win ONE ebook at your choice: either Daimones: Daimones Trilogy, Vol.1
, or Once Humans: Daimones Trilogy, Vol.2
, or The Rise of the Phoenix: Daimones Trilogy, Vol.3
b) Guess at least 15 locations and win TWO ebooks at your choice in the Daimones Trilogy.
c) Guess 20 locations and win the complete THREE ebooks of the Trilogy or the The Daimones Trilogy: Omnibus Edition when it will be published late October/early November
d) Guess ALL the location for a paperback edition of ONE of the three volumes of the Trilogy.
And now, have fun and discover Eridu, or Earth after the apocalypse and the end of the events narrated in the first volume of the trilogy. (click on each picture for a larger version.)
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Massimo Marino has a scientific background: He spent years at CERN and The Lawrence Berkeley Lab followed by lead positions with Apple, Inc. and the World Economic Forum. He is also co-founder of “Squares on Blue”, a Big Data Analytics service company.
Massimo currently lives in France and crosses the border with Switzerland multiple times daily, although he is no smuggler.
As a Scientist, he envisions Science Fiction and went from smashing particles at accelerators at SLAC and CERN to smashing words on a computer screen.
He’s the author of multi-awarded Daimones Trilogy. 
• 2012 PRG Reviewer’s Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction
• 2013 Hall of Fame – Best in Science Fiction, Quality Reads UK Book Club
• 2013 PRG Reviewer’s Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction Series
• 2014 Finalist – Science Fiction – Indie Excellence Awards L.A.
• 2014 Award Winner – Science Fiction Honorable Mention – Readers’ Favorite Annual Awards
His novels are available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble (Nook), iTunes Apple Store, and many other retailers around the world.
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