Embers of Avarice

by Jack Dash

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1190, the city of York turned on itself in an orgy of destruction. Eight hundred years later, Dr. Wolf finds himself embroiled in a desperate struggle to heal the fear and guilt brought over by his patients from this time of betrayal and mass murder. Using his gift for seeing past lives, he must find all the players in this forlorn tragedy and piece together events that unfolded at the time of King Richard’s first crusade. He must find the truth of what happened in the city of York’s darkest hour, a time of avarice and bitter hatred, a time when the city’s church and nobility united in a genocidal attack on a defenceless people.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 23, 2013

About the author

Jack started reading grown up books at the age of seven and has averaged four a week ever since. Not surprisingly, he dreamed of becoming a writer himself but life got in the way and he finished up working in the computer industry for thirty years, the last ten years of it running his own company. When they finally started making computers that worked properly, Jack lost interest and sold his business. He became a teacher and taught at schools around the world, including the Lake District, Egypt and Hong Kong, before taking early retirement to follow his childhood dream and become a writer.

Reviews

[John Bilbeli · Rating 5 out of 5]

A captivating story about the righting of an ancient wrong. Two stories are cleverly interwoven, one of them a medieval tragedy and the other a modern day battle of the sexes between a surgeon (the reluctant hero) and a psychologist (the love interest and over-eager sidekick). The medieval tale is quite horrific but the modern one is light hearted and the author blends the two with a skill that keeps the story from becoming too grim. The background philosophy is provided by Boshy, a cantankerous but endearing guru who explains the mysteries of reincarnation so well he's almost made a believer of me.

I'm not sure if this book should be in the paranormal genre, its probably better suited to the spiritual/MBS genre but then its a novel so maybe not. In either case, its a good book and I recommend it.

[Simon Grimbley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thought provoking read. Not my usual genre but it was a good story with an unusual plot based around sorting out karma brought over from previous lives. The characters are entertaining and bring the story to life and there's just enough background philosophy to make the story work without getting in the way. Recommended.

[Bob Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this because its by Jack Dash and I love his edge of destiny books. Its an intriguing story that crosses two time periods and the way the story unfolds is very clever. Kumar Boshay makes a great guru and if you don't believe in reincarnation at the start, you will by the end.