The Roots On The Ground Av Jan Fortune

<p>In this prequel to <i>The Standing Ground</i>, we travel back two generations to the origins of the oppressive E-Government state that infiltrates every aspect of people¿s lives in the decade following Brexit and a global pandemic. But, as the darkness overtakes Britain and other areas of Europe, the light of resistance wakes in a community that spans the Celtic outposts of Brittany and North Wales. And in a strange child, Myrddin Emrys, also known as Merlin.<br><br>Weaving together Arthurian legend and exploratory fiction of the near future, <i>The Roots of the Ground</i> explores the human cost of a monoculture that tramples freedom and privacy and asserts with Carl Jung that:<br><br>''As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.''</p>