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I’ve written an acclaimed stand-alone novel titled The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time. It has been suggested that some new readers might misunderstand the book, especially if they're expecting a conventional Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel. Insofar as there is nothing conventional about this novel, it has been further suggested that an illuminating blog might cut through any potential confusion. I'm acting on that suggestion by developing this blog, which I hope brings into focus the novel's backstory and "purpose," if a novel can be said to have such a thing. 

Here are three links that cut to the chase. One link goes into some detail about the magnitude of the project and the infrastructure that are at the center of the novel. Another ruminates on the effect on humanity of total solar eclipses and its implications. In the third, the Beekeeper summarizes the startling import of these eclipses. As a further aid, just under these links are two praise quotations from leading authorities on what to expect and how best to navigate the book to get the most out of it.

About Solar Eclipses                                The Infrastructure                                           The Beekeeper Speaks

From Gary Lovisi, world-class Sherlock Holmes authority: "The Sussex Beekeeper is an incredible book. I can’t believe how much material and research has been put into it ... [and] woven together so well; truly stunning; a massive undertaking. The Holmes/Mycroft comments were fun. I think it is a special book, very well done. Holmes/Quatermain and all readers who like anything in that area will simply adore the book.”

From British fantasy authority Mark Valentine:  “[The Sussex Beekeeper at the Dawn of Time] is a highly postmodern creation, conveying its narrative through many different sources, each inflected with different shades of irony or doubt. The author has structured the work [so that]…. one outer document leads to another, and these to further, inner documents, so that the reader experiences the book as if going through a series of doors in a labyrinth of secret passages. This approach is complex—the reader must keep their wits about them—and allusive. It asks for an alertness and constant curiosity. An impatient reader might be daunted by the layers of what appear to be preamble at the outset, but these are in fact essential to the way the book works…. [W]e must regard the book as like a curious crystal, which reveals some new dimension as each facet is caught in the light of our understanding.”                   

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