IMMORTAL MEMORIES IN LOST UTK?IRTANA IBD

Sinopse

Immortal Memories (In Lost utkâÇÖIrtana)By Peter GenoveseáImmortal MemoriesáináLost utkâÇÖItana... is a journey to a land and a people...áboth lost in time.Theáyear is 1905. Luke Murdock, an American archaeologist,áhas joined a scientific expedition crossing the Himalaya Mountains,áon its way to Khotan, a city set along the old silk roadáin the Taklamakan Desert.áOnce they arriveátheyáwillásearcháfor ancientáruins,áburied somewhere in the desert. But the caravan never reaches its destination. It encounters trajedy.áLuke is suddenly left strandedáalone in the emptiness of the great mountain range.áHeáwandersáfor days struggling toástay alive in the barren, cold environment. Then... almost byáaámiracle, he discovers a remoteávalley, where aápeople areáon a pilgrimage, intensily involved in studying a mystical practice called ápurVIka-CAitya. The "Learning" ia deeply engrossing, Luke decides to become a pilgrim,áwith itsáregimen of daily study and practice.áThusáLukeâÇÖs introduction to this strange and archaic country. begins.. a place totallyáunknown to the outside world. After a time, because of his intuitive facility with the study and practice, he is invited to enter into utkâÇÖIrtana, asáthe broader country is known and heátravelsáacross the land on caravan,áeventually arrivingáat Akshi, its ancient capital. The city is incredibiy built inside a huge,áholy mountainácalled AsâÇÖrayana,áthe Great Refuge. Once ináAkshi, he continues his studies under the guidence ofáa monk-likeáorder, called the Red Robes,áwho areátransfixedáby time.áLukeáexplores theáGreat Archive of Akshi, an immenseácollection of ancient records and maps,áhe meets aáwomanánamed MereenâÇÖye, whoáhe is deeply drawn to, and áhe takes part in esoteric ceremonies usingáa sacred blue water called Azu, whichátransportsáhim over and again, into his ancestral past. He is sent on a dangerous mission to avert war with the TaiâÇÖje, age-oldáenemies of utkâÇÖIrtana.ááImmortal Memories is a thought provoking and exciting adventure story, written in the tradition of the Lost World genre by such authors as:áH. Rider Haggard, Michael Crichton, Edgar Rice Burroughs, or James Hilton. It is the story of oneámanâÇÖsádestinyáináLost utkâÇÖIrtana.