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Kosmos Adrian Laing

Kosmos By Adrian Laing

Kosmos by Adrian Laing

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Rookie barrister George Winsome defends a man who thinks he's Merlin on a manslaughter charge. The trial turns Merlin into a celebrity; money and ambition take hold of George and his partner Heather until the secret of Merlin's past is revealed as the spirit of Saint Yves intervenes to ensure George and Heather follow their true paths.

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Kosmos by Adrian Laing

Expect the unexpected at every turn of the page. Kosmos is a story like no other. Completely different, charming, and an enormous amount of fun. - Cemetery Dance

Rookie barrister George Winsome, young and arrogant, defends an old boy who thinks he's Merlin on a manslaughter charge. The riotous trial turns Merlin into a celebrity; money, greed and ambition take hold of George and his partner Heather until the secret of Merlin's past is revealed as the spirit of Saint Yves intervenes to ensure George and Heather follow their true paths.

'Kosmos' is a modern-day jury trial, a feel-good love story and a spiritual journey involving Saint Yves, Nemesis and Merlin.

FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePresses.

Kosmos Reviews

Expect the unexpected at every turn of the page. Kosmos is a story like no other. Completely different, charming, and an enormous amount of fun. -- Cemetery Dance
Adrian Laing has concocted a tale of awe-inspiring wonder. The cover is awesome, but the story is beautiful. I don't read the synopsis before I start books; I go by the book cover alone. It makes the reading experience more exhilarating. I like to live dangerously. For me, KOSMOS is one of the biggest surprises of 2018. -- Cedar Hollow Reviews]#
Author Laing, a lawyer himself, is of course strong on the nuts, bolts and arcane tool box of the legal system. He also displays an enjoyable relish for the grubby realities of how and where the law and its representatives ply their trade. If you want to know what it feels like to walk into Brixton prison and interview a prisoner in a cell, its sights, sounds, smells and atmosphere then he's an expert witness. Merlin remains an elusive figure throughout the book, sometimes shambling and mildly pathetic, at others assertive and strong. By degrees we learn to accept him by his own definition and Laing gradually fleshes out a mythological Scottish back story that begins to swell like a rising dawn over the Callanish standing stones. As the novel unfolds we find a moral strand running through Merlin's Celtic polytheism that asserts itself at a critical moment when grasping financial opportunism threatens to overwhelm George and Heathers' better instincts. At his best, Merlin is an external emblem of our own instinctive inner voice, the one we often ignore to our cost. -- Ian Pattison, writer and creator of Rab C. Nesbitt.

About Adrian Laing

Adrian Laing brings his life-long interest in law, psychology and Arthurian mythology to his fantasy novel Kosmos. He is also the author of an impressive range of other works - from the comprehensive and widely acclaimed biography of his late father R.D. Laing, to the satirical novel Rehab Blues and numerous legal works co-authored (with his wife, Deborah Fosbrook) which have been at the forefront of legal publishing for over thirty years.

Adrian has had a successful and varied career as a criminal trial lawyer, senior Counsel at HarperCollins UK and as a city-based practising solicitor. He currently acts as a legal consultant to a wide range of prestigious clients.

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NGR9781787580527
9781787580527
1787580520
Kosmos by Adrian Laing
Adrian Laing
New
Paperback
Flame Tree Publishing
20181130
288
N/A
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