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Imagine my surprise, whilst out strolling through the
Surrey hills early in March, to be handed a copy of the work of one of TEMS’s
members. Keith recently gave a talk on the subject of Dark Matter to TEMS, which
was well received, and now he has woven his theories and discoveries into a
science fiction story for the edification & delight of all. I thought a
short review for eTEMS News would not come amiss. ‘DARK CHARIOT by Keith Wakelam 2004
Trafford
This book was published on-demand in co-operation with Trafford Publishing, which is
described as ‘a unique process and service of making a book available for
retail sale to the public, taking advantage of on-demand manufacturing and
Internet marketing’. Paperback, it has 476 pages, good quality paper and costs
£18.95. There are four short stories describing the adventures of everyday
characters and their other-worldly experiences. The first is THE
DARK CHARIOT, with 33 chapters over 128 pages. This is a right ripping yarn,
which rattles along at breakneck speed with unexpected twists and turns in every
chapter. It blends technical aspects of solid black matter and alternative
aspects of space and time with story lines involving invisibly cocooned
spacecraft, startling Plant aliens on Mars, politics and marriages. Altogether, in this story Keith keeps the reader
entranced and entertained, whilst his theories on dark matter and the
exploration of their potential and application gives intellectual stimulation
and thought for further discussion.
Keith’s lively writing style and the
fast-paced action of his story makes it hard to put the book down until you have
finished reading the story. The third tale, THE
STARGATE AT CASA ROSA (Pico Force & the Beings of Light), has 16
chapters and is 134 pages in length. The story is told in a mixture of styles,
beginning with a Socratic dialogue setting out the different denizens of the
universe and their interactions with humanity, including accounts of channelling,
Freudian theories, GSR meter tests, Picomass, EPR Paradox, Holograms, Schrödinger
Wave Equation, Quantum Field Theories, quarks, Torsion Field Generators,
Meissner Fields, and Aharonov-Bohm effects. The Socratic dialogue continues in
the vein of carbon-based nano-forms, carbonoids and silicon-based nano-forms. Then the pace increases a little and we get
action chases, an amorous shape-shifting female were-wolf, men in black, portals
into other dimensions and help from other-worldly beings. In addition, there is
a learned discourse on chemical warfare agents. The final story is SATAN SPEAKS, and this contains a Prologue, 96 pages and an Epilogue
and an Appendix. Here, Keith reveals his biblical knowledge, employing his main
character to tell Satan’s story and do his bidding, linked to humanity’s
tendency to slavery and manipulation by alien entities. The story is cleverly
intertwined with an explanation of the behaviour of certain historical
characters and events as they were used to reflect the other-worldly battles of
celestial creatures. The story is up-to-date, interweaving modern diseases and
terrorism. Again, the style mixes classic deposition and
revelations with fast-moving action-packed story-telling, with more than a hint
of morality about the whole. It is a pity, however, that better
proof-reading had not been employed throughout the whole book and that the many
academic, philosophical and historical theories mentioned had not been
referenced. In all four stories, it is discernable that
Keith is attempting to stretch our credulity and our imaginations by giving
certain key facts from the scientific and intellectual domains and applying them
to a sci-fi scenario to make us wonder about what could be possible and what
could be fiction. Ask for the book at your local library, or buy
it from: Trafford Publishing (UK) Ltd., Enterprise House,
Wistaston Road Business Centre, Wistaston Rd.,
Crewe, Cheshire CW2 7RP. Local telephone call rate: 0845 230 9601. Fax: 01270 254 983. Email: bookstore@trafford.com Website: http://www.trafford.com |
