The third of Joan Grant's "Far Memory" novels, Eyes of Horus, set in Egypt at the close of the dark XIth Dynasty, is a profound commentary on the power of fear and the unlimited ability of light to shatter it.  Eyes of Horus is the story, told in the first person, of Ra-ab, heir to the Nomarch of the Oryx, one of eighteen provinces in Egypt. He comes to learn that the Oryx is different than the rest of Egypt-it is still in touch with the light. The rest of Egypt is plagued by fear and ruled by corruption. Pharaoh is an ineffectual ruler. The priests have replaced the worship of Ptah with the worship of Set. Only the Oryx has cast off these shackles-and it is from the Oryx that a silent brotherhood of the 'eyes of Horus'-the Watchers of the Horizon-arises, to work and wait for the dawn of a new age in Egypt. 'Send Fear into Exile', is the Watchers' password, and when the time is ripe, Ra-ab leads the Oryx and its followers to victory-and a new Egypt.  As a child growing up in Edwardian England, Joan Grant became aware of an astonishing ability to remember previous lifetimes, and as an author professed her seven novels to be based on her personal recollections of other incarnations, male and female, in ancient civilisations.  "Ra-ab, the Warrior, heir of the Peace of God... speaks with a voice that those who today are seeking illumination may welcome as the voice of a friend." TLS

Eyes of Horus

Literature & Fiction

Grant, Joan M.

Contemporary

Ayer Co. Pub

The second of Joan Grant's "Far Memory" novels, Life as Carola gives a fascinating glimpse into life in Italy just before the advent of the Renaissance. Through Carola's eyes, we see the beginnings of modern theater, and the tremendous extremes between the life of nobility and the common man. Carola was the illegitimate daughter of an Italian nobleman, the Lord of the Griffin, in sixteenth-century Italy. Cast out at an early age, she joined a band of strolling players. In her short lifetime Carola gathers harsh experience of poverty, violence and bigotry softened by the friendships she makes on the road: with Petruchio, both jester and sage, with Bernard, the gentle strongman, and Lucia, the harlot who loves him, and with healer Sofia, whose fate warns Carola to keep quiet about her dreams of the Shining One who guides and comforts her. As a child growing up in Edwardian England, Joan Grant became aware of an astonishing ability to remember previous lifetimes, and as an author professed her seven novels to be based on her personal recollections of other incarnations, male and female, in ancient civilisations. "Life as Carola was the book that pleased me most. I think it contains my best writing and poetry."-Joan Grant "The real power of this book is its personal account of a very intimate story-the growth and development of the inner character of a young woman, and her capacity to triumph in even the most adverse situations. This is a book filled with all the best qualities of human nature." Books of Light

Life As Carola

Literary

Arno Press

The astonishing Joan Grant became aware as a child of her uncanny gift of "far memory," an ability to recall in detail previous incarnations, both male and female, in other centuries and lands. Her seven historical novels have been highly praised for their extraordinary vividness and lavish detail.  In fact they are the author's memories of her earlier lives.  Follow the life of Piyanah, daughter of a clairvoyant Indian mother in Scarlet Feather.  Piyanah demands new freedom--and an end to her tribe's sexual segregation and brutality.  Trained and educated with the young braves, she develops strength and courage, and soon she will succeed the tribal chief--if she can at last overcome a series of ordeals which prove her worthy of the Scarlet Feather.

Scarlet Feather (The Complete Works of Joan Grant)

Genre Fiction

Life as Carola

<p>Carola is the illegitimate daughter of one of the most powerful noblemen in Italy. Yet she and her mother are forced to leave the family castle and wander penniless. They join a band of strolling actors, but opportunity continues to elude them. At last, Carola enters a convent as a novice. But her natural psychic abilities are misunderstood, and she is accused of witchcraft, only barely managing to escape death.</p>

United States

Ariel Pr

<p>Ra-ab, heir to the Nomarch of the Oryx, grows up in a corrupt Egypt devoted to the worship of Set, the Lord of Fear. When an adult, he joins a group called "the eyes of Horus," dedicated to ending the rule of terror and lifting the shadows of greed, lust, and cruelty from Egypt. Toward this end, he leads his followers into battle to depose the old regime and evil priests. This is one of the most exciting of all of the Joan Grant novels.</p>

Piyanah is a girl born into an American Indian tribe that has lost its true heritage and become the prey of prejudice and superstition. She grows up with her cousin Raki as outsiders to the tribe, because her mother refuses to accept the restrictions of tradition. But, in truth, she is the daughter of the chief, and once her mother dies, Piyamah and Raki are named to succeed her father and lead the tribe to a new future.

Scarlet Feather

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Eyes of Horus

Life As Carola

Scarlet Feather (The Complete Works of Joan Grant)

Life As Carola

Eyes of Horus

Scarlet Feather