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"Jerome and the Seraph," the first book in my Quantum Cat fantasy series, was released in paperback by U.S. publisher Twilight Times Books in 2004. "Jerome and the Seraph" features a quantum cat based on Schrödinger's dead and not-dead cat. Brother Jerome thought his pet cat was called Leo; when he meets up with him again in the afterworld he finds his companion's real name is Quantum — Quant for short. With Quant at his side, Jerome finds himself in a strange new world — or should that be 'old' world? As crusty, curmudgeonly Father Egbert had suspected, the Greek gods never went away: they just went someplace else. Jerome finds the classical and Christian worlds co-existing happily, with both worshiping the great Lord of All Creation. Jerome has problems with this, and finds himself mistaking the Hound of Heaven for one of Hecate's hounds. Meantime, back at the friary, the Guardian, Father Fidelis, has problems of his own, with the arrival of an unwelcome visitor from the past…
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"Angelos" was published in 2006. Quant, the cat, is back!
The Minotaur is a quiet, home-loving creature. So he's not too happy when a falling rock in the lower reaches of his labyrinth bounces off his head, giving him a splitting headache and flinging him through time and space in a quantum leap. He's relieved to find his horns haven't been broken, but where in Zeus's name has he landed up?
Brother Jerome, pottering around in the friary shed, is suddenly hurled through red-hot air into a maze of corridors, all of which seem to lead him to a room containing human bones. Where is he now? Terrified, and desperate to be rescued before he's eaten by a monster, he yells for Quant.
When the quantum cat turns up, he's short-tempered with Jerome, telling him there's no monster, and anyway what does he mean by 'now'? Time, as he shows the friar, is a somewhat fluid concept.
Meantime, the friary's new Guardian, Aidan, is also journeying - through his dark night of the soul, and wondering if he will ever see the light again.
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"Gaea," the third book in the series, was published in both print and ebook in September 2009.
Book Title: Gaea
Author: Robina Williams
Author’s web site: www.robinawilliams.com
ISBN: 978-1-60619-183-5
Publisher: Twilight Times Books
Publisher’s web site: www.twilighttimesbooks.com
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
Retail Price: U.S. $18.95
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fantasy
Available on Amazon.com
Brief Summary:
Gaea, the earth goddess, fed up with the damage Man is doing, decides to teach him a lesson. She ropes in her relatives to help her… and three-headed Cerberus, the hell hound, tags along too. Quant, golden-eyed seraph and quantum cat, is there to keep an eye on them all.
Longer summary:
The heavenly Design Center is where it all happens: new worlds, new species, are planned and built here, prototypes are tested, and the creations are sparked into life. Earth's greatest inventors, craftsmen and artists work here among the angels, contributing their skills and ideas. There's a great restaurant, too, with Saint Lawrence himself, patron saint of chefs, cooking personally for distinguished visitors. Among whom, one fine day in early summer, is Earth’s goddess, Gaea, dining in the company of Quant the seraph and saints George, Sebastian and Stephen—for the Lord's family is large and varied, and all its members are expected to get along together. Mostly they do get along, though Gaea is hopping mad at the way she has been treated by mankind lately. She herself has been the subject of a brutal assault, her animals, birds and fish are suffering, and her environment, her very fabric, is under attack.
The goddess decides to hit back and show Man that he needs to improve his behavior, in his own best interest. She calls in her relatives to assist her in persuading humans to mend their ways before they cause irrecoverable damage: men must learn to share earth’s resources and respect the planet that supports them. “Mister don’t care” must be made to care.
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