Category:  Science Fiction Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory ISBN-10:  0759904812 Type: Fiction Copyright: Jan 1 1999 A prophetic Millennium story that you hope is coming true right now. Sound The Ram's Horn will undoubtedly be compared with The Celestine Prophesy. Aliske Webb, Publisher Coming soon! Available for preorder NOW!  Excerpt "And it shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn... All the people shall shout with a great shout... " Joshua 6:5 Book One: The Early Years Chapter One "Ain't never been no white trash in this family, and there won't never be if I can help it!" His mother's deep chocolate eyes blazed. She stamped her foot and placed her aristocratic hands on her ample hips defying anyone to dispute her. Her nearly hysterical voice took on the deep southern drawl she detested. She called the dialect uneducated slang, and she had fought for thirty years to lose it, but it always came back when she got upset. Sam and his father were used to her ranting about the purity of their race. Both had heard it numerous times. Sam turned to face his father. "I'm sorry, Dad, but this time I can't let her say these things about Laura. I love Laura, and I intend to marry her--with or without Mama's approval. I can't change the fact that Laura's white any more than I can change the way I feel about her. And the truth is, I wouldn't change anything about her if I could. I searched for a long time for someone I could feel this way about. I can't give her up just because she's not black." The deep ebony of Sam's father's skin accentuated his tall, still muscular body as the two men stood almost inch for inch. The father was just a little heavier and displayed a touch of silver around his temples--the only indication most people had that he was older. Sam's Mama had always been proud that he had inherited his father's strong cheekbones and aristocratic nose, which symbolized their heritage, but Sam knew that right now, she wasn't proud of anything about him. A frown creased his father's high forehead, and his sensitive eyes held Sam's. "Son, I--" Mama pointed her finger at her husband. "You stay out of this, Old Man, it ain't none of your concern. I know you gonna side with the boy here. You always take up for him against me. Ever since he was born."

US Times Bestseller List
The irrepressible S. Joan Popek, author of THE
ADMINISTRATOR, has done it once again.

SOUND THE RAM'S HORN is a clever mix of Millennium
hoo-ha and biblical prophesy. Sometime in the very near
future, a baby boy is born that flaunts all known medical laws.
Doctors are amazed. Little Joshua's DNA defies all known
existing medical patterns.

Who is this Golden Child? Is he the nest logical step in human
evolution or perhaps even mankind's last chance at divinity?

Those of you who enjoyed THE ADMINISTRATOR will not
feel let down by SOUND THE RAM'S HORN. Popek has
crafted a strong story that alternates with gut - wrenching
tragedy as well as joyful hope. The question is .... are we
ready for this?

SOUND THE RAM'S HORN is a big stretch from Popek's
collection of shorts and it's one she takes with absolute grace
and confidence. I suspect S. Joan Popek is just starting to hit
her stride. So Joe, please do us all a favor and keep doing
those dishes.


Scribes World 5 Star Review and Reviewers Choice
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At an unspecified time in the near future, a Golden Child is born. Not the first of
the GC's but certainly one of the more important, Joshua, the offspring of a inter-racial
marriage, isn't genetically possible according to the doctors--but he lives, thrives, and
becomes, along with the rest of the GC's, terribly important to the survival of the human
race. He is an empath and a healer--the other GC's have other talents.

The travails of the GC's present a vivid commentary on racial relations, humanity's
reaction to differences, and the possibilities inherent in unconditional love. SOUND THE
RAM'S HORN is science fiction, but it's not possible to read it without hoping the author
has spoken with a prophetic voice, has envisioned a future that might lead to peace and
harmony in the universe.

Ms. Popek has made an auspicious and moving debut with SOUND THE RAM'S HORN.
Using prophecy, Biblical stories, and a penetrating look at the world's ills, she has
produced a book that made me choke up with grief, smile at the future possibilities, and try
to contain the feeling of awe that the writing and the author's wisdom engendered. It is an
incredible book--one I will treasure. —Patricia White (reprinted) Scribes World