Lex Talionis: An Eye for an Eye (The Mind of Gods)

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About Lex Talionis: An Eye for an Eye (The Mind of Gods)

'A dark philosophical novel written as a fast-paced psychological thriller.' Voice of Connor O'Dowd, professor of physics with the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. "God does not play dice," it's how I start all my physics undergraduate lectures. Little do they know that I'm the one holding the dice. Friedrich Nietzsche once said that God was dead, and we had killed him. I don’t think Elara agrees with him. Otherwise, why would we be here again? Hunting for yet another religious paedophile to punish – I can’t even count how many it has been. How many more then before we achieve what we set out to achieve? She has her reasons, I’m sure. There’s always a plan. She only tells me what I need to hear and that suits me just fine. It’s a gift – I needn’t worry about the emotions it entails to torture someone in equal measure to the crimes they have committed. I needn’t worry about how exactly God will suffer from what we’re doing – that’s all her. And thanks to her, I can focus on not making mistakes, on being free from morality, ethics, right and wrong. I can be free of myself. What more should I aspire to? Isn’t that what Nietzsche wanted humanity to become? Still, God – both warden and prisoner. Creator of, and slave to – us, Mankind, the greatest predator ever to walk the earth. Hmmm. And what of love, lust, ephemerality? I must know what He’s thinking before it's over…

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