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    The Divine
    The Divine
    The Divine
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    The Divine

    By Kari Siegel

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    An abstract, poetic fantasy, "The Divine" is filled with paradox and contradiction, representing our limited understanding of the world around us. But not everyone is constrained the way we are. The Divine can see the world in a way humanity cannot. Created by their only superior, The Ultimate, the Divine struggle to either obey the laws set out for them or create their own path.

    This philosophical, epic story investigates the nature of powerful beings which sit on the threshold of godliness— but are doomed never to cross it. Divine Brother Number Five wanted nothing more than to watch mankind thrive, but how much is he willing to risk to make that happen?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateDec 25, 2020
    ISBN9781098340681
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      Prologue

      Over the course of the centuries, hundreds of worlds have been created and destroyed. Perhaps some before our time, and certainly many more to come. Who knows if anything will come after our time is done, or if our time will ever end? We like to believe that we are here to stay, but even the Divine can never be certain. The Ultimate is unpredictable, and with nothing but a single word, It could destroy us, and our creations, and all 4 of our brothers.

      Conceivably, there could be many more of us. But here in this Domain, the Ultimate has created 5 of us; one to rule over each of the Realms. We shall never know what lies beyond, for we are scarce permitted to leave our Realm. Only when summoned are we to enter into the open Domain, and never outside. So it will remain a mystery for all of Time, whether we and our brothers are alone in this Universe, or if there are more that lie in the Domains beyond.

      Frankly, we have little reason to care. We were given the power to create worlds, to make beings for us to rule over as long as we lasted, us and our brothers each in our own Realm. We had only a few rules, given to us by the Ultimate Itself; and save that, we had unlimited control. We could create as much as we wanted, so long as we never expanded our boundaries past the essence of our realm. We could give our creations life, and we could take it away as well.

      It was all we could do to hope everything would not be taken from us.

      Chapter I

      The first thing we remembered was a bright, blinding light.

      Once that cleared up, we saw a being of great power, with four others just like us surrounding It, and somehow we knew Its name: The Ultimate.

      It did not speak, but we knew what It was saying.

      I have created you to rule the Realms of my Domain. You shall have power over all you wish to make. Nothing but I shall be greater. I have granted you the power to form worlds from nothing. You are both Life and Death. You are the Beginning and the End. You are Courage and Fear, Love and Hate, Light and Darkness. You are Infinite Powers contained within one Form. You are The Divine.

      We knelt before It, and thanked It for this gift, for we and our brothers knew this was the proper thing to do.

      We were given only a few rules by the Ultimate.

      1. The Ultimate’s word was law. We could not go against any command given by the Ultimate, nor were we to question what It asked of us or request that It alter Its decision.

      2. We were never to leave our Realm unless exclusively invited into the Domain by the Ultimate Itself.

      3. We could create as much as we wanted within the limits of our Realm, but never try to extend beyond that.

      4. We were never to speak directly to any of the other Divine, nor share our names with them.

      5. We could never let our creations become Aware. This was the most sacred law. They were to live out their lives unknowing about us, our brothers, or the Ultimate. They could form theories about their own origins, but under no circumstances were we to let any of them truly know.

      The failure to comply with any one of these rules would result in punishment as seen fit by the Ultimate.

      The Ultimate gave us names as It assigned us to our realms. We did not hear the names that were given to our brothers, for the Ultimate did not wish for us to hear. We were the final Divine to

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