The Tartarus Chronicles
Elysium
Book 1
By Keith A. Robinson
Earth-based science fiction, portals,
dystopian underground world
Recommended for ages 12 - adult
Contains mild violence and half-human/animal hybrids
ENDORSEMENTS:
A thoroughly enjoyable read with great characters and a compelling, suspenseful story propelled by lots and lots of action. For me, the icing on the cake is the enlightening apologetics information masterfully woven into the story.
Joe Barruso
Emmy Award Winning Director/Producer
Trapped in an underground world.
Braedon Lewis is unwittingly pulled through a mysterious portal and transported two hundred years into the future. He finds himself in an exotic, underground world inhabited by other humans from earth. Yet, despite their advanced technology, the people are unable to find a way to return home. Braedon is forced to forget his past and adjust to life in this new world until providence connects him with Gunther Lueschen, a particle physicist who may hold the key to reversing the portals.
With the aid of an unlikely mix of companions, Braedon and Gunther seek to escape detection long enough to complete the technology. Yet their every move is tracked by genetically-altered soldiers and technologically-enhanced humans—pawns of corrupt government officials who seek to convert the portal device into a powerful weapon to wage war upon the rest of Tartarus.
Yet even greater than these obstacles are the questions that arise about the nature of truth—questions that challenge the very core of Braedon’s beliefs.
TOPICS PRESENTED IN ELYSIUM:
... Can a person have morality apart from a belief in God?
... What is the nature of truth?
... How can a person determine what is true?
... Is truth relative?
... What questions does each worldview/religion attempt to answer?
... What is the ultimate result of a government with an atheistic worldview?
... What limits should be placed upon the mixing of technology and human life?
Book 2
Dehali
By Keith A. Robinson
Earth-based science fiction, portals,
dystopian underground world
Recommended for ages 12 - adult
Contains mild violence and half-human/animal hybrids
TOPICS PRESENTED IN DEHALI:
... What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
... What are the basic beliefs of Buddhism?
... How is Christianity different?
... Is truth relative?
... What questions does each worldview/religion attempt to answer?
... What makes the Bible unique?
... How does prophecy prove the Bible is the truth?
Tartarus has become unstable.
Ten years ago Braedon Lewis was pulled through a mysterious portal into the underground world of Tartarus. Now, he and particle physicist Gunther Lueschen are on the verge of discovering how to reverse the portals and return to Earth.
Braedon and Gunther are forced to team up with the criminal, Raptor, and his team of mercenaries. Hunting them are the technologically- and genetically-enhanced Guardians from the city of Elysium. The Dehali military and their robotic war machines join the hunt, intent upon capturing Gunther’s new technological breakthrough. To make matters worse, the entire underground world has become unstable.
But Braedon’s greatest challenge may come from the forces striving for his beliefs, and his soul.
Book 3
Bab al-Jihad
By Keith A. Robinson
Earth-based science-fiction, portals, dystopian underground world
Recommended for ages 12 - adult
Contains mild violence and a brief scene of domestic violence
TOPICS PRESENTED IN BAB AL-JIHAD:
... What are the basic beliefs of Islam?
... How were Islam, Mormonism and Jehovah's Witnesses founded?
... How is Christianity different?
... Is truth relative?
... What questions does each worldview/religion attempt to answer?
... What similarities exist between Islam and Mormonism?
... How is the Bible based on history?
The only men who can save Tartarus are now prisoners.
Braedon Lewis and the mercenary, Raptor, lead their team of unlikely companions to the city of Bab al-Jihad in a desperate attempt to rescue their two friends. The pair of scientists were on the verge of discovering how to open the portals back to Earth, but were captured by the Army of the Ahmed Caliphate.
But now, the exotic underground world of Tartarus is collapsing. Braedon, Raptor, and the others must race against time to find a way into the heart of the city to rescue their friends before the world falls apart. They are pursued by the city’s military and hunted by a team of technologically- and genetically-enhanced Guardians from the city of Elysium.
The group of friends will soon uncover secrets that challenge their loyalties. Braedon must wrestle with the choice of completing the mission or saving his wife from abuse and captivity. Raptor must seek out the aid of his sister and face the painful past he buried long ago. And all of them will come to question their core beliefs about life and death.
Labyrinth
Book 4
By Keith A. Robinson
TOPICS PRESENTED IN LABYRINTH:
... Is truth relative?
... What questions does each worldview/religion attempt to answer?
... What makes the Bible unique?
Earth-based science-fiction, portals,
dystopian underground world
Recommended for ages 12 - adult
Contains mild violence and a brief scene of domestic violence
The collapse of Tartarus is imminent!
The tremors and earthquakes ripping Tartarus apart are growing stronger and more frequent. The only hope for the millions of inhabitants of the underground world lies with Braedon Lewis, the mercenary Raptor, and their small band of friends who race desperately against the clock to open the portals back to Earth.
To achieve this, they must reach one of the precise locations where the rift between space and time is greatest. However, power-hungry forces with their own sinister agendas are closing in. If those forces gain control of the portals, it could spell disaster not only for Tartarus, but the Earth as well.
With the fate of two worlds resting on their shoulders, Braedon, Raptor, and the others journey toward the center of a treacherous, three-dimensional maze of caves and tunnels, filled with pits, hazards, and deadly creatures.
What will be the fate of Tartarus and its inhabitants? Who will survive? Who will find salvation? And who will lose their very soul? Find out in this thrilling conclusion to the Tartarus Chronicles!