An exclusive excerpt from "Jason Caroll and the Olympians Book 1: Incarnation of Apollo" by Solomon Merid
"I understand
what you are saying," said Zeus, looking intently at the young,
solar physicists. "TV and radio transmission all over the world
have been disrupted. Aurora borealis and aurora australis have been
lit like giant, Christmas trees."
"You are right
about it, Archmagus Zeus," said N’krumah. "Solar storms
generated by the corona stream through space at speeds as high as 800
miles per second. They had disrupted their television transmitting
satellites and had also temporarily altered the Earth’s magnetic
field."
"There were
problems with computers and the Internet too," said Indira.
"Power transmissions in various parts of the world were
disrupted. Huge power blackouts had sent many cities into complete
darkness."
"Let me have a
look," said Zeus and headed to one of the solar telescopes which
used special filters in order not to damage the eyes.
Zeus brought both
his eyes to the binoculars of the solar telescope. He saw huge,
coronal loops, known as fountains of fire, writhing like giant,
celestial snakes of fire. There were so many of them close to each
other. "O Holy Presence!" he exclaimed.
Apollo went to the
solar telescope and looked at the sun. He saw giant, coronal loops
suddenly touching each other and causing a huge solar flare. "O
tempora! O mores!" he exclaimed.
"What is it?
You just saw two coronal loops fuse together," said Zeus.
"They are
coronal loops which have just touched each other and short-circuited
each other," said N’Krumah.
"They are
frightening, those coronal loops which short-circuit each other,"
said Shapiro. "
Come and look through this telescope."
Come and look through this telescope."
As Apollo took a
step or two toward Shapiro Zeus put up his hand, "Stop! First we
must see baby Jason and his mother in the hospital," he said.
"Come over here, Apollo."
Apollo went and
stood near Zeus. Zeus pointed his staff at the wall-sized screen in
the lab and a huge golden-yellow image of Sol in ultra-high
definition lit up on the giant, holographic screen. The screen showed
the huge, writhing, coronal loops on the sun in 3-D.
Shapiro, N’krumah,
Indira and the three Olympians stood in a bunch and watched the
strange, mesmerizing sight on the surface of the sun. Sol looked like
some strange lifeform of fire. Zeus and Poseidon stood side by side.
They looked like identical twins.
"Go ahead,
Poseidon," said Zeus.
Poseidon pointed his
trident at the screen and said, "Delia’s hospital room"
in a soft voice.
The screen split
into two. Sol appeared on the left side and the image of Delia and
Avatar Jason appeared on the right side. Athena and Ares were
standing outside the door of Delia’s room. Ares wore a stylish,
black suit by Giorgio Armani. A white shirt, a flowery purple tie and
dark sunglasses completed the attire. Athena wore a black, leather
overcoat with imitation fur collars. Athena and Ares vanished as two
nurses appeared in the corridor leading to Delia’s room.
Zeus waved his staff
in the air and said, "Zoom in!"
The image of baby
Jason lying in his crib suddenly jumped onto the right side of the
screen. Suddenly baby Jason’s face turned red as beetroot. Lines of
rainbow colors flitted over his face intermittently. A golden-yellow
halo formed around his head. Athena had placed a Sleeping Charm on
Delia and she was sound asleep as usual. All of them stood inside the
Astrolab and observed Sol and baby Jason projected side by side on
the screen. The coronal loops on the surface of Sol were so close
together that they short-circuited and produced a solar flare every
five minutes or so. They observed something astounding. Whenever two
coronal loops short-circuited each other and produced a solar flare
baby Jason had an attack of hiccups and he burped loudly. The
instruments also showed an increase in Jason’s heartbeat.
"Great galaxy!"
Poseidon shouted. "It appears that Jason’s physiological
conditions are working in synch with solar phenomena on Sol."
"CORRELATION OF
FLARES AND BODY FUNCTIONS OF JASON DETECTED," said the speakers
of the supercomputer.
"I will be
damned! What is going on, Zeus?" asked Apollo. His eyes were
riveted on the two halves of the screen.
"SOL AND JASON
ARE IN SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP." said the speakers of the
supercomputer.
As if in answer a
huge coronal loop on Sol appeared on the left side of the screen and
waves of psychedelic lights undulated around baby Jason’s head.
The speakers of the
supercomputers blared again. "CORRELATION OF SOLAR FLARES AND
JASON’S HICCUPS AND BURPS ASCERTAINED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT."
"Holy
Presence!olyHolhhhh"
Poseidon exclaimed.
"SOL AND JASON
ARE IN SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. THEY ARE COMMUNICATING BY MEANS OF
FASTER-THAN-LIGHT PSI WAVES," said the speakers of the
supercomputer.
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