Druhý spánek – Harris Robert (2020)

The year is 1468. Young priest Christopher Fairfax arrives in a remote village in Wessex to conduct the funeral of the local vicar. The land around is littered with old artifacts – coins, shards of glass, human bones – that the old vicar collected. Did this obsession lead to his death? Fairfax decides to uncover the truth. Over the next six days, everything he believes will be put to a devastating test. 'The Last Sleep' is a post-apocalyptic novel with an unexpected twist. The story takes place in the future, not the past. We learn that around the year 2025, the intricately interconnected global society that we today consider completely normal has totally collapsed. How? There are many reasons. Among the remnants of those who survived, at least in Britain, a new social order has emerged under the leadership of the Catholic Church. In the new calendar of these people, the year 2025 becomes the year 666 (according to the biblical 'number of the beast,' as described in Revelation 13:15-18). Thus, the year 1468 is more than 800 years in the future from the present. In 'The Last Sleep,' Harris explores a world that is both unknown and ancient, while also pointing to the consequences of our flagrant disregard for current existential dangers. It places us at the core...