Love and Light and Marzipan
Love and Light and Marzipan by Robert Elland is a fantasy novel published by Troubador Publishing Limited in June 2023. This 232-page book explores themes of identity and interconnectedness through a narrative that blends the absurd with the fantastical. The story follows Henry Salmon, a young vicar who, after a freak accident, becomes possessed by the consciousness of Trone Scorges, an alien explorer. As Henry slips into a coma, Trone and his companions must intervene to correct a series of anomalies that they inadvertently caused.
Readers will find a unique exploration of human existence as Trone and his team navigate the complexities of free will, coincidence, and the quirks of everyday life. The narrative delves into the challenges of balancing their obligations to their human hosts while confronting the bizarre and unpredictable nature of causality. As the characters grapple with their responsibilities, they inadvertently become more humanized, leading to a humorous and thought-provoking clash between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
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A fantasy of the familiarly absurd, ‘Love & Light & Marzipan’ is a story that takes on all the big stuff: Identity, how all things connect and not being able to find the marmalade.
Following a freak accident, Henry Salmon, a young vicar, possessed by the consciousness of Trone Scorges, an alien explorer, goes into a coma. In order to save Henry’s life, Trone and his companions are forced to intervene, but when the accident is revealed to be just one of many events that should not have occurred, they are required to correct the anomalies in time, that they themselves are responsible for. Unused to the vagaries of causality, they encounter baffling features of human existence such as freewill, coincidence and cotton buds , whilst simultaneously and unintentionally becoming more humanised in the process. It eventually becomes apparent that in order to fulfil their obligations to their human hosts, sacrifices must be made, as the worlds of the predictably ordinary and amazingly weird fight it out over who gets the last biscuit…
‘This is somebody who can actually, really, really write with a flourish – with a curlicue!’ – Mark Kermode
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