Jesus' Pagans

A multi-character epic set in the hinterlands of Northern Europe as those still connected to the old, decentralized Pagan ways struggle with the encroaching Christian world led by people who Jesus would hardly approve of. At stake is a mountain formerly occupied by ‘the gods’ which is loaded with gold, a new ‘super-weapon’ (gunpowder) which can make anyone rich as well as powerful, and the ever-expanding mind of a young girl (Lydia) who was once a kind, trusting and abused village idiot who is becoming a super-genius, with the help of an aging former Wizard/Inventor now posing as the new Christian King’s Abbott. Lydia finds herself unwillingly appointed the new Philosopher Queen of a People’s Revolt against the Papal-supported, recently baptized King, who was once a beloved, yet brutal, Pagan Chieftain. And she will need more than goddess-like intelligence to do what needs to be done.