The Soul Cages

As a slave in Valek's soul cages, Sarah can neither taste, feel or love. But her life is renewed once she escapes the cages and is reincarnated into flesh...

A kind, shrewd fisherman makes friends with an Irish merman, called a merrow, And he visits his home, underneath the ocean. But he soon discovers that the merrow is keeping something very strange, caged up there, And he feels that he must do something about it... This story contains subjects and themes that may not be suitable for younger children.

For Sarah, imprisonment in Solis's soul cages meant an absence of senses. Unable to feel, to taste, to smell, or to love, Sarah's driven by her desire to escape and to become flesh once more. When she's rescued by the legendary ministers of souls, Sarah's elation is short lived. The legendary knights, led by prince Marion of Veloris, are splintered and prone to in-fighting and jealousy. With Valek's power growing, Sarah and Marion embark on a dangerous quest to stop Valek, his plans, and the massive abduction of thousands of souls. Sarah must find her inner strength and search her own soul to uncover courage to face her former tormentor--and to embrace love, something she never saw coming. With betrayal, action, magic, and love, The Soul Cages, is one fast ride.

From the first Police album, Outlandos D'Amour, through Sacred Love, here are the collected lyrics written by Sting, along with his commentary. “Publishing my lyrics separately from their musical accompaniment is something that I’ve studiously avoided until now. The two, lyrics and music, have always been mutually dependent, in much the same way as a mannequin and a set of clothes are dependent on each other; separate them, and what remains is a naked dummy and a pile of cloth. Nevertheless, the exercise has been an interesting one, seeing perhaps for the first time how successfully the lyrics survive on their own, and inviting the question as to whether song lyrics are in fact poetry or something else entirely. And while I’ve never seriously described myself as a poet, the book in your hands, devoid as it is of any musical notation, looks suspiciously like a book of poems. So it seems I am entering, with some trepidation, the unadorned realm of the poet. I have set out my compositions in the sequence they were written and provided a little background when I thought it might be illuminating. My wares have neither been sorted nor dressed in clothes that do not belong to them; indeed, they have been shorn of the very garments that gave them their shape in the first place. No doubt some of them will perish in the cold cruelty of this new environment, and yet others may prove more resilient and become perhaps more beautiful in their naked state. I can’t predict the outcome, but I have taken this risk knowingly and, while no one in their right mind should ever attempt to set “The Waste Land” to music, in the hopeful words of T. S. Eliot, These fragments I have shored against my ruins.” —Sting, from the Introduction

After the four brothers attempt to conquer the Verni World, they are defeated and arrested by the two embodiments of Creator Vernakula namely Olrin and Archen; fighting alongside are Olrin’s pupils called Hunters. Post victory, Olrin goes missing and Archen is suspected to be corrupted as he doesn’t serve his destined purpose anymore. Without the support of the embodiments, the world order established by Olrin crumbles and kingdoms declare their independence while enacting their own laws. Hoping to restore stability, the Hunters who were trained by Olrin himself choose Aelius, King of Verni, as the interim successor and take up the quest to bring back their master. “The Soul Snatcher” by R. S. Chintalapati is a novelette narrating the fall of Vernakula’s embodiments and the journey of the Hunters to save their world.

After the Four Brothers are defeated, two embodiments of Creator Vernakula help guide men for a few Temprests. However, lost in desire for supremacy, both of them fight. While icon of faith, Olrin faces Archen, the punisher of injustice. Know what happens...

In this collection of his essays from the popular and respected journal Theology Today, longtime editor Patrick D. Miller offers insights into the basic human condition. His reflections range from popular culture (the popularity of Seinfeld) to political matters (the proper public role for the Ten Commandments) to the sublime (the connection between poetry and faith). The wit and wisdom of this internationally respected biblical scholar come through clearly in this collection.