Wonder of the Worlds
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Wonder of the Worlds by Sesh Heri, published 2005 by Lost Continent Library, is the first in a trilogy of novels featuring secret agent Harry Houdini facing off against a Martian invasion in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
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[edit] Plot introduction
In the first installment, Wonder of the Worlds, Nikola Tesla, Mark Twain and Houdini pursue Martian agents who have stolen a powerful crystal from Tesla at the historically pivotal 1893 Columbia Exposition in Chicago. Along for the ride aboard Tesla's airship are other historical figures, reporters Lillie West and George Ade, as well as Kolman Czito, Tesla's assistant. On the journey to the Red Planet, the adventurers are treated to a hidden history of conflict between the Earth and Mars, as well as Tesla's stunning knowledge of geophysics of the two planets. Upon arrival on Mars, the team pursues the crystal deep into the underground civilization ruled by Kel, the mad emperor determined to subjugate Earth with the power of the crystal.
[edit] Houdini the spy?
Almost a year after publication of Wonder of the Worlds, the 2006 release of The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, presents biographical material supporting the theory that Harry Houdini was, indeed, a secret government agent during the years this trilogy takes place.
[edit] The author
Sesh Heri is a geomorphologist and author of the non-fiction The Handprint of Atlas. His theory of the geomorphological history of the Earth is to be found within the science of the Wonder of the Worlds trilogy.
Heri has experienced a varied professional life; as a ventriloquist, a sketch artist at Marine World, and during an eighteen year period in which he performed as Mark Twain in a one-man show, as well as in advertising campaigns for Western Airlines and a riverboat theater.
For over twenty-five years, Heri researched and developed his theory that geomorphological evidence exists to prove the Earth's axis was artificially set ages ago to provide the environment for advanced life to develop. Heri utilizes fiction to present principles of his theory to a wide audience.
[edit] Publication
Wonder of the Worlds By Sesh Heri (ISBN 0-9727472-8-1) contains illustrations by the author.
[edit] Trilogy
The Wonder of the Worlds trilogy continues in Metamophosis and The Lost Pleaid.
Wonder of the Worlds was featured at the International Tesla Exhibit in Zurich, Switzerland in 2006.
