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The Seed
The Seed
The Seed
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The Seed

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Throughout our lives, many things may lead us to forget who we truly are. Result? Slowly yet inevitably, cages and chains enslave our thoughts and slay our freedoms.
Down the ages, men have thus fallen for hosts of illusions, confusions and fears - except for the seven dreamers whose stories this book contains. These mad truth-seekers (who oddly share the same name) did not follow others' flow to slavery; rather, they heeded a voice in their heads that led them to obsession with an idea long thought extinct, buried beneath the sands of time: The Seed.

In this book you will take a rollicking metaphysical ride that starts in ancient Egypt, moves to the Grand Greek Era, then to Rome, Arab Alexandria, on piratic High Seas, to Switzerland and circuses, into a Christian era interlude, then to modern Egypt (2007) and lastly, to a sort of Garden of Visionary Epiphany that will leave you on and past the brink of enlightenment..

”This Past was the future of the present” - how in the world can anyone describe time insuch eloquency.’ Coki Coussa, Editor chief of Ladybird Magazine

‘This book is, frankly, quite extraordinary. It contains images and whole passages of striking beauty, power and thought-provoking wisdom.’ Nicolas Marco, Author & Senior editor.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherFola Seven
Release dateJun 9, 2011
ISBN9781458160287
The Seed
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Fola Seven

Poet, writer, and philosopher, Fola was born in 1984, in Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs. He spent his childhood in Egypt, the traveled to Switzerland and graduated from Hotel Institute Montreux, in Switzerland.Montreux was the turning point in Fola’s life, back then he was never fond of writing, nor reading. Fola never intended to be a writer, but at the age of 20, he began recording his distinct thoughts down, for none could understand them.Papers accrued, as Fola realized that it was meant to be, he combined all these thoughts, and began his writing voyage, with the Seed.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Creepy as hell. Will have you never looking at 6 year olds the same way again. Definitely scary and a good thriller.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book was extremely good and it had a mysterious chill to it! It very much satisfied me as a girl who enjoys something scary to read!
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Needlessly dark and hopeless, and you know I usually love this kind of shit. A great sense of place and atmosphere, but relentlessly cruel.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Seed takes many classic aspects of the horror genre and ramps them up enough that you cannot put this book down. Many have used a child as the protagonist of a tale of horror, but not many have accomplished such a tale from such a classical stand point. If you have children, you may start sleeping with the light on again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A good, dark, scary read! The girl in this, Charlie, makes the girl in "The Bad Seed" look like a nun! Basically, she is dealing with the devil, just as her father before her. Can he help her in time? Or will the entire family be destroyed by the power of Mr. Scratch? It's a pretty tough story, with the father really suffering immensely as his little girl follows in his dark footsteps. And the ending was not something I saw coming or was even prepared for! If you like 'em dark, this book will fill your need. And it's a pretty quick read too!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I didn't know what to expect from this book. It was recommended by several other readers I trust, so I thought I would give it a shot.

    It was very different from anything else I've read recently. The story was told through alternate chapters/sections going from the past to the present. I won't get into the story line as plenty of others already have. I will say that the ending of this book absolutely ROCKED!

    I originally thought that perhaps "Seed" was the first of a series because by approximately 90% into the book the story showed no signs of winding things up. Then I sat down to read the final 10%, and things definitely wound up, just not in a way that I had EVER suspected. It was VERY original and that's what I am looking for most these days, originality.
    I will be watching for anything else by this author.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    ***SPOILERS AHEAD***It was okay...Jack's daughter Charlie is starting to act very strangeafter a car accident that was endured by the family. Strange things are also happening around the house that are scaring his other daughter and his wife. And he's starting to get a bit afraid as well.Okay the first part of this book was so slow moving! I feel like the beginning is all just the same information being repeated over and over again. the story doesn't finally start to pick up until over halfway through the book. And the book doesn't really start to get good until about five chapters till the end.When things finally do start to happen, it is all very typical and predictable for a demon possession story. I do like the flashbacks that Jack has though. They add depth to his character and are very well done and not disorienting to the reader in any way. The other characters really don't have the depth that Jack has but then again he's the main character so I can't complain.There are two things that I want to tip my hat to Ania Ahlborn for:One is the amount of detail in her books. For lack of a better way to put it, it is perfect. There is not too much and there is not too little and it leaves a lot to the imagination which makes it all the more horrifying.The second is that she never leaves a happy ending it seems. Anything and everything bad can and will happen in her books. As an aspiring writer myself, I write my short stories in this manner and I find it to be much more grabbing for the reader.This was not one of her best books but it was okay and a fun read. I would recommend it as one of her books.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    ***SPOILERS AHEAD***It was okay...Jack's daughter Charlie is starting to act very strangeafter a car accident that was endured by the family. Strange things are also happening around the house that are scaring his other daughter and his wife. And he's starting to get a bit afraid as well.Okay the first part of this book was so slow moving! I feel like the beginning is all just the same information being repeated over and over again. the story doesn't finally start to pick up until over halfway through the book. And the book doesn't really start to get good until about five chapters till the end.When things finally do start to happen, it is all very typical and predictable for a demon possession story. I do like the flashbacks that Jack has though. They add depth to his character and are very well done and not disorienting to the reader in any way. The other characters really don't have the depth that Jack has but then again he's the main character so I can't complain.There are two things that I want to tip my hat to Ania Ahlborn for:One is the amount of detail in her books. For lack of a better way to put it, it is perfect. There is not too much and there is not too little and it leaves a lot to the imagination which makes it all the more horrifying.The second is that she never leaves a happy ending it seems. Anything and everything bad can and will happen in her books. As an aspiring writer myself, I write my short stories in this manner and I find it to be much more grabbing for the reader.This was not one of her best books but it was okay and a fun read. I would recommend it as one of her books.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book should have been a 5 star but the reason I rated it 4. (and some may think this is crazy). The way the author called the children by both given name and nickname throughout the entire book. The girls are Charlotte (Charlie) and Abigail (Abby). At the beginning of the story it was very confusing. Not so much with Abby as with Charlie. At first I thought there were 3 kids. Ok, let everyone know that her name is Charlotte, once, and then call her Charlie the rest of the time. There were a couple of instances where she would refer to Charlotte and Charlie on the same page. That just bothered me. But other than that, the book was great !! The ending was perfect. Now there is a path for possibly having a Seed 2 or some kind of sequel. I would love to see that. I would say this is the scariest book I have read since Pet Sematary.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was kind of like Paranormal Activity, but in the form of a book. Which is to say that it was a pretty spooky read.Honestly, I enjoyed this book very much. For me, the storytelling was solid. At one point I stopped reading and thought, man, that's some pretty spooky shit. The ending wraps up the story, but also gives the reader hope of a sequel. I hope there is because ill be the first to buy it.If you like scary, then you should give this book a go.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    With her debut novel, Seed, Anna Ahilborn delivers a horror thriller as dark as anything from the pen of Richard Bachman – and yes I know Bachman was a pen name for Stephen King’s dark, bare knuckles, no-holds-barred persona.Seed is the story of a young family in Louisiana struggling to get by. One of them carries a dark, infectious secret that threatens them all. After years of normalcy, a shape in the dark causes Jack Winter to swerve off the road with his family in the car resulting in a crash. His family is seemingly unharmed, but Jack is left to wonder if "it" still stalks him.The characters are richly drawn and the reader cares about them from the start, making the horror just that much more effective. The story starts like the shifting of sand on a hillside and quickly grows into an avalanche by the end taking all in its path. This novel takes no prisoners.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It must be really difficult to write a horror story. After all, we are battered to the point of death with it in so many ways - movies, television, and books- that it’s easy to become a little immune and even a little cynical about the genre as a whole. A book must be so much more difficult – you don’t have any special effects, ghosties jumping out of the shadows in full surround sound in a dark movie theatre, or bimbos to shout ‘don’t go into the basement!’ at (and they are my favourite part!)I love horror, but it’s been a long time since I read one that was truly spooky and made more than a passing impression on me. For that alone, Ms. Ahlborn is already ahead of the game.I was sold right from the get-go – the fluid writing and vivid, but not overpowering, descriptions of the Deep South had me swatting imaginary mosquitoes and dreaming of fried chicken. The Winter’s are the average struggling-to-make-ends-meet family, which makes them all the more likable and believable – the kids are cute, Aimee is the loving mother and Jack is the father who just wants his family to be happy and safe while working hard to build a better life for his wife and kids.It’s difficult to write a review without a spoiler, so all I will say is if you love horror buy this book. You just may want to consider carefully whether you read it alone in the dark!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I read Seed on the recommendation of another author, whose opinion I trust. She said she couldn't put it down and I was looking for a new book to read. So I bought Seed. And it was scary. What is it about small children being involved with evil that just creeps up out? Is it the taking of something that should be innocent and molding it into the ultimate horror that fascinates us? I'm not sure why it's so unnerving, but I will never look at a six year old quite the same again.Seed deals with some very interesting themes; demonic possession, murder and the idea that possession could be "inherited". I've never seen that particular idea done before. It makes for an engrossing read as you follow a father's quest to save his daughter from an evil he himself wrestled with as a child. The book is filled with some very creepy moments. The psychological horror mounts and the atmosphere is tense. I was (figuratively) on the edge of my seat. The book has some powerful elements.The writing is well done. The grammatical errors and typos are few, which for me is a big plus! But there were a few more things I would have liked to seen. We're never quite certain just where the demon came from or how the father got past it and lived an almost normal life for several years. There's a bit of ambiguity about how it all got started. And the ending is too quick.That said, I would still recommend the book. There are enough great elements to more than balance the ambiguity. There are some truly horrific moments, some awesome forethought and an all around creepy vibe. I'm very interested to see what Ania comes up with next.For fans of movies like The Omen or Case 39, for fans who like creepy children or for those of us who just like to be scared- Seed delivers the chills.

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The Seed - Fola Seven

Acknowledgments

Nada Sadek

Coki Coussa

Nicholas Marco

Omar Moustafa

Samir Gabala

Lucy Tadross

Raouf Sadek

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The Seed

FOLA Seven (Karim Sadek)

the seed Copyrighted © 2009 Karim Sadek(‘Fola’). All rights reserved.

Smashwords Edition

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Introduction

Have you ever read your life? Have you read the book of your life?

If so, did you notice that Chapter 1 begins with a beginning and ends with the beginning of Chapter 2, which is the same beginning as Chapter 1? Chapter 1 is Chapter 2 is Chapter 3, and so is the last chapter.

Life is a scenario of déjà vus.

Life is a chain of actions: What happens in Chapter 1 also happens in Chapters 2 and 3, only in different ways. People you meet in Chapter 5 are people you’ve already met in the previous chapters, yet with different faces and names. The story in each chapter repeats itself.

To be able to revolutionize your actions, you must read the book when you’re alive. Life is a scenario, a pattern repeating itself in asymmetrical arrays, faster and faster till the scenario shortens and you reach the end. And this end also is a beginning of another book you’re living and writing.

Unfortunately, you never read what you write as you write it, and thus you don’t read and write a better book.

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Chapter I.

Numbers

The Writer on the Wall

(Egypt, 3100 BC)

Imagine there is nothing…

Then imagine the genius of the creation of number 1, and then the addition of another 1…

Numbers always exist in our lives whether we recognize them or not; they exist even if we don’t see them. In our lives, all theories about numbers are the same; indeed our lives are just numbers.

This is the age of Gemini, the era of the Twins. Egypt is divided into North and South Kingdoms, the Kingdoms of the Red Crown and the White Crown respectively. The Kingdom of the White Crown is expanding; the Pharaoh of the South is fighting for a bigger Kingdom.

Pharaoh wants to expand his Kingdom. On the other hand, soldiers die in war for honor and love of their countries—but where are honor and love when you’re killing another soldier who’s dying for honor and love of his other country?

Pharaoh sowed this false perspective of dying for honor and love into soldiers’ minds to convince them to go to war. He drew the illusion, and made them believe they were heroes. But a truly good man, a man of true honor and love for his country, would help another country’s poor citizens and never kill another country’s soldiers.

Pharoah’s soldiers believed they were fighting for freedom, but they were actually fighting for Pharaoh’s vanity, though they never perceived that.

My view is that if a war must be fought, it must be fought in peace. I hate war, though I wear a soldier’s uniform that has never fit me well. I plan wars; I count how many men we have, how many will and do die and the difference between the armies of the South and the North. I am the Royal Mathematician; my name is Folases; I serve the Pharaoh of the South, in Nekhen, capital of the South Kingdom.

I grew up in a cotton field, a farm boy; but my head was always somewhere else. I remember mornings running in those endless fields, climbing giant palm trees, the clarity of the Nile was beyond the clarity of my dreams. But those precious nights, I kept staring at the Northern sky’s jewels, as Ideas roiled my head like sandstorms. Some of the sand flew in the Northern sky and remained there as stars, while the rest fell on the ground, lingering for other storms. I believe all stars connect to one star.

Every year, we farmers awaited Isis’ tears for her murdered husband Osiris to flow into the Nile and create a flood that would fertile the land for us to sow. No mortal could predict the exact day date of the Great Flood. But I recall one fresh dawn I saw Sirius, surrounded by seven stars, rise after an absence of 70 days. The silent Nile began to swell and overflow the fields.

I always believe the stars are connected to the earth somehow. I always draw my Ideas wherever I can, on the wall, on cloths and on papyrus. For an Idea to exist it must have its reflection. For Right to exist there must be Wrong; for Love, Hate; for Life, Death; for North, South. And this mirroring world is enslaved to a great power, the power of division.

The power of division is the strongest, for it can divide 1 into halves. Division is easily applied to this world of pairs: to divide a country, divide an army; to divide food, divide a thought. A thought is like a magnet: it has 2 poles, positive and negative. I run to say me and I, why, why not, to be or not to be. Division will always lead to destruction of the world. This world of pairs will keep on dividing. To be united we must stand in one thought.

Numbers are alive; they live and relate in patterns. But always a war has existed between the worlds of odd and even. Though everyone considers 5 an odd number, I see it as the mirror door between both worlds:

12=1 , 22=4 , 32=9 , 42=16 , 52=25 , 62=36 , 72=49 , 82=64 , 92=81

The ending digits of the squaring 1, 4, 9, 6 are repeated in a reflective pattern.

The purple color of number 1 results from squaring 1 and 9.

The blue color of number 4 results from squaring 2 and 8.

The green color of number 9 results from squaring 3 and 7.

The red color of number 6 results from squaring 4 and 6.

Subtracting the odd and even always results in 5, forming a mirror door between both worlds.

7-2=5 , 8-3=5 , 9-4=5 , 6-1=5.

Every day before that mad day, I used to go Pharaoh’s palace to count dead men; but on that day, I went walking by the Nile, counting my footsteps to the palace as usual. I counted 142857 as I reached the gate; I passed the gate, began 1; passed through 3 doors and reached Pharaoh’s meeting room. I saluted Pharaoh and the generals and began calculating.

Pharaoh shouted, 4005 horses and 6689 men—how many more do we need, Folases?

I answered, 2864 horses.

He laughed. Now, I calculate faster not because I am fast, but because they are slow. They used to write 4 as 1111 and imagine 45457 as 11111111........ But I drew shapes to stand for each number.

Then Pharaoh shouted, Their army is 21,000 men; ours is only 7,000. How many Northern soldiers should each of our men face, Folases?

I started dividing, my brain fumed with division, I kept dividing every thing I saw and screaming out answers in numbers. All present stood shocked at my behavior. Pharaoh stared at me, and I noticed he had 2 eyes, 2 holes in his nose, 2 ears, 2 legs and 2 hands. I realized that 1 would never survive in this world of pairs. I began shouting, 2 rules, 2 rules!

Irritated, Pharaoh shouted furiously at me. I ran out of the room as smoke consumed my eyes and blinded me—yet somehow I could lucidly see how every thought divided into 2.

When a thought so divides, its light diminishes. I kept uniting every 2 thoughts, and then I saw the source of light. I tried to run back to see how it all began, and I hit the wall and fell down in a rapture. I took my emerald ring off my finger and began carving this vision deeply on the corridor wall: The Unity of All Thoughts.

Guards tied my hands and carried me off. I still could see nothing around me, only the drawings in my head, and then suddenly I was thrown into the Nile, and these drawings began to fade from my consciousness.

I opened my eyes and saw a vast white curtain in front of me, on each side of which stood giant, colored statues, one of Pharaoh, the other of his wife. I heard laughter and music coming from within the white curtain, and I was pulled inside it by the ropes tied around my hands…

Behind the curtain was another world, far beyond a farm boy’s dreams. There spread Pharos’s private terrace, with three huge steps separating the ground from the Nile. I saw many women before me, of all different shapes, colors and sizes. Some were seated on pillows, but there were twice as many women as pillows. Golden cups of wine were scattered everywhere, but there was no need for wine, the music played there alone

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