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Book Review: Redhead by Ian Cook

Submitted by Esgt on Saturday, 21 January 2012  Page Views: 5884

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This story is woven around the worldwide folklore of red-hairedness and linked into ancient histories. It begins in North Africa in the 1920s when the desecration of a shrine reignited an ancient vendetta against the red-haired. Wind forward to the present, and there are world-wide incidences of murder and kidnapping taking place.

These are associated with archaeological digs, with attacks by hawks, and an increasing magnetic field anomaly as well. The incidents are pervaded by a malevolent presence...

Cook takes the reader on a world tour, visiting many of the ancient sites featured on the Portal, pointing out that the red-hair gene is not peculiar to the Celtic fringe. Occurring amongst the Berber, for instance; in Peruvian, and Easter Island populations from which it gave rise to the disputed E-W migration theory of Thor Heyerdahl.

Ancestral heroes from the classical era are summoned to fight the malevolence in Scotland, and finally in Orkney, set within the dramatic Ring of Brodgar, the forces of good and evil do battle one final time.

It's a compulsive read of 86 cliffhanging chapters.

Review by Eric Sargeant (esgt)

Redhead by Ian Cook
343 pages
Published by Matador price £7.99
ISBN 978848767652

The author's web site is
iancookauthor.co.uk
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Re: Book Review: Redhead by Ian Cook by dianemcilmoyle on Tuesday, 24 January 2012
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Amazon.co.uk has the following product description, from which it would seem that it's fiction. It's self published; hard copy from 1st Feb, Kindle available now.


"Redheads have always attracted attention - desired, envied, pitied, ridiculed, even persecuted. Now the sacrifices begin...

In 1921, in the ruined city of Carthage near Tunis, a red-haired French archaeologist hears the cries of long-dead children as he stumbles upon a legendary sacrificial site. Shortly afterwards, he is viciously attacked by a hawk.

Back in present-day London, flame-haired journalist Rebecca Burns investigates strange and macabre events which seem to be directed against redheads worldwide. Amidst all this the mysterious and chilling Dr Neferatu makes his appearance...with Rebecca as his prey.

Helped by young astrophysicist Dr Jim Cavendish and Professor Larry Burton, an authority on ancient civilisations, Rebecca resolutely pursues her story from North Africa to Easter Island and finally to Scotland with its magnificent Neolithic monuments dedicated to the sun and the moon. Together they are drawn into an age-old feud...a feud that threatens the very existence of redheads everywhere.

Redhead, which is inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, will appeal to fans of science fiction as well as to redheads and their admirers. "
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Re: Book Review: Redhead by Ian Cook by Anonymous on Tuesday, 24 January 2012
It wasn't entirely clear whether this is fiction or non-fiction.
Sounds very interesting.
I read somewhere today that red-headness could denote Celtic ancestry and author of 'Pagan Celtic Britain' (non-fiction) Dr Anne Ross was a natural redhead. I preferred to call my hair colouring 'sandy' but I still got called 'Ginger Nuts'. Going grey may not have made me look professorial and distinguished, but I don't get ribbed for hairy redness.
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    Re: Book Review: Redhead by Ian Cook by ESgt on Tuesday, 24 January 2012
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    It's fictional. Yet the story relates to real places, to historical as well as mythical people.

    Although only a small proportion have red hair, the gene is carried by around 40%.
    Greek hero Apollo, and Heracles, are depicted red-headed. Some Neanderthal were too!
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