Dreams of Eden — Jonathan Frost

Elizabeth Fallon and Isaac Goldman meet by chance in 1970s London. Elizabeth, a Tarot reader, believes she can speak to the dead. Isaac, a rootless dreamer, has written a book. Beguiled by Elizabeth, he asks for her help with questions only the dead can answer. Azazel, a Watcher from an alien race called Nephilim, reveals itself during a terrifying seance, telling Isaac his book is a prophecy. Their lives change forever.Twelve years later, Elizabeth, a SETI astrobiologist, discovers a mysterious signal containing an apocalyptic message from an extraterrestrial civilisation.Isaac, now an archaeologist, is excavating a site in Iraq. One night, he is struck by a vision, a premonition of disaster. Without warning, his excavation is bombed. His team flee for their lives across the Zagros mountains. While they shelter in a cave, Isaac makes a shattering discovery. His world implodes and he disappears.Thirty years later, a documentary film crew are trying to discover what happened to Isaac. Their only surviving witness, Elizabeth Fallon, mysteriously disappears.Dreams of Eden is a compelling and gripping story set in the near future which challenges the perception of human imagination and questions our reality.