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The Origins of Power: The Devil's Trial
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
DON NSIALA: THE ORIGINS OF POWER - THE DEVIL'S TRIAL 1
What if paradise were hell? What if the devil was not who we thought?
In a distant future where humanity has conquered death, suffering, and desire, a perfect world reigns. But within this frozen perfection, fifteen exceptional beings-the depositaries of thought-endure a brutal, ritualized, cruel education. Among them, a man called ATM - The Serpent - resists. He remembers.
Through him, the forgotten voice of Lucifer is reborn-the fallen angel, the memory of God, the depositary of human thought. He tells the true story of the Fall. Not as an act of betrayal, but as a cosmic plan conceived by God Himself.
God was alone. He had everything, but without an adversary, His omnipotence meant nothing.
He created man in His image, gave him His own spirit, then challenged him. He created the Serpent not to make man fall, but to push him to transcend himself. The forbidden fruit was not an apple, but the knowledge of good and evil-the power to create, and thus to rival the Creator.
Between a dystopian future where man, having become a god, is bored to death, and the Garden of Eden where it all began, this breathtaking novel explores the foundations of power, free will, and the meaning of existence.
Why does evil exist?
Is rebellion a sin or a necessity?
Is a world without desire still alive?
Halfway between Philip K. Dick, Milton, and Dostoevsky, Don Nsiala delivers a bold first volume-a powerful, philosophical retelling of foundational myths that questions with rare intensity the nature of God, man, and the light that unites... or divides them.
Dive into a story where every truth hides another, where good and evil swap masks, and where the greatest rebellion may not be the one you think.
It's not luck. It's just the Good Lord rolling the dice.
Categories:
Philosophical Fiction / Metaphysical Novel
Dystopian Science Fiction
Mythological Retelling / Theological Fiction
Contemporary Francophone Literature
For fans of: Bernard Werber's The Thanatonauts, Dan Simmons' Hyperion, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and explorations of free will and the divine condition.
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