SAGRADA, The Chronicles of the Mediocrats - Book ONE
To young Zawadi (Zed) Adams, this world is messed up. Mostly by leaders. And by a crazy pursuit of excellence. So he develops his own political philosophy where it's OK to be OK. But where to test it? Well obviously on a newly terraformed planet light years away, where else?
Barcelona! That's where it all began.
Barcelona, Spain, Earth that is. Not some other Barcelona on some unknown planet on the other side of the galaxy. Barcelona was where he first met them. Hitchhiking through Europe to find himself, instead he found a gaggle of little blue humanoids. They told him of a newly terraformed planet, and that he'd be the one to populate it.
Barcelona is where Zed returned ten years later with Sonya, now his wife, their convertible Jaguar and their best friends, Charlie and Charlie, two brilliant engineers. That is where the Azulitos, the little blue people, got them started on a path that would lead to the planet Sagrada hundreds of light years away.
This is a story of a young boy growing up, making friends, making decisions, falling in love, and facing his traumas. It is a story of the music of the 70s and 80s. Of classic cars and new cars. Of people and places of Europe and Asia. Of engineering and science. Of crime and resolution. Of the ordinary irritations of life on earth. Of a community of average people on a trajectory into the stars. A chronicle of mediocrats.
ESPERANZA, The Chronicles of the Mediocrats - Book TWO
COMING SOON! DUE IN SEPTEMBER 2024. Before autumn equinox!
The details are all a bit hush hush so far. We know it's the sequel to Sagrada. They have landed on planet Sagrada and what happens next? We're hearing it turns out pretty bad. Resources are limited. An evil despot has steppped into the leadership gap created by the theory of mediocracy. Zed and Sonya seem to have gone missing, and of course the Charlies aren't around to help out. The only hope is the aptly named Esperanza ... who is also AWOL. But then as we know from the sneak preview from the end of Sagrada, bison appear and mustangs. And for some reason that changes everything.
THE SONGS OF SAGRADA
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Sagrada is full of music. There are songs explicitly mentioned by the characters. There are others obscurely hidden away in the text.
Thirty one songs are captured in a Spotify playlist. See if you can find them in the story.
And let us know if you find any more that we missed on the playlist!
THe Cars OF SAGRADA
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THE JAGUARS
1959 Mark IX White
1966 E Type Dark Blue
1967 E Type Light Blue
1990s XJS Light Blue
2014 F-Type Italian Racing Red
OTHER CARS
Corvette Stingray
Tesla S P100D
Range Rover
Renault 4
and more ...
THE PLACES OF SAGRADA
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ENGLAND
Devizes
Stourbridge
Soho, Mayfair, Marylebone,
Salisbury Plain
EUROPE
Barcelona,
Rouen,
Loire Valley,
Austrian Alps
ASIA
Hong Kong
Japan
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A Levels
Black Country
Bloke
Brilliant
Coffee
Prep School
Public School
San
and more ...
Also the cars are mostly British and so is the music!