Book Review
Reviewed by Maria Beltran, USA for Readers' Favorite
"The King from The Sky" or "Enter The King" by Ibomcha Kolom unfolds with Laysana receiving the prestigious Humanist Award from the President of UNO at the UN. It is a day celebration and the pretty girl is singled out for her social work, which is assisting those who are adversely affected by acid rain. It has been three years since she embraced this advocacy urged in part by a mysterious man named Manlay. This is an era of globalization when the earth is covered with acid rain. Governments have tried to save the earth with the use of a Super Computer installed in a space ship handled by Alice, an artificial female. The Super Computer has failed and Earth seems to be headed for doom. What role will Manlay play in averting this impending disaster?
Ibomcha Kolom’s novel, "The King From The Sky" is an eye opener for all of us who have contributed in the dire strait of our environment today. Imagine a world that is on the brink of disaster and the Super Computer that has been invented to avert the situation has failed. The events in this futuristic novel may as well happen to earth in the near future. The predicament that Laysana and Malay found themselves in is absolutely not far-fetched considering the rate of destruction that is happening to our environment today. This makes the story relevant to our present situation and is thus easy to relate to. Born under completely different circumstances, the main protagonists in Enter the King crosses paths in the most unusual way. And when they did- things are never the same again. This novel is a must read especially for young generation who will soon inherit the world.
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Episode - 2: Enter the king.
Thirty
years ago:
Mother
lends advice:
Sudden
extinction
Of
human race, the
Conflagration
of
Annihilation
this
May
happen any time
To
be careful
After
passing the kinds of numerous events and wars, now the world came to a halt U.N.O.
(United Nations Organisation) was formed. After this all the countries of the
world began to walk in unity on a common platform and many human welfare
programmes were taken up. In order to bring out the special utility of the so
called human race to put a complete stop on further break out of another global
war and also toward off the kind annihilation i.e. to say imbalance of natural
process, the emergence of break down in the environmental laws and to check the
outcome of a dangerous atmosphere causing flood, famine or others, a new
special scientific task took shape for a highest class of world order. This
scientific would come to be known as “The king from the sky” or “Hero-sima” (hero
this one: hero+sima: Manipuri language)
After
a few years, the identity of the Hero-sima had assumed a new outlook: the
goddess of a scientific era in order to save the mankind from time to time.
This
king had then turned out to be a great force and a huge antigravity Spaceship.
The making of this Spaceship enhanced beyond measure the power of U.N.O.
But
they had been facing two problems. It took long time. The scientists were
trying to produce the Super Computer and a new system of Secret Writing system.
These two were the requirements in the works
or functions of the spaceship
and were the greatest
ways of ascent
and an unique protective. So a
special meeting was called by the president of the U.N.O.
At
the meeting the President called the reports about the Super Computer.
A
scientist gave the reports as saying:
“Sir
we have come to a successful way. We are trying to produce a new element entitled
“gold-leaf” which is the only raw material for making the receiver of the Super
Computer. This element only can receive the said natural wave or the spiritual
wave. We know that this
useful device was presented
to us strictly by the
Japanese scientist for the mankind. He discovered first it. He was also a
famous oracle. He explained that it might be originated from a rare human
being. It is a kind of ghost. It exists in the world, effects electronically to
give extra ordinary or great results. He began thinking about it and to get a
means useful of the wave in electronic device or work.
I
believe that after sometime the Super Computer would be installed at the
spaceship.”
All
members in the chamber were clapping.
The
President said smilingly:
“Today
is our wonderful day. We are approaching
our goal. After some days an artificial human being of wonderful female will be
presented to the mankind. It is also a great pride of us.”
Everybody
clapped.
“But
we are still dizzy” repeated the President:
“We
can’t see any light of hope for the code writing system. Nowadays we have no any perfect rule to write
a secret writing or code writing on paper for a secret passage, document, the
important plans or devices of the Spaceship. So such ideas are written in human
languages like English, French, Manipuri, Hindi and others kept under high
security are not perfect ones. It may be opened due to lick or stolen. It is
not finalised. For computer also the
same may be happened due to reaction of a scientific virus or stolen the disk
or code.”
If
we can produce the method of the writing on papers are the final forever and
any sentence or passage or book can be written or kept in papers. The written papers are logged itself already.
It may be kept openly. None can read it except the writer. We need such
system.”
Everybody
dumbfounded.
Another
scientist said “Sir, we are trying and researching....but we are waiting the
Super Computer i.e. to take some guides of it. It will be the only hope.”
Everybody
felt disappoint to hear the last words.
“Let’s
see, wait the time” said the President:
“Okay,
on the best.”
The
meeting was broken up.
One
month later, the Super Computer was set up successfully and installed in the Spaceship
which being kept rounding the earth’s orbit. Shortly the Super Computer began
working rapidly: it indicated thousands of mistakes existing in all countries
and all identities including acts and personal functions of different social
characters. All began going on true ways. Countries gave up the aims of arms
race. Thousands of anti social peoples
came on the way of
the of
the spaceship or the
U.N.O. And some of others were kept
under its control.
Sometimes
a huge anti fume was produced from the surface of the spaceship. It squashed
all kinds of air pollution and controlled climatic changes not to happen
sudden rainfall, storms, great avalanches of Himalayan Mountain etc. It kept
the ozone layer protectively.
The
Spaceship saved previously and smoothly the peoples from any disaster like wild
fires, earthquakes, volcano eruptions etc.
The Super Computer guided
the scientist or the intellectual members to enable produce
the exact practicable theory of the
“Perfect Secret Writing System”. At last they could produce it successfully.
One
day the system was demonstrated to the authority of the U.N.O.
The
scientist said to the President:
“Sir,
the system or rule is simple and perfect. There is no letter to use specially in secret writing.
Afterwards they learnt the writing system well
and got more experience in writing swiftly. All important documents of the spaceship
were kept writing on this code system.
Then,
the spaceship was hovering in the sky nonstop dripping down UNO’s peace
programs over the countries of the world. All the human beings started
flipping the wings of their new hopes,
Thus
budding new generation of mankind with floral blooming in their garden of hope
rose up and floating in excitement and the dawn of a super strength had
appeared breaking the binding fetters of the mind by the impact of a sober
force from the Hero-sima, as if the mighty lion was let loose from its cage.
States
of the world started embarking on a unilateral step along with the U.N.O. The
love-neighbouring countries increased thus finding new brothers by pulling down
the barriers of obstructions. The day the world had become a perfect unified
world. Along with this new names had been heaped upon “The king from the sky”
or
“Hero-sima”
from different quarters of the globe: as
“The
mother Hero-sima” or
“The
ambassador of God” or
“The goddess of learning” or
“The flying- Island”
Those
titles endowed with the love of the heart are all beautiful and befitting.
By
the way a big dream of U.N.O. materialized: An artificial human being also gave
birth on a good day. This artificial human being was a beautiful female around
25 years. Scientists performed several experiments: all with success. She had
been thoroughly experimented of her heart, brain as well as the other organs in
the computer machine. The meter indicated that man reached his goal of aims. The
scientists named her “Alice”.
Since
then she came to be known as Miss Alice.
The story
of Alice’s human
body was kept by
writing the Code
Writing System on
the code pages.
The story could be
read on monitor easily that
a microscopic data automatically turned the
written code pages to a languages. A scientist, doctor
read the story about
the organs of
Alice’s body as follows:
Alice’s human body:
Heart
Alice’s
heart has abundantly unexplained sympathy, love, generous, noble, anxiety,
weakness, braveness, joyfulness etc.
There
is no any cause of heart disease. Aging does not a defect to her heart.
Blood
is variable amount percentage of water.
Heart beats
varies: each day her heart may
beats 100 to 900,000,000,000 times, sending 100
to 3000 gallons.
Her
heart does not stop in function at all. And her body would remain active
without sneezing.
The
discussion of cardiology is not important for her.
Veins
The veins or
pipes carry various typical
great bloods which unharmed
in poison or in any substance. So Alice
can eat any food or anything found. She can survive in various temperatures,
space and poisonous air.
Veins
carry impure blood from body to heart.
Blood turns
to various colours
when it falls with
various poisonous gases
and lack of
oxygen.
Pulmonary
veins carry the pure bloods. The pure
blood are divided
in two types : one
is red in colour
and another is
blue in colour. There are four pulmonary veins i.e.
two more than us (natural human being).
They are the
largest veins which
make blood fastening
and running in
one direction veins
do have valves.
Variable
percentages of blood may be found at any instance.
Hair
Alice’s
hair is very highly fashionable one.
The hair changes in
bright colour from
time to time like
black or golden
or red.
Her
hair grows very more slowly than us. There is no any cause of hair loss.
Maximum length of hair is 30 cm.
The life span of hair is 500 to 1000 years.
Cutting hair or combing is not important.
Her hair tends itself to keep in a fashion way.
Mouth
Her
mouth has been designated especially for a best speech. The teeth
are un destruct able and can grind
anything like human
food : fish, meat, bean, fruit
etc; wood, iron, glass,
stone .
Liver
Alice’s
liver is unique. Various chemical
reactions take place in the liver. It produces the important and wonderful resultants as requirements or
nutrients. It has a main chemical fluid which breaks down the requirement
substances. It squashes poisonous or unfamiliar ingredients.
Kidneys
There
are four small kidneys. Each is about 2 inches long and weighs 10 ounces. The
element of a
particular metal are allowed
to react with
minerals to produce a
new compound which
made the body of the
kidneys. The fluids
or bloods of such
compound organise or
help make the kidney
body. With the enhance
of the unfailing small
machines the blood flow
takes place abundantly
as reabsorbing, redistributing an amount of the blood
and some amount of
fluid or blood filtered as
urine.
Tongue
Alice’s
tongue is very important to human being. It
was not based mainly
on for food
tasting , but for tasting
elements, qualities of metals
and for an extra
ordinary power of
speaking.
Nose
Alice’s
nose is also very important to us. Her nose is very powerful. It can detect all typical things or
substances like chemicals, bombs, different elements, metals. She easily finds
out a thing or a thief. Her nose
indicates herself various phenomenon, changing temperatures
of the earth
and previously the volcanic eruption, rainfall, storm
etc. Her nose is a learned
one of different
places with the
related things or
materials like animals, persons,
plants, vehicles, table,
chair and others living
in the place. Specially the
nose is related
to all works
of the spaceship
that it can detect
a kind of
defect or mistake
or resultant of any work
in the spaceship.
And it would help to look
after the four million- robots and their works.
Ears
Her
ear has extraordinary sensitive
power of hearing
of lowest or noisiest
from short or
long distance. The
ear can detect
even a minute particle
vibrating at a
long distance. With
closing eyes she
can drive vehicles, bikes swiftly in cities without
occurring incidents. By seeing
the activities of
Alice’s ears the
UNO scientists can
invent a new theory
of sound. That, a
sound has a
spiritual wave which
travels to everywhere
and to medium less
place(space). It is a kind of unseen and unheard energy. It is
proved by Alice’s ears;
that in space
the talk can
be heard by
the ears like a
kind of
tiny echo. And at another
experiment they get something
important; that with
closing up her
eyes, the ear can know
a small beam of
light when it
passes near the
ears.
Brain
Alice’s brain
is the most important organ,
making of it
was especially based
on unlimited different
knowledge, view of
goodwill, mankind and
global. There are 500,000 miles of blood vessels in Alice’s brain. Her skill, thinking power, imagination, logic, memory
and other works of
brain are can be
thought 100,000 nos. per minute.
The life span of it is 500 to 1000 years. The artificial
neurons are the living
ones with vital
powers actively forever
up to the
time period of
the life span.
The mental power
and skill can’t
be disturbed or weakened by
any fluid or
blood or even
a poisonous.
A special
feature of her
brain would be
seen clearly that
she would love
the human race so
much and work
tirelessly for the
said mankind.
Eyes
Alice’s
eyes are the most interesting matter.
The eyes are composed of five millions working parts. Her eyes can process 100,000 bits of
information every minute. The eyes can live
without blinking the whole day. The
eyelashes and the eyes can live 500 to 1000 years. The eyeball weighs 40 grams. It can see minute particles and germs. At films she
can see clearly
the changing positions
of the actor,
actress, animals, aeroplanes,
vehicles etc. The farthest sights can be seen clearly by
the eyes. She sees the earth with thousands of colours. In her eyes rainbow is composed of more than
100 colours.
The most enchanting matter
is that her skin
and eyes can
form herself in a wonderful appearance
of the most beautiful,
charming and romantic
woman. But such
her rare beautiful
romantic eyes can’t
be seen by
anybody that her
mind keep busy
always for serving
human race and
her heart can’t
be struck that
such arrow is not
available in
the world. It is very different one.
Alice
looked like an attractive human being. She majestic and spoke in a tone of
aristocratic bearing. All her appearance and demeanour are meaning full and
attractive. There were many causes of making Alice. That Miss Alice had to be
worked the Super Computer at the Hero - sima.
And
also she made the scientists know of all the critical signals coming from any
place of the universe by analysing them. Miss Alice can survive in the space
and work normally in the extreme climates or in poisonous air.
Alice
travelled throughout the countries into contact with different people. She took
part in many social works and spoke at different public meetings. Alice at most
time spent working hand in globe with many people. Everybody loved her. She had
many qualities of which her speech held the key to all. Of course, her talks were
quite interesting and followed mathematically patterns: all these were highly
work related. There might be articulate and argumentative and famous speech
given by expert hands of many gentleman, politician and great intellectuals.
The speeches might be attractive, needful, and truthful and might also embody
several aspects of crying and laughter. Yet all these things perished in
comparison with practical sides or had widening gap or set aside those works.
Such were often come across. Truly it was taken that the rate of being capable
of speaking the right thing in the normal and perfect way seemed to be wanting
much. On hearing Alice speaks it appeared that most human beings were hardly
able to make human speech. It was the right work of one time. Its formulate
ways, its results and the knowledge passing from another experience that kept
Alice’s mouth mobile at length. Hand and mouth go together forever as interrelate.
Alice’s
speeches are like
That
of the force emanating
From
the flapping wings
Of
the bird flying in the air,
When
work blossom, words
Glitter
on the flower.
Words
flowing down from
The
cliff of supernal thought
Make the soil of hearts
Fertile thus immersed.
To be continue.....
Enter The King-1 : Episode 2/The King From The Sky/Novel
Reviewed by Multi-Moon lights
on
November 12, 2019
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