Journey to the Origins of Knowledge
Voices of the Past. Origins is a historical adventure about five modern schoolchildren who accidentally find themselves in Ancient Greece. Before them opens an age when humanity was only beginning to ask questions that would change the course of history.
The children unexpectedly enter the world of the philosophers, astronomers, and geometers of Ancient Greece. To return home, they must collect the missing fragments of the Book of Forms — an ancient source of knowledge scattered across cities and eras.
The Book itself is kept secret in the Library of Alexandria, but it remains “asleep” until the missing pages are gathered, without which its meaning remains unclear.
Along the way, the children meet the greatest minds of antiquity, whose ideas have survived for millennia, among them Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, Archytas, Eratosthenes, Heron, and Hypatia.
Their journey takes them through Miletus, Croton, Athens, Alexandria, and Syracuse. The adventure proves far more dangerous than they expected. The fragments are being hunted by those who see knowledge as a threat. The Order of Shadow seeks to destroy everything that reminds people of freedom of thought, and the children must discover the price that sometimes has to be paid for truth.
Voices of the Past. Origins is a story about friendship, courage, and curiosity; about why questions can sometimes matter more than ready-made answers, and why voices from the past continue to speak in the present.
The book is intended for children and adults who are fascinated by ancient civilizations, the history of science, and ideas that changed our understanding of the world.
The historical events and scientific discoveries described in the book are based on real facts. The fictional element is the modern children’s journey through time and the Book of Forms connected with it, which makes it possible to bring together scholars, discoveries, and events from different eras within a single narrative.
At the end of the book, readers will find notes about the people, places, and discoveries — for those who would like to learn where the boundary lies between history and artistic invention.
