Shut-Eye - Readings

Description

The Roman Empire was a centralised imperial authority.Its inhabitants life blood was to own, occupy and control. Public violence remained an entertainment for the Roman rulers and emperors for centuries. The novel unfolded the secret that the Roman Empire was also known as "She-wolf Empire." as the entire race had lust for powerfulness.The ferocious and cut-throat emperors compelled those Romans who accepted the newly born religion Christianity to honour their gods and goddesses by offering sacrifices to them.On refusal, they were crucified, imprisoned, executed, tortured and thrown before wild animals and in seas. In a celebration in palace the six monotheists refused to obey the idols of the Roman gods and goddesses and said there was only one, true God.They were imprisoned.One of them received God s message to take refuge in the cave known by them,where He put their eyes shut for three hundred and nine years.He awoke them when Christianity became the state s and official religion but the belief of resurrection on the Judgement Day was argued. The novel captures the essence of the miraculous narrative that envoke a sense of awe, mystery,intrigue and the promise of an unforgettable literary experience.

About the Author

Rubia Jilani s second novel "Shut-eye"is an expression of a far-famed legendary ,true and religious miracle about six Christians advisors of the Roman ruler of the state Philadelphia in eastern Rome during the 2nd or 3rd century . They refuse to call the Roman emperor god .It is a tale of the ancient world during the early centuries of Christian era where a new Christ s belief challenges the Roman Empire a super power,a combination of splendor, military triumph, economic expansion and progressivism.