Seven Days in New Crete

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Seven Days in New Crete, also known as Watch the North Wind Rise, is a seminal but out of print science fiction novel by Robert Graves and published in 1949.

The novel takes place in a future society in which a monotheistic Goddess religion has been established on the island of Crete. It is narrated by Edward Venn-Thomas, who from the mid-20th century, is mysteriously transported forward in time to New Crete. The people of New Crete are prosperous: knowing no hunger, dissatisfaction and living in peace, with war only known as a game played on the village green. The poets and magicians of New Crete are an integral part of a religion centred on a cruel Goddess — Mari, Queen of Heaven. Into this apparently idyllic setting Venn-Thomas begins to realise that he has been chosen by the Goddess in order to inject disruption into a society that is becoming bland, insipid and in danger of losing its vitality. It culminates in a shocking ritual sacrifice similar to that described in The Golden Bough.

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