And yet a letter writer claims Lord Ghirmai’s manor “concealed a sex trafficking operation under the pretense of helping orphaned children.” Enter the New Freedom Warriors, led by a young Botswanan woman named Esi Ada Ogolla, guided by the true Light of the Almighty One, who together with a small group of believers set out to destroy Ghirmai’s evil.
The story plays out over three novels by longtime Chicoan David Dirks, now living with his wife, Karen, in Brentwood. “The Redemption Of Elijah Kidd Kane” tells of Elijah’s coming to the Light; “The New Freedom Warriors” details Esi’s imprisonment.
Now, “Babylon Must Fall: Children Of Heremone Trilogy, Book 3” ($12.99 in paperback from Resurgam Books; also for Amazon Kindle), by David Henry Dirks with Zeek Payen, brings a miraculous release to Esi and probes the source of Ghirmai’s malevolence, requiring breaking into the secret basement of Ghirmai’s manor.
Which turns out to be the synagogue of an ancient Jewish sect, and the place where they “defeated King Eshun, Watcher Heremone’s avatar” by singing a hymn called “Arise O Lord” (Dirks and Payen provide the words and music). The evil Heremone was “pushed back” for two thousand years—until now.
Lord Ghirmai established a kind of portal, as Esi describes it, “a supernatural passageway between dimensions.” The Warriors’ weapons against Ghirmai are a shofar, lyre and drum; “we are the instruments of the Almighty,” one of the Warriors says, “whom we trust will use us to release the supernatural against Ghirmai and Heremone.” Ghirmai’s “Babylon” must fall.
“The stories may be fiction,” Esi’s father points out in an insight that goes beyond the novel. “The principles are real.”
Dirks brings matters to a thrilling conclusion, though that isn’t the end. Is there a yet more sinister force behind Heremone? That, he writes, leads to the next trilogy.
