{"id":318,"date":"2025-08-10T04:45:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T04:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:40:16","slug":"the-agency-tales-swan-and-song-book-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/hello-world\/bookstore-authors\/bookstore\/the-agency-tales\/the-agency-tales-swan-and-song-book-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Agency Tales &#8211; Book 4 &#8211; Swan and Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-accent-2-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-2-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The Numinous Constraint Agency is an extra-dimensional, multi-dimensional bureau tasked with maintaining a balance in the multi-verse in the spirit of a grand bargain called &#8216;The Trinity&#8217;. It is headed by a dream-creature called &#8216;Arteus the Faun&#8217; and it is staffed by variously talented Agent recruits. These are through the annals of The Agency Tales revealed to the author with dream-sendings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-2-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The staff of the Numinous Constraint Agency are drawn from the ranks of forgotten gods, demi-gods, mythical creatures of various types, also mortal Human beings who uniquely possess a &#8216;tongue of flame&#8217;, whom are thus called &#8216;torches&#8217;. Swan and Song tells of the mission of the demi-god Rusta Barca and his ex-CIA mortal torch-probate Vernon Duke to locate and rescue a Black Swan from an eternity of torment. While doing so, they are able to free a Dream by accompanying its performance on Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s Viola Organista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What if\u2026?<\/strong> There are multiple pocket dimensions just a twist off reality that contain a multitude of thriving communities? What if you could take the last train from London and rub shoulders with all manner of strange creatures from a railway station through both Time and Space? What if a Reality is only a reflection of the will of the person who made the Rules for these places?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vernon Duke<\/strong> -the ex-CIA mortal soul torch is about to embark on an incredible journey of discovery in the Uxbridge Rule that Angus made\u2026 and discovers that Dreams can be dangerous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Where to find The Agency Tales &#8211; Swan and Song by Caldon Mull:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/br8Ege\">https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/br8Ege<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview: The Numinous Constraint Agency is an extra-dimensional, multi-dimensional bureau tasked with maintaining a balance in the multi-verse in the spirit of a grand bargain called &#8216;The Trinity&#8217;. It is headed by a dream-creature called &#8216;Arteus the Faun&#8217; and it is staffed by variously talented Agent recruits. These are through the annals of The Agency &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/hello-world\/bookstore-authors\/bookstore\/the-agency-tales\/the-agency-tales-swan-and-song-book-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Agency Tales &#8211; Book 4 &#8211; Swan and Song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":304,"parent":41,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-318","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/318\/revisions\/352"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caliban.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}