Kings of All Times is a 1999 historical novel written by the Yemenite writer Sanji Yamdou. The novel focuses on the struggle between a dystopian society and a fascist government. The story follows Sergei Herminov, an Estonian Yeminite, whose companion Jorge Hernandez is lost in his own made-up fantasy land where he is the king of all times. Sergei encounters many obstacles on a quest to resolve the political rift between the government and the people as well as helping his friend Jorge in his own struggle in resolving his mental state.
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“Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 10:8.
The queen of Sheba to Solomon.
“... these great improvements of modern times are blessings or curses on us, just in the same ratio as the mental, moral, and religious rule over the animal; or the animal propensities of our nature predominate over the intellectual and moral. The spider elaborates poison from the same flower, in which the bee finds materials out of which she manufactures honey.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (1805–1875)