abstract:Jad is a fictional solar god found in the works of Guy Gavriel Kay, including The Sarantine Mosaic series, The Lions of Al-Rassan and The Last Light of the Sun. In these books, all set in a fictional world loosely based on Europe during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, Jad serves as an analog to God, as the focal point for an organized church (or group of churches) similar to the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
With more than ten years of his working life invested in becoming qualified and skilled in this sector, Jad isn't about to take up the government offers of retraining opportunities.
Citing science writer Jonah Lehrer, who cites Australian psychologist Neil Brewer, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, co-hosts of Radiolab, describe in a 2007 episode how memory is mercurial, difficult to pin down, and far less solid than we tend to think.