The Author’s story
About…
Miki Mitayn is a woman of Australian Aboriginal, Irish and English descent. She works in health and as a science and medical writer. The Conscious Virus, her first published novel, and Heated Earth - Aedgar Moves In are available now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and via Independent book stores.
Miki began writing magical realism in 2015. Posts from earlier years appear here as transcripts of conversations. As her creative writing developed, Miki wrote the conversations into stories, revealing more about where the sessions happened and how the protagonist, Dr Nerida Green, felt and responded.
The Conscious Virus by Miki Mitayn
29 August 2025
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Inventive, witty, and thought-provoking, The Conscious Virus masterfully blends science, spirit, and story into a daring, unforgettable reading experience.
Miki Mitayn’s The Conscious Virus is a bold, genre-defying novel that blends medical drama, spiritual exploration, and speculative fantasy into an arresting narrative. At its heart lies Dr Nerida, an Aboriginal doctor whose scientific training collides with the unconventional spiritual channelling of her wife, Mari. Through Mari’s trances, Nerida encounters voices from the other side – a Druid, a Medicine Man, and even a flamboyant Tudor dandy – whose wisdom challenges everything she thought she knew.
The premise itself is captivating: what if a man-made virus became self-aware, and the knowledge of it came not from laboratories but from spirits? This imaginative set-up allows Mitayn to explore weighty themes: the fragility of truth, the tension between science and faith, and the blurred lines between sanity and revelation.
The novel is as much about relationships as it is about ideas. Nerida and Mari’s marriage is depicted with warmth, humour, and friction, grounding the more mystical aspects in human reality. Nerida’s inner conflict – torn between her Aboriginal spirituality, her medical duty, and the startling claims of the spirits – is particularly compelling. The Australian setting, richly described from remote communities to mining towns, adds depth and authenticity.
Quirky, irreverent, and thought-provoking, this first instalment in the Aedgar Wisdom series refuses to fit neatly into one category. It may not be for readers who prefer straightforward plots, but those open to something offbeat and cerebral will find much to enjoy. The Conscious Virus is an imaginative and daring beginning to a series with great promise.
Since 2015, Miki Mitayn has woven magical realism from whispered conversations…
Transforming early conversation transcripts into immersive stories featuring Dr. Nerida Green.
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The Conscious Virus—an Aedgar Wisdom novel, has won 1st Prize (Best in Division) in the Supernatural & Paranormal Division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards
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Heated Earth – Aedgar Moves In, Second Place in the Outstanding Creator Awards for LGBTQA+
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Heated Earth – Aedgar Moves In, Recognized in the 4th Quarter 2023 Firebird Book Awards for Speculative Fiction & Magical Realism, 2024
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Heated Earth – Aedgar Moves In, was the finalist in the Dante Rossetti Awards for Young Adult Fiction.
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Read the conversations here on the website, sign up to our contact list and buy the books. The beings in the Aedgar Wisdom books are here to be heard. Be inspired, enlightened — the world is so much more interesting than most people know.
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The spirits, or non-physical beings…
The non-physical beings urgently intervene. With distinct personalities and histories from their own times, places and cultures, each plays their part in the passionate push against threats to our planet.
They care for Gaia and the sensitive souls here.
They have no respect for stupidity or false religion.
Their concept of intelligence has nothing to do with a written test.
Wealth has nothing to do with money.
The beings have ideas about science and technologies, historical (and current) methods of healing and interpersonal relationships. With insight into the nature of reality, the purpose of existence, past or concurrent lives and physical, spiritual and emotional health, they provoke thought and growth.
The Conscious Virus and Heated Earth - Aedgar Moves In happen where humans meet spirits. The non-physical beings prompt people to untangle complications humans have created. Challenges arise for humans, enmeshed in dense, physical reality.
“If you change your own energy, you can — with others — change the energy of a place.
Changing the energy of a place, you can change the energy of a whole area…
So, those who learn and gain energy through understanding can change the planet. If it all comes together, those growing energy and wisdom can change the planet. If you change a planet, you change the Universe. If you change one Universe, you can change all of them. There is a lot to do, because it’s infinite.”
- Aedgar 13 September 2013
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