“Among the Shadows: Watchers of the Light Book 1 by Darrick Dean is a fascinating and epic fantasy adventure that will captivate readers who crave stories of heroism, self-discovery, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness, making it a perfect fit for fans of fantasy and historical fiction who enjoy tales of courage, friendship, and the battle between good and evil.” – StoryGraph
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The Eternal Struggle Between Light and Darkness
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Not All Solar Storms Make Pretty Lights
With the recent solar storms, I thought this post appropriate to reshare. Sometimes we forget that light in the sky is a massive star, boiling with unfathomable energy.
Categories: Books, Nature
Tags: 48 Hours, EMP, northern lights, solar, solar storms, Sun, sunspots, William Forstchen
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The Awakening has Begun
A war has raged for millennia as most have been unaware. Hidden has this war been, yet it drives the chaos that often spills into the world. This war hasn’t always been unknown. What we now know as myth was once history. Those times have returned.
The Awakening has begun and it is far from over.
Become part of the epic battle between Light and Darkness. Order Among the Shadows and Awakening and join the fight!
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Tags: Among the Shadows, Awakening, Darrick Dean, Watchers of the Light
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Atomic Age 2.0
With current technology, there is only one non-fossil fuel energy source that is reliable, high-output, and can power the entire world.
Nuclear.
Unfairly vilified for decades, and misunderstood by the public, the once-promised nuclear age didn’t fully materialize. Now, many countries are revisiting nuclear as green energy sources have failed to live up to the hype.
“But nuclear is unsafe!”
Is it?
As Robert Zubrin details in his book, The Case For Nukes, fears have been unfounded. In the greatest of ironies, as governments treat nuclear weapons like toys and plan for worldwide genocide, nuclear powered warships sail around the world without incident. They steam by American cities, and into our ports. The submarines and aircraft carriers stationed at Norfolk and other bases aren’t encased in concrete bunkers. Their reactors are of the same type used in power plants. The Navy handles and stores nuclear fuel with frequent regularity.
It’s not that we cannot use nuclear safely; we do it every day.
Nor is nuclear physics a new, esoteric science. Commercial reactors have produced long past their design life. Next-generation reactors now in the works have far more promise. Where would we be had we not slowed nuclear power plant construction to near zero?
Someday, we will mine Helium-3 on the Moon for fusion reactors. In the meantime, we should go back to the future and revisit an old tech, shine it up, and power the entire world.
Pandora’s Box: Funded by Your Tax Dollars
Since the aftermath of WWII, the U.S. has engaged in dangerous, and often unethical or illegal, biological research and experimentation.
It traces its lineage to the horrific human experimentation undertaken by Imperial Japan and the Third Reich. This research was obtained by the U.S., along with many of the war criminals who produced it. They were protected from prosecution.
Since then, a number of now common diseases emerged from these labs you funded. There have been many close calls the public are not aware of, nor aware they were sometimes the test subjects.
When certain types of research were declared illegal in the U.S., labs were built or funded in other countries. This is still active government policy to get around pesky laws.
While they keep people distracted with partisan politics, this is the sort of irresponsible and dangerous behavior they happily engage in.
How much longer will the people allow this to continue?
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Tags: biowarfare, germ warfare, government, Lab 257, Undue Risk, Wuhan
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Are You Ready for the End?
“Humanity has all but forgotten about the humanities on the way to Armageddon.” – Anthony T. Hincks
The modern world pays little attention to the skies. We are told our ancestors and their obsession with the heavens was just superstition and fear.
Perhaps we should share their fear. At any given moment, one storm on the Sun could end civilization. William Forstchen explores what would happen, in his novel, 48 Hours.
They Want You Unhealthy. You can Take Control.
“Fiat foods create fiat minds that enslave the human body to a revolving state of addiction, lethargy, and depression. Would the Wright Brothers have had the vision, skill, and initiative to expand their bicycle business to venture boldly and defy all established authority under the belief man could fly while on a steady diet of SnackWell cookies and Cheese Puffs?” – Matthew Lysiak
Think the nutritional advice you’ve been taught for decades is based on science? Well, take a good dose of corporate influence, government financial manipulation, fake or unscientific studies, and throw in some eugenics and a cult for good measure, and what do you get?
The worst health of humans in modern history.
Make Fiat Food number one on your to-read list for 2024. Matthew Lysiak takes you on a tour of the disturbing history of where our health “standards” came from, and why we have more chronic medical problems than ever in our history.
This new year can be the one where you take responsibility for your own health. Stop letting others make money off you by keeping you sick and miserable.
Categories: Books, health, What You Can Do
Tags: food, health, Matthew Lysiak, nutrition, science
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Ready to Leave the Brave New World?
Everyone makes a choice:
- Commit to continuous learning to better themselves and the world.
- Make little or no effort to learn and trust the world to tell you what to think and know.
- Pretend you know everything and have nothing else to learn.
Option one comes with the realization that learning doesn’t stop when you graduate for high school or college. You’ve only scratched the surface. Also, as an adult you realize learning is a whole different experience outside of the structure of schools. Exploration, discovery, enlightenment. The kind of things that brought you wonder as a child, then snuffed out by the system, return in full force.
Option two comes when you succumb to an industrial education system that often teaches you not to question. Or if they do, someday they will say they didn’t mean it. They also want you to figure out your path by graduation. Then, they tell you, you’re stuck there forever. Don’t keep searching for your purpose. Trust us.
Option three is when you allow yourself to be drawn into a cult-like mindset. Often this is an extension of option two where you were encouraged not to question and test what you are told. When one falls into this abyss, they are used by others for their own purposes. Politicians love people like this.
This is all a long way of stating the best way to learn is to read. Commit to learning, studying, exploring. This isn’t the dull learning you may have experienced in school. However, you will face many far more important tests in life. You must be prepared. You will also learn you have an innate, critical responsibility to mentoring the younger generations.
I feel sorry for people who say “I don’t read.” “I don’t have time” they say as they binge-tv watch. They think the carefully crafted and controlled headlines and news constitute learning. They know their life feels unfulfilled, but make no effort to change. Or they look at the world and its problems and just hope for the best.
Don’t be that person.
Here’s a selection of some of the books I read in 2023. A wide array of topics sure to challenge, inform, and inspire.
Will you commit in 2024 to leaving the Matrix? Will you choose to exit The Brave New World?
Start your own path to learning. It will be exciting and disturbing. One thing it won’t be is regrettable.
The Awakening has Begun
October 31st will no longer be remembered as Halloween, but the Day of the Awakening.
Pre-order Awakening now (ebook), paperback will also release on Oct. 31st.
Humans are not the mere mortals they believe themselves to be.
And if you haven’t yet joined the war, go Among the Shadows while you still can. Watch the original trailer.
Categories: Books, fantasy, Fiction, Writing
Tags: Among the Shadows, Awakening, Darrick Dean, fantasy, Watchers of the Light
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