Writer Peterson has created a gripping, provocative work on the pages of Citizen Alpha.

Dr. Peter Jobe had long contemplated issues pondered by world inhabitants from the inauguration of time, questions regarding - why are we here- and - who put us here- have been asked many times over the intervening time. Jobe had achieved some success in bringing knowledge and theology together, and, that success had transformed everything, not that he single-handedly had made the discovery of course. Chapter 1, Citizen Alpha opens with a citation from Freud: the more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. Born in Ireland Army Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky where the considerable depository of gold transmitted a noteworthy intermingling of spiritual dynamism. Peter’s family returned to Illinois where his parents divorced and his mother remarried causing the family to move to Denver. As a immature child Peter ascertained that reading, and reading well, permitted him to turn his gifted aptitude into a vehicle for learning rather than becoming bored with life. Reading, football and confirmation as a Lutheran all had an intense influence upon the maturing youngster. It was during his high school years that Jobe gave up football and began an academic schedule which was punctuated with a disastrous drinking career. The account goes on with Jobe entering a rehab program, reaching out to whatever deity there might be and receiving understanding that he could indeed give up drinking and embark on life with restored vitality. Prior to his life changing experience Jobe HAD always considered there actually was a higher power, or divinity, out there somewhere, furthermore, now he had proof; he received a touch that had changed his life. From that launch Jobe would go on to become the unenthusiastic principal of a study group made up of himself and four other graduate students whose specialties ranged from neuroscience to religious studies. Coming from different countries and diverse spiritual backgrounds the group soon began to respect one another, and their varying ideas, plus they began gaining an understanding that the coordinated feat of their individual thoughts could come in concert to have a larger overall result than that which might be brought into being were they to maintain acting alone. The group became fascinated to realized their synergy might well alter both commonsensical and devout societies. Peter and his group were just at the formulation stage for structuring feasible connections when an additional, far more menacing; synergy of thought was taking place on the other side of the world. An incredible gathering of terrorists, radicals, and revolutionaries joined in an effort which began to put together a vicious plan which, if triumphant, would have far reaching ramifications. Were the foremost cities of America to become sites of nuclear attack; it would change the world. Such assault, if pursued by US retribution would likely be the motivating dynamic resulting in a new dark age. Peter, Kim, Mario, Larissa, and Mousa working on one side of the circumstances would become sentient to the fact that, in Aruba the countdown to annihilate America was commenced. Trucks traveling along interstates come together in Biloxi, armed sleeper cells were ready; Peter and his friends realized they might be the only ones standing between nuclear holocaust and the American way of life continuing in freedom. Writer Peterson has created a gripping, provocative work on the pages of Citizen Alpha. Fully developed characters are credible. Settings are so well described l the reader is brought right into the storyline. Hard hitting, out of the ordinary dialogue is pithy. The state of affairs, circumstances and situations are well-timed, nicely developed and stimulating. Citizen Alpha is a mesmerizing edition positive to keep the reader turning the page from opening paragraphs to the final pages. Happy to recommend. =========================== Reviewed by Molly’s Reviews molly martin =========================== Product Details and Shipping Information from Amazon TITLE Citizen Alpha AUTHOR Patrick E Peterson GENRE fiction Product Description Peter Jobe has just been named the unwilling leader of a study group of four other graduate students whose specialties range from neuroscience to religious studies. The five come from different countries and different disciplines, but they quickly realize the synergy of their ideas could revolutionize the scientific and religious communities. But as Peter's group is beginning to bond, another meeting of the minds is taking place halfway around the world. An unlikely collection of warlords and terrorists have pooled their resources and devised a devastating plan. As the countdown begins, Peter and his friends realize they may be the only ones standing between America and a nuclear holocaust. About the Author Patrick E. Peterson holds a degree in osteopathic medicine and master's degrees in psychology and behavioral neuroscience. He has traveled extensively, takes yearly medical mission trips to Senegal, Africa, and lived abroad in Korea for two years. Currently he is in private practice in southern Illinois.