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Action/Thriller
ISBN-10: 1419655809
Type: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781419655807
In an act of terrorism Al Qaeda convinces the world community that The United States launched a preemptive nuclear attack by manipulating the radar systems of numerous countries. After forming an alliance, these countries assault America, invading her shores.
Excerpt
It wasn't what The United States knew that mattered in a world court, it was what they could prove. The fact that somehow the radar systems of The Chinese Government had been manipulated was self-evident, for the missile strikes launched by America at what became the onset of the war had indeed been retaliatory, and despite the claims that the assault had been preemptive. This fact could be supported by, among others The British, Canadian and Australian Governments whose technological evidence also remained under investigation. And although these same countries testified in a world forum held at The Hague, their assertions had been countered by The Chinese, Iranian and North Korean Governments who laid claim to the contrary. Motive was questioned, and then answered by The Chinese who maintained that The United States, once a global financial superpower had lost its economic foothold to China, and had become renegade in a desperate attempt to regain what their complacent citizens had forfeited via trade imbalance. The Chinese, defending their own nation stated that their citizens had worked harder, were superior in their efforts and earned every bit of the global financial domination they had acquired, further stating that Americans had become self righteous and arrogant and lacked motivation toward their work ethics. In short, and despite extensive rhetoric the global forum had become a Mexican standoff. In the meantime, the bloody war raged on.
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Unseen by all, and within and beyond the once immense cities a cocktail of chemicals mingled. Developing amidst ingredients never found combined within nature microscopic life forms began to emerge. Enhanced in their evolution by the combination of decades of suppression and the unnatural variety of chemical based wastes and refuse, these simple life forms evolved into hybrid strains of their original state. Advanced variations of beings invisible to the eye multiplied unchecked, saturating and infiltrating pathways once flourishing with humanity, conquering over time extended means of accommodating space for their flourishing existence via a variety of avenues both below and above the top soils of the land.
Amidst all of these, and not to be overlooked was a pandemic cultivating itself first within winged creatures and then, unannounced moving promptly into a variety of interacting mammals.
In unobserved silence, these beings raged.
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Huddled together like a pair of romantic teenagers, Jeff and his wife began reading Roman's journal. In the beginning of the log it was clear that several pages had been removed. The two looked at one another.
"Stuff about me, when I was young?" Jeff asked, pondering the missing pages. His wife considered this.
"Possibly. But wasn't he in the Special Forces, and in the war overseas?" she asked. They concluded they would ask Mary at a later time, and continued reading.
I hear the whistle of dolphins and look around for them both under and on top of the water. Unable to locate them, I decide to keep my face pressed into the sea and continue to listen to their whistles, a soothing, appealing mystery, a language not at all deciphered that somehow instills a familiar kind of calm. I try to imagine a silent ocean, a sea devoid of mankind's intrusion, without motors and wonder if such an event would enable me to hear more like this, perhaps countless dolphin and whales. Do we drown natural, comforting sounds in the sea the same way we squash the simple and serene sounds of the cricket, the night owl? The machination advances with tyrannical insistence, the overwhelming holler of industry, technology and human society devouring all within the extensive range of its frenzy, consuming moments and stealing birthrights and whisking away the rewards of all that is natural. The dolphin's song soon disappears, as if fed into a meat grinder.
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Freed of the bonds of bureaucracy and budgetary considerations The Sioux moved forward with determined persistence toward the construction of their monument to Crazy Horse. The towering statue stands over the land as an ever-watchful steward of the earth, as guardian of the people and as a testament to freedom. Atop a great stallion the harbinger of hope was close to completion, his massive physical size exceeded only by his spiritual stature.
Pivotal toward the gathering of nations the structure, by its very existence served as a rendezvous point for a meeting unlike any other in history. It was becoming known as the greater gathering of nations. Here the Sioux, in extensive joint ceremonies smoked the pipe of peace with Apache, with Cheyenne, Shoshone and Cherokee. Blackfoot People sat in comfortable attendance of continued and intense discussion about the future of humanity, all members representing each nation seeking wisdom through council in pursuit of the greater good. Crazy Horse stood atop all of this, the Grand Father of peace.
As he came upon the majestic image of Crazy Horse, Jumping Bear simply stopped his truck, turned off the ignition and got out. He began to fancy dance alongside his old Chevrolet and right there in the middle of the road. As Jumping Bear danced, he sang praise and thanks aloud.
A barrage of emotions overwhelmed him, memories of the great suffering of the past, the misery of what had become the temporary but prolonged destiny of these sacred, desecrated lands, and of joy for what had returned once again, albeit battle-scarred. All that remained was the time of the great healing.
Tears ran down his cheek.
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Where do dreams go to die? Jeff asked himself, lying beside his sleeping wife. Dreams die in the hearts of men…
Murdered.
His son remained missing, the world was at war and all after such horrific preceding events. So many lives lost. So much hope destroyed and all in the name of progress and faith in variations of deity’s unproven. Jeff thought that perhaps the world had become overpopulated, saturated with human beings bearing an endless barrage of opinion to become bursting at the environmental seams. Specifically selected resources had been drawn near to exhaustion, the industrial breast run dry.
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Chapter Forty-Eight
The last act of Congress
The gavel rose and fell as an uproarious Congress reluctantly settled down to hear the House Speakers words. At last, silence filled the great hall.
“It is with great remorse that we are gathered here this day, esteemed members of this Congress. Our history is rich in character, has overcome countless obstacles encountered in the endeavor toward freedom for humanity. Like our forefathers, we have been steadfast in our beliefs that all men are created equal. This is demonstrated throughout our administrative history. We have endeavored to cultivate continued legislation to the admiration and adherence of these philosophies. And it shall be known that our great nation did withstand all obstacles in the pursuit of such justice. We have endured with our blood, through many generations and on numerous continents to remain true to our convictions, unwilling to waver in the many faces of danger, and for over two hundred years. We are then obligated, by birthright to prevent any that may oppose these sanctities. There shall be no misconception that under any circumstances we shall yield without every effort afforded the great spirit of freedom, represented here today by each esteemed member gathered and by all of this united country’s free citizens to stand tall in defense of all we have collectively constructed.” The speaker paused, looked about the house of Congress.
“As we gather this day to demonstrate our conviction of solidarity, we must remember the purpose for which we have for so long stood as a nation, and as a people. We are now disposed to look upon our enemy who, as we speak infiltrate our heartland and deny them all sense of accomplishment. For here, in the face of ultimate adversity, and as we stand at the edge to face the great abyss we shall remember the words of one of our most remarkable citizens. ‘Do not go gently into that dark night!’”
The house of Congress stood immediately to its feet and all members shook their fist in the air.
The Speaker then cast his vote in favor of the document presented to Congress, signing it into immediate law.
Operation Dog Days was met with unanimous approval.
This copywritten material is not yet released, but will be available in early 2009.
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