HOPE - Now More Than Ever

Though I began as a non-fiction writer, I knew at some point I had to produce content blending history and facts into a story.  Thus began the Chandler Scott thriller series.  The series takes a number of historical events and projects them into the near future with the story based in the United States.  Prominent in the series is financial crisis, politics, cyber terror, hackers, a secret society, mentors, and a journalist navigating his way through unfolding stories and presenting it to the American public.  His discoveries will frighten some and reassure others.  It truly is a nation divided.

What emerges is a struggle in society and government.  The tug-of-war evolves into a nation tearing at the seams and factions devising solutions.  If this sounds like present day America, you’ve just scratched the surface of how the novel series progresses.  While the series offers entertainment, the reader will no doubt reflect on what they’ve read and consider current events.  The novel does not describe a dystopian future like 1984 or The Hunger Games but rather illustrates a realism with which readers can identify.

Since the publication of the first novel, 2020, in the year 2016, a number of events foretold have come to fruition.  That said, the novels are not intended to be prophetic but rather show a potential path, albeit a disturbing one.  There are no virus strains bringing the world to its knees.  There is, however, another series of events that extends the long arm of authoritarianism and surveillance to a whole new level.

The latest novel, HOPE, places the protagonist, Chandler Scott, in a difficult situation where he must save the first female President of the United States and ultimately, the Republic.  I dedicate the novel "To the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands."  Chandler must place trust in the dark forces of the Internet, particularly a cyber character who partially reveals his identity.   As in the other novels, he receives help from his mentors, including the mysterious Habakk, who reveals more of himself throughout the series.  His latest revelation was unexpected.  When Chandler finds the one person who can save her presidency, he must decide if that person is trustworthy.  A misstep on Chandler's part could topple the president and set the nation's course in a tenebrous direction.