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Flashpoint is Biblical Cyberpunk set in the year 2036 and is the story of an alternative future where patriotism meets tyranny, the Patriot Act waxes Stalin-esque and the violence of terrorism has united the world. 2036 is the time of a central one-world government: the One-State. Fundamentalist terrorists are the One-State's only threat.This group includes Bible-believing Christians. When peacekeepers make a home-church bust in Ward-Six of the Chicago Metroplex, only Dave and Jen Williams evade capture. The siblings turn to the Body of Christ Underground for help, adopt street-names (Calamity Kid and e-girl) and slip between the cracks of the Chicago Metroplex. Calamity Kid and e-girl undergo technological re-formation that provides them with skills, knowledge and other abilities that allow them meet the gravest challenges facing fundamentalist christians and ultimately help them save their family, friends and neighbours before they're brainwashed, enslaved or worse by the One-State Neros.… (más)
Flashpoint is like The Matrix meets the Holy Spirit with the roller coaster action of an Indiana Jones movie. Written in first person film noir style, it pops from one paragraph to the next, taking the reader on a wild ride through a near future scenario where the One World government has taken control and "fundamentalists" of any religion are branded as terrorists. Since a "fundi" Christian really means one who believes the Bible and tries to follow God's teaching in it, Devout Christians find themselves either going Underground or going to "re-education" centers for brain washing. Brother and sister Dav and Jen Williams find themselves running from the "Peacekeepers" when their family's church is raided and carted off. Once in the bowels of the Underground, they are uploaded with mindware that connects them to the Holy Spirit in incredible ways. The phrase "let go and let God" takes on new significance.
This novel is fast paced, action packed, laced with humor, yet also laced with spiritual truth. It is the first in a series, but it ends in a satisfactory way. Yet it leaves the reader wanting more. ( )
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This book is dedicated to the Boss he gets top billing and all the props. And I don't mean Springsteen. Second only to Him, is my editor and wife, Cyn. From a continent away, He introduced destined soul mates. We'd have never met unless we were in exactly the same unlikely place in exactly the right unpredicatable time. Cyn, my love, there is absolutely no way I'd have gotten to this place without you, and my undying gratitude is yours. No you.
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"This is it, we're here. Climb the slope on the right shoulder. Hide in the beams as best you can. Whatever you do, stay under the bridge. If you come out, the cameras will spot you and all this will be pointless."
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I never even tried to lock cell doors when my soul's dungeon went rabid.
Flashpoint is Biblical Cyberpunk set in the year 2036 and is the story of an alternative future where patriotism meets tyranny, the Patriot Act waxes Stalin-esque and the violence of terrorism has united the world. 2036 is the time of a central one-world government: the One-State. Fundamentalist terrorists are the One-State's only threat.This group includes Bible-believing Christians. When peacekeepers make a home-church bust in Ward-Six of the Chicago Metroplex, only Dave and Jen Williams evade capture. The siblings turn to the Body of Christ Underground for help, adopt street-names (Calamity Kid and e-girl) and slip between the cracks of the Chicago Metroplex. Calamity Kid and e-girl undergo technological re-formation that provides them with skills, knowledge and other abilities that allow them meet the gravest challenges facing fundamentalist christians and ultimately help them save their family, friends and neighbours before they're brainwashed, enslaved or worse by the One-State Neros.
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This novel is fast paced, action packed, laced with humor, yet also laced with spiritual truth. It is the first in a series, but it ends in a satisfactory way. Yet it leaves the reader wanting more. (