The Chaos Trilogy
I have always been intrigued with the idea of ancient astronauts ... alien beings that aren't from around here. Perhaps they came and left ... or perhaps they crashed and burned. Or maybe they survived and had no choice but to hang around. Who knows?
I've also been a long-time fan of chaos theory; not so much the pretty little fractals, but the underlying deterministic order that drives everything. Absent some outside intervention, the interaction of fundamental particles can effectively be calculated and their future interactions predicted. All you need is the right equipment to do so.
Another topic that has long fascinated me is ancient Sumeria (or Sumer), where the world's first city, Eridu, was established nearly 7,500 years ago. It is believed that the Sumerians introduced agriculture, trade, weaving, metalwork, and (among many other things) leavened bread.
About twenty-five years ago, I toyed with the idea of writing a fictional book about these things, but never quite got around to it. When I finally started my magnum opus, it would languish for months on end before I would add another chapter or two. After seven years of working on it, my wife asked me if I was ever going to finish the damn thing and I promised her that it would be done by the end of that summer.
In August of 2016, I still had a lot more story to tell, but I wrapped it up and (finally) published The Chaos Machine. Having not yet completed the original story I wanted to tell, I published Second Contact some five months later and continued the saga. Still not done, I summarized everything, tidied things up, and finally completed my original storyline about four months later with Mankind 2.0, the final book of The Chaos Trilogy.
From 5342 BC to 5,342 years into our future (and beyond), it's the tale of mankind's struggle to rise above its natural proclivity for self-destruction. A story that has a happy ending thanks to a reclusive tech billionaire and The ACME Corporation.
At 188,000 words, it's a long slog, but well worth the effort :)
I've also been a long-time fan of chaos theory; not so much the pretty little fractals, but the underlying deterministic order that drives everything. Absent some outside intervention, the interaction of fundamental particles can effectively be calculated and their future interactions predicted. All you need is the right equipment to do so.
Another topic that has long fascinated me is ancient Sumeria (or Sumer), where the world's first city, Eridu, was established nearly 7,500 years ago. It is believed that the Sumerians introduced agriculture, trade, weaving, metalwork, and (among many other things) leavened bread.
About twenty-five years ago, I toyed with the idea of writing a fictional book about these things, but never quite got around to it. When I finally started my magnum opus, it would languish for months on end before I would add another chapter or two. After seven years of working on it, my wife asked me if I was ever going to finish the damn thing and I promised her that it would be done by the end of that summer.
In August of 2016, I still had a lot more story to tell, but I wrapped it up and (finally) published The Chaos Machine. Having not yet completed the original story I wanted to tell, I published Second Contact some five months later and continued the saga. Still not done, I summarized everything, tidied things up, and finally completed my original storyline about four months later with Mankind 2.0, the final book of The Chaos Trilogy.
From 5342 BC to 5,342 years into our future (and beyond), it's the tale of mankind's struggle to rise above its natural proclivity for self-destruction. A story that has a happy ending thanks to a reclusive tech billionaire and The ACME Corporation.
At 188,000 words, it's a long slog, but well worth the effort :)
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