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Anton Troia

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Born
in New York City, The United States
May 16, 1977

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Anton Troia was a former Emergency Medical Technician, and studied electronic engineering at DeVry University. He was born and raised in New York City, where he still lives with his two audacious dogs. Anton always found NYC to be a strange place, but he hopes that will change someday.

Anton's stories warn about the potential dangers of technological progress, with themes centered around the ongoing tug of war between science and ethics. Anton's futuristic settings are usually dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and scientific dictatorships.

Anton's themes veer into the paranormal elements as well and he has a knack for seamlessly weaving historical fact and mythology. His thematic focus strongly reflects his p
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Are we evolving as rapidly as ever before?

Evolution. It's easy to see that it's happening right now, and has been happening since the turn of the 19th century. But every so often, we get hit with a wave, where evolution speeds up. Look how much we progressed on a technological level over the past 250 years?

Before 1750, wars were fought the same way for thousands of years, with crude pointy weapons and horses as our means of transport. In Read more of this blog post »
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“Some people possess gifts, and some people are possessed by them. When that happens, the gift becomes a curse”
Anton Troia, Advent Children

“Nothing is achieved without sacrifice”
Anton Troia, The Last Overseer

“No one is strong unless they were once weak. No one becomes fearless unless they were previously afraid. And no civilization can advance itself unless it had already been shattered”
Anton Troia, The Last Overseer

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“Human beings achieve the most extraordinary things when pushed to their limits or face a precipice”
Anton Troia, The Last Overseer

“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
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“Old enough to know better, but too young to care.”
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“The truth lies buried in the darkness of the soul.”
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message 3: by S.M.

S.M. McEachern THanks for connecting with me!


message 2: by Karen

Karen Bainbridge Thanks for the book recommendation, Ophelia sounds like she's got a nasty problem, hope that she found away out... I guess I will have to get this one to find out, it sounds very familiar, I might have read one of her books but maybe not this one!!


Ms. Nikki Thanks for the invite, Anton. Chat soon :)


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