What if everything you've ever been told about the world around you and your role in it was a lie? What are they trying to keep you from knowing? What are they trying to stop you from remembering? How have they shut down ordinary awareness in favor of zombie-robot awareness? What one truth do they not want you to believe? Now it is time for this literary and philosophical oracle to open eyes, clearly. The fictional character and star propaganda technician, Sunshine Overcast, attempts to do the unlikely by stripping away the half-truths and carefully removing the false and insidious choices....

The Gentle Empire and the insectoid hive mind are metaphors for the division and factionalism found in modern society and culture. From 1740 through 2144, the Gentle Empire drops its repetitive payloads of new technological wonders and corresponding propaganda values.Television takes center stage for a time and then it's replaced with robots and holographic projections. Finally, virtual reality makes actual reality obsolete! The competing alien empires will have to make the ultimate sacrifice and succeed against the odds even though both sides are so equally matched. Who will win? It truly...

The author said, "I saw all of the self-hate and, in the more desperate situations, the self-destructive behavior. I couldn't help wondering, how can I fix this? Then it occurred to me: I can write a book. Then I wrote it and everything worked out even better than anticipated."

Why suffer or feel joy? What karmic influences are involved and what can be done about them? The mind admires its own reflection.

Everything that came before us is still here around us. The people saw themselves and their place in the world in one way in the past, but they can change this perspective in the...