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Note to Readers: Some might point to fighting in a mosque as something typically American to do to Islamic people, but the truth is holy ground is among the bloodiest in history. That is both because people use them for protection as they launch attacks, and because beleivers of other faiths love to destroy them. For me, fighting in a mosque was no different than fighting in any other building, only one thing was important: I made it out alive. The sounds of bullets puncturing the helicopter
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Note to Readers: There have been few times that gifted have openly faced each other in combat. When it has happened, it's rarely been anything but bloody and deadly for regular humans. That's one of the reasons we try to limit such things from happening. If we didn't, humanity might never have survived. "What the fuck's going on?" Paul demanded as soon as we entered the small room where our communications gear had been set up. Roger Killmer's blond hair was offset by the headset he was weari
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Note to Readers: Some times the less said, the better. What was most surprising of the events that happened while my plane changed course for Israel was the radio message from the UIC central command granting us flight clearance to continue across their airspace to Israel. It had come in while I was in videoconference with Dad, and had been a lot more polite than anyone had expected regarding something to do with their arch-enemy, Israel. While the dark-haired Botha moved around in my ca
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Note to Readers: International relations are a matter of convenience only. There is no such thing as a 'true friend' between nations, no matter what people say. Many Presidents, and others, have said that America and Britain are 'true friends', yet it was an American nuke that destroyed London,and a British nuke that destroyed Washington D.C. This was why I had no qualms about negotiating a treaty with the UIC that I knew wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. The day would come when tha
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Note to Readers: The art of international diplomacy is just that...an art. Sometimes the artist is able to complete the work quickly, other times it takes forever. Often the most beautifully crafted treaties aren't worth the paper they are written on by the time they are completed. I was determined to make sure that the negotiations with the UIC did not fall into the category of 'failure'. Of course, a successful treaty in this case was not what many would consider 'successful' or even 'fai
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Note to Readers: Navigating the ancient hatreds, the blood-feuds, and the politics of the Middle East has never been easy, and I was a fool to think I might have had it easier. It didn't take long for me to see that the dangers and risk were very real, and in many ways greater than any other American delegation had faced in many years. Still, I was optimistic right up until we touched down for the first time. "No." I replied. "I hate talking to them." "But Dylan, they are your guests rig
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Note to Readers: The sands of the Middle-East run red with the blood of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Israelis, Iraqis, Iranians, Saudi-Arabians, Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Yemeni, and many other nations as well. Like no other place in human history, this regions has been the focal point of more wars, more bloodshed than any other. American blood was rarely shed in the area until the mid-1980's when a series of low-grade conflicts involving oil brought our country firmly into the region's poli
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Note to Readers: A lot, and very little happened between the end of the Utah Crisis and the great Mid-East Crisis.I'm not going to be bother with a day-by-day account of those two years. Instead I'll just let you know what happened in a summary. March of that year passed far too slowly for me to ever have appreciated what really was a beautiful city at the beginning of spring. It only took a week for the country to be convinced of the evil nature of the 'Prophet' and while there were many c
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Note to Readers: I was amazed at how rapidly the newly bonded young men from Utah were integrated into my circle. Why I might have been so amazed I'm not sure, but I still was at the time. It is a mark of how much the bonding affects their outlook on life that they readily accepted the five boys, and integrated them into our little 'family'. This was something that we studied much more in depth later. "Dylan, wake up." A female voice was saying gently into my ear. I wanted to ignore it
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Note to Readers: Utah was a place of many lessons for me, not the least of which how much my views of killing had changed. It was something that stayed with me for many years, the ease of killing those that 'might' be a problem as well as those that were a clear and present danger. It wasn't until I was eighteen that something happened to change that belief. What was it? It was four, no four and a half months ago that I'd first killed another human being. Then, I'd shot a man who was sighti
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Note to Readers: We all make mistakes in life. Sometimes they are little mistakes, other times they are big mistakes. The difference between mistakes made by leaders and by regular people are usually measured by body bags and lives ruined. That's something I learned the hard way. "Deacon Roberts, let me introduce you to Major Daniel Unger, US Army and the Chief of Staff, Dylan Jacobs, Lieutenant Martha Ellington of the US Navy, and Captain Camus of the United States Marine Corps. Las
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Note to Readers: On the day that I bought a loaf of bread in Tuscon, twelve thousand eight hundred and six elderly people were found dead in their homes, nursing homes, and retirement center. It was the first day of the elderly and infirm search that was organized nation-wide as Guard units stood down from civil patrols. The headlines of newspapers the next day had me on the front page, with that damn loaf of bread, and articles further down the page on the results of the first search for the el
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Note to Readers: Some people might think that my growing 'circle' was nothing more than a harem, a dream for any horny thirteen year-old. It wasn't nearly as fun as most might thing, although it was very, very instructive. In a short period of several weeks my emotional maturity changed greatly. As much as my circle was bound to me and their lives changed, mine was as well. It was the Secret Service, not dad, who delayed my trip to Utah. They were quite upset after one simulation with
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Note to Readers: I'm a thinker, and when James Jacobs revealed a little of his plans for the future, I started thinking. The problem with being a thinker is that sometimes you think too much, and end up just going in mental circles. "Son, there are people out there that would take over this country if they could. They'd strip away our liberties, they'd rob us of our freedoms, and force us to follow their beliefs, because they want everyone to be just like them." Dad had told me when I
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Note to Readers: It is funny how the things most people accept as 'fact' are really no more than 'fiction' in the extreme. Idaho is a prime example of that phenomenon. I really did very little in the weeks that I was there, except watch and learn. However, I received the lion's share of the credit for the reconstruction and success of Idaho. It was the effective use of the media and public events that gave reality to the fiction of my contributions there. I learned a lot from Idaho, and the use
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Note to Readers: James Jacobs was a man that surprised me constantly. I never knew exactly what he was thinking at any given time, and there were several times that he totally surprised me by his reactions to different situations. His trust in Henry and I at finding out about our abilities was not something I really expected. Why did he trust us? Part of it was because he knew us, in some ways better than we knew ourselves. Historians often focus on how I was raised in a liberal environm
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Note to Readers: Some might think that a thirteen year old would react with eagerness and joy at learning he could take control of people by essentially kissing them. Well, history has proven that some would have been very happy about that level of control over their lives. Me? Let's just say many of the tears I cry each morning are for those I touched with my power. It's as much of a curse as a blessing. "Are you sure you're alright, son?" Dad's voice was still clear despite the
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Note to Readers: I hate the media. I hate having my life recorded for everyone to see, especially mistakes and violent moments. Thanks to the taping of my encounter with Walter Jefferson, I gained an immediate image of being no stranger to violence, a kind of teenage Rambo. I hate it that for a good part of my life I could look at someone the wrong way and they'd get afraid. I remember the time I looked at someone in a tense situation and the peed their pants. I was just wondering why they
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Note to Readers: I owe a lot of what happened in my life to the events in Idaho. It was the first test of my unnatural intelligence, and other abilities. It established my reputation as a calm, cool, and unflappable young man in the face of danger, and firmed up the impression of my dedication to the restoration of America, and helping people in need. It was a scary experience for me, a journy into unknown situations that I had never experienced before. Things I'd only read about, theorized
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Note to Readers: Henry and I broke all kinds of records in the history books. Youngest officers to actually hold positions in the U.S. Army, youngest Presidential Envoys, and two of the most effective Presidential offsprings in history. Before the Industrial Revolution, really before the mid-twentieth century, children our age were expected to complete the work of adults. Even after that though, children often did perform the work of adults and lead very active, public roles in the adult world
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Note to Readers: Sex has always been a powerful tool. Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, the Mata Hari are all figures in world history that used sex for their own goals. My discovery of what I originally thought of as a 'kissing power' was just another aspect of using sex. At thirteen, I'd learned the physical pleasures that it could bring, and with this new ability, the pleasures of having total control over others around me. It warped me, changed me in ways that I never foresaw. When you combine t
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Note to Readers: Did my description of my first, not-so-innocent time surprise you, dear reader? Were you shocked, horrified, or titillated by my lurid descriptions? Have you vowed that this story, this history of your world was to racy for your blood and you weren't going to read it anymore? Well obviously you either didn't make that vow or you changed your mind because you are reading this now. Maybe you just wanted to see my note in the hopes that I'd promise that this story would only be
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Note to Readers: In the years that followed, many people took critical looks at the choice of James R. Jacobs for the Presidency in those first days after the nuclear attack. There were several people who under the 26th Amendment might have legitimately claimed the position, but they all deferred to a choice that was to be made by the last surviving elected members of Congress. It was actually one man who secured the selection of Dad, and that was Senator Crawley. The choice was nothing if n
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Note to Readers: The generation before mine grew up knowing that Nuclear War was something that could happen at any moment. Popular fiction, not only printed, but television and movies, had used nuclear war as a backdrop for nearly fifty years before everyone thought the possibility was gone forever. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was heralded as a new age, an age free from the threat of nuclear annihilation. What they forgot was that so long as the weapons existed, the threat also remaine
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Note to Readers: Dawn is a favorite time of many. For me it is always a bitter-sweet moment when I see the sun rise over the horizon. The way the sky lightens an hour or so before the sun rises, the black sky turning a deep purple, becoming a darker blue, then a lighter blue, and finally that golden orb slides up over the horizon, driving out the darkness for a while. Warmth creeps through the world with the sun, birds start singing, plants and trees begin the process of photosynthesis, and life
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