Today’s society’s preference is to absorb knowledge via some form of entertainment. Fiction is one medium that has satisfied readers’ tastes since time immemorial. My goal is to increase the awareness of readers to current events by embedding factual knowledge in an entertaining fictional format. The plots in my books are pure unadulterated fiction conjured up in my imagination, but generously sprinkled with unassailable facts. Any facts conveyed are supported by intensive research, in fairness to my readers.
To quote Francis Bacon: “Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.” So what if it could happen? What if it did happen? What if it is happening? One should not avoid asking these incisive questions. To ponder these questions sheds the needed light on critical events.
The most severe problem facing our nation is not the issue of global warming; it is the dilution of our basic values. Our complacency, our detachment, our inability to give up our “stuff “ for the greater good, and our unabated willingness to compromise our individual freedoms preciously fought for by others—sow the seeds for the downfall of the greatest nation in history. We see the erosion of our values in our daily lives. Rugged individualism has been sacrificed on the altar of government dependency. Personal accountability is disappearing rapidly.
Years ago, I learned from a wise professor about the Five Threads that shape and bind our society. She taught me that the political, social, cultural, geographic, and economic effects—or threads—touch every aspect of our lives. The threads that weave the fabric of our society should be compatible and progress in unison. If one thread is seriously out of balance and dominates, it leaves the others in knots. Today, the political thread has created chaos in all parts of our society. It is time to recapture our basic values and bring balance to our social order.
The tapestry created by the five threads is becoming worn and tattered as we stray further from the values that shaped this great nation. The possibilities exposed in “The Simon Trilogy” will become reality played out in our streets and inside our government, if we stand back idly as the threads unravel. If, after reading The Ultimate Revenge, you ask yourself the all-encompassing question “What if?” I urge you to read Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck and Harriet Parke for a futuristic tale of the potential aftermath of our failings, if we do not act.
—Sally Fernandez