{"id":1423,"date":"2018-11-23T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/?page_id=1423"},"modified":"2018-11-23T17:59:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T17:59:44","slug":"twelve-hawks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/twelve-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Dark River\u00a0 <\/em>is a work of fiction inspired by the real world.<\/p>\n

An adventurous reader can touch the sundial hidden\u00a0 beneath the streets<\/p>\n

of Rome, travel to Ethiopia and stand outside the holy sanctuary in Axum,<\/p>\n

or walk through Grand Central Terminal in New York and look up at the<\/p>\n

mystery on the concourse ceiling.<\/p>\n

The aspects of the Vast Machine described in the novel are also\u00a0 real or<\/p>\n

under development. In the near future, both private and governmental<\/p>\n

total information systems will monitor every aspect of our lives.<\/p>\n

A central computer will remember where we go and what we buy, the<\/p>\n

e-mail we write, and the books we read.<\/p>\n

Each attack on privacy is justified by the pervasive culture of fear<\/p>\n

that seems to surround us and grow stronger every day. The ultimate<\/p>\n

consequences of that fear are expressed in my vision of the First Realm.<\/p>\n

Its darkness will exist forever and it will be opposed- forever- by<\/p>\n

compassion, bravery, and love.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 John Twelve Hawks.<\/p>\n

The above is the authors note excerpted from The Dark River, second book<\/p>\n

in the fourth realm trilogy. Published by Doubleday, a division of<\/p>\n

Random\u00a0House Inc., New York.<\/p>\n

Islander.<\/p>\n

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