Amanda's War (ePub)

This novel is not didactic in any way, though there's a connection between it and my non-fiction via I Samuel 15. 23 `rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft' because `Amanda's War' deals with the theme of witchcraft, and `Constitutional History of the Western World' deals with religion and rebellion. There are other connections between my fiction and my non-fiction. It would be best to let the reader discover these for himself rather than for me to conduct a university extension course on these subjects in my bio section. But I should say a few things: in `Amanda's War' we are introduced to a character named Haakon Sovant. That's a nom de guerre: he's pretending to be someone that he's not for purposes useful in espionage and in his work as a body guard. Body guards are needed to protect a rich guy from some gangsters. The rich guy is receiving their extortion letters. Extortion letters are somewhat like religious books. The Koran has Allah threatening non-Muslims and insincere Muslims with hellfire if they don't convert and become good sincere Muslims. The New Testament is a document which is filled with terrifying threats. We're made an offer we can't refuse! Note for example all the threats being made in Matthew 5. 22, Matthew 7. 13-14, Matthew 25. 31-46, Luke 16. 19-31, Galatians 1. 8, II Thess 1. 7-9 etc. I'm a Christian and I'm not complaining about the threats. I'm just saying they are threats and people should be aware that they exist and they are threatening Of course this is Old News to many people, but not to everyone.

`Constitutional History of the Western World' rehearses some arguments which incline one to think the Great Tribulation - see Daniel 12. 1 and Revelation 13-18 for info on this - involves a big fight over the sign of the cross, with the elect lining up on one side in this fight and the damned lining up on the other side.

In the microcosm, in `Amanda's War', Haakon Sovant, the ex- spy and current body guard - and of course there's a natural connection between body guards and guardian angels - in any event, Haakon Sovant, the man with the nom de guerre, suffers a traumatic experience. And then he changes because of this traumatic experience. The novel leaves the reader asking: does Haakon Sovant change because of benevolent forces or because of malevolent forces?

In the macrocosm, where not merely one fictional character changes, where not merely a single make believe person named Haakon Sovant changes - but where lots of real people change - where billions of real people change - during the traumatic experience known as The Great Tribulation - again see Daniel 12. 1 and Revelation 13-18 for more info on this - one is led to ask: are these people changing because of malevolent forces or because of benevolent forces?