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A Tale of Subjugation and Injustice

 

Political Fiction

Date Published: April 26, 2023

Publisher:
MindStir Media

 

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A WRITER IS A WARRIOR, so Liam harnessed and used his fear to expose the
Federal Service’s subjugation and injustice for the greatest good.
Institutions are not what people think they are. Liam saw the Federal
Service as an intimidating giant, yet he recognized the very thing that made
the giant robust made it vulnerable. Liam knew a powerful institution was
something he could not fight back with only hope and the thought of
fairness. An institution is not even somebody. It is nothing, and one cannot
fight nothing. Liam knew an institution loses its power once it has a human
face.

Hilda the Widowmaker was the Angeles’ Plantation owner and a highly skilled
institutional assassin. She is a disciple of the Enemy, the fallen angel who
dominates Paradise Lost. Since the beginning of time, the elite has created
a complex system of policies and laws to protect the costly blunders of
management. Outmoded rituals and inappropriate dogma have belittled humanity
into slaves.

The physical world assaults Liam’s faith. The result is an unusual
perspective of some of the most ossified traditions in the Federal Service
and eye-opening lessons that can be applied when David meets Goliath on the
battlefield again.

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EXCERPT

THE STATE OF PARADISE LOST

 

A BLARING HORN RIPPLED ACROSS THE HEAVENS, “TOO-TOO-TOO-TOOOOOO-TOOOOOO-TOOM!” 

It cleared out everyone’s thoughts. Archangel Gabriel blew his trumpet and blew it louder, louder than ever before. All the angels gathered in the Heavenly Court and took a knee. Everyone bowed their heads for a moment until they heard a voice. 

Martin Luther, a journalist for the Kingdom of Heaven Broadcast Network, stepped out from behind the curtain and motioned with his hands for everyone to take a seat. He expressed, “Everyone, please be seated. My Lord, Jesus, Archangels, Guardian Angels, Angels, and my fellow citizens of Heaven let me introduce an angel who needs no introduction, Archangel Michael, the Commander of the Army of God.” 

Hovering out of sight, Michael, the most courageous Archangel in the history of the world, slowly descended behind the podium and motioned for the applause to stop. 

 “Enough, please! Enough, please!” Michael pleaded, over and over again, for about thirty seconds. “First of all, I want to thank everyone for taking time out of your day to hear the State of Paradise Lost.” 

“Once more, I’ve returned from a mission from beyond the breach of Heaven’s gates, dear friends. Once again, the Enemy’s onslaughts have been interrupted and pushed back, thanks to the courage of our guarding angels.” 

The endless applause overwhelmed Michael, and the warmth in his heart caused a glistening, brilliant sapphire blue aura around his body. 

“Please! Please! Let me continue,” Michael appealed to the crowd. 

“Shielded by overwhelming power and greed, the Enemy’s deplorable base has overrun the Shadowlands known as Earth. The fact is that Eden’s invasion has been under a large-scale attack, and it has been far more challenging to defend every week since Cain murdered Abel. The defection of the human race has, of course, been deeply damaging to our position in the Shadowlands.” 

“Mortal men and women remain the great combatants in the struggle for their souls. 

“With no hesitation, I say hell is empty, and demons roam freely picking and choosing their next victims.” 

“The Enemy seeks to rule, reign, and sway communications and his efforts will continue on an ever-increasing scale until the end of this war. In another year, fake news may attain dimensions formerly undreamed of, and it affords simple minds the shortest road to victory. It’s frankly horrifying to see humans slog through conspiracy after conspiracy, each one tripping over the previous one.” 

“All those schemes are run by the Enemy.” 

Michael paused, and he reached for a drink of water.

About the Author

Larry A. Lee

The obstacles in Larry A. Lee’s life opened his heart and mind to
turn silences into words. A dream lived inside of him as a young boy. Wisdom
through struggle and compassion, his self-educated imagination describes the
tragic, comic, absurd, ironic, hopeful, and surreal moments of his life.
Larry‘s book Out of the Field demonstrates how important it is to
dream in one’s life, and he shows adversity unlocks one’s real
strengths and values.

Larry wrote Out of the Field to inspire other lost boys and girls to
envision another life beyond the conditions of their circumstances, so their
futures will not vanish from their mind’s eye. By virtue of
self-reflection, he broke free of the imprisonment of a black and white
world, and the relentless discovery of Self bore the purity of wisdom
through forgiveness. The truth is ugly and uncomfortable, but the future
begins with the right choice. Formidable and in the distance, Larry presses
forward into the unknown, and he hopes others will follow their
dreams.

 

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A Tale of Subjugation and Injustice

 

Political Fiction

Date Published: April 26, 2023

Publisher:
MindStir Media

 

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A WRITER IS A WARRIOR, so Liam harnessed and used his fear to expose the
Federal Service’s subjugation and injustice for the greatest good.
Institutions are not what people think they are. Liam saw the Federal
Service as an intimidating giant, yet he recognized the very thing that made
the giant robust made it vulnerable. Liam knew a powerful institution was
something he could not fight back with only hope and the thought of
fairness. An institution is not even somebody. It is nothing, and one cannot
fight nothing. Liam knew an institution loses its power once it has a human
face.

Hilda the Widowmaker was the Angeles’ Plantation owner and a highly skilled
institutional assassin. She is a disciple of the Enemy, the fallen angel who
dominates Paradise Lost. Since the beginning of time, the elite has created
a complex system of policies and laws to protect the costly blunders of
management. Outmoded rituals and inappropriate dogma have belittled humanity
into slaves.

The physical world assaults Liam’s faith. The result is an unusual
perspective of some of the most ossified traditions in the Federal Service
and eye-opening lessons that can be applied when David meets Goliath on the
battlefield again.

 

About the Author

Larry A. Lee

The obstacles in Larry A. Lee’s life opened his heart and mind to
turn silences into words. A dream lived inside of him as a young boy. Wisdom
through struggle and compassion, his self-educated imagination describes the
tragic, comic, absurd, ironic, hopeful, and surreal moments of his life.
Larry‘s book Out of the Field demonstrates how important it is to
dream in one’s life, and he shows adversity unlocks one’s real
strengths and values.

Larry wrote Out of the Field to inspire other lost boys and girls to
envision another life beyond the conditions of their circumstances, so their
futures will not vanish from their mind’s eye. By virtue of
self-reflection, he broke free of the imprisonment of a black and white
world, and the relentless discovery of Self bore the purity of wisdom
through forgiveness. The truth is ugly and uncomfortable, but the future
begins with the right choice. Formidable and in the distance, Larry presses
forward into the unknown, and he hopes others will follow their
dreams.

 

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Super Tech Kids

Children’s Fiction, Short Stories, Middle Grade

Published: May 5, 2021

Supporting Your Children’s Talents: Encourage Your Kids to Take
Ownership of Their Creativity & Spread the Message Easily – 14
Inspiring Blizzy Code Stories Your Child Is Going to Love

 

Children display natural abilities at a very young age. Whether
they’re playing basketball, reading books, or coloring – you can
notice their talent through their daily activities. However, recognizing
their gifts alone is not enough.

Contrary to popular belief, this is actually the best time to be alive.
Technology is the future, and the future is now. With it, it brought
unlimited possibilities and a chance for kids to reach their full potential.
Thanks to technology, kids can now take ownership of their creativity and
easily pass the message of what they’re doing.

Blizzy Code is a perfect example of why we need technology and with this
book, you and your kids will discover why!

Throughout its contents, you’ll get introduced to Blizzy Code and the
amazing things it can do for you. Filled with exciting stories that your
kids are going to love, this book will inspire them to reach their
goals!

Thanks to these Blizzy Code stories, your children will realize the
importance of inventions and how to turn them into something big by
delivering the message properly. All this with the help of a single platform
– Blizzy Code!

If you feel like you have gifted children, support their talent by
spreading the word. Instead of breaking the bank to have someone else do it,
you can deliver the message yourself! Blizzy Code introduces a brand-new
approach of reaching the right audience and connections to promote your kid,
your business or even merely for just garnering information.

Upon deciding to read this book, you’ll make the first step toward
supporting your kids’ creativity. And, you surely wouldn’t mind
catching some quality time together while reading these amazing stories and
scoring some extra parent points!

 

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Fiction

Blizzy Codes

Published: May 13, 2021

Blizzy Codes? What Is This New Technology the World Is Buzzing about?

In today’s world, information sharing is something that we just learned we
are not good at… we are not good at getting the right information to
the right people…

One man had a dream – a dream to share the information and messages
with the people who need it most, and that dream became a reality. He made
the Blizzy Code – a secondary communication system with the ability to
provide life-saving information without interruption…

Blizzy codes – perhaps one of the best parts of Jordan’s life so far.
Everyone could tell how proud he was of this technology as it was eventually
going to affect people’s lives for the better.

That’s all Jordan ever wanted to do, though; to touch lives and help the
people around him. This is why he designed this technology to get anyone
everything they could ever think of without having to sweat for it. Yes,
that was it!

Although the people saw this new technology as something spectacular,
truthfully, no one understood its philosophy yet. Today was the day Jordan
was going to teach the world about the essence of Blizzy codes, flaunting
this new technology to the whole of New York, to the world…

With Blizzy Codes, the creator of real-life messaging technology of the
same name, Michael Butler gives an in-depth explanation of what the
technology does and the philosophy behind his life’s work through an
intricately designed fiction story.

The characters may be fictional, but the events are not. So get ready to
follow Jordan as he tries to bring his technology to life and find out what
is this new technology the world is buzzing about!

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POLICE

Fiction, Crime Fiction, Urban Fiction, Political Fiction

Published: October 1, 2021

From the prolific, up-and-coming author, Michael Butler, comes “Black
Redemption” — a story of circumstance, fate, choice, and
redemption. Author showcased at the 2021 Juneteenth celebration, “Black
Redemption” celebrates the resilience of the African American and
Jewish spirit. Yet, despite the odds stacked against them, protagonists
Trey, Maxwell, and Isaac lived, learned, and redeemed themselves despite
unfortunate circumstances, despite adverse fates, despite poor
choices.

Trey and Isaac are best friends with contrasting upbringings. Isaac’s
family builds on religiousness, peace, understanding, unity, anti-racism,
and imparting the proper virtues and moral standards to their children. On
the other hand, Trey’s family is separated by disputes, negligence, and
disunity. Yet, instead of feeling disheartened, Trey is overwhelmed with
hope — a hope that things can and will get better so long as there is
personal accountability. This is our world. Let’s make it a better place,
and we have the power to make a change by doing the next right thing.
Problems become even more apparent to Trey when he reunites with his brother
Maxwell under extraordinary circumstances years after leaving his tumultuous
home. Yet, by taking control of their fortunes, can these young men overcome
African American Racism and Antisemitism in the United States and prove that
they could rise above Gun Violence and change the status quo despite the
odds? *** “Black Redemption” by Michael Butler is a compelling
suspense drama that serves as a commentary on the saga of our nation as it
battles racism and Gun Violence against the African American and Jewish
population. And that, through compassion, tolerance, and the proper gun
interventions, all violence against all people can be reduced. “Black
Redemption” took Ten years and countless hours of dedication to write,
backed by remarkable research and development, and presented to New York
City as a new initiative in an immersive virtual reality format. Today, it
has seen sweeping reviews from readers and featured in the Caribbean Chamber
of Commerce and many other Publications.

Black Redemption: An African American Political Thought and Action Novel on
Black and Jewish Suffering and African American Racism, Antisemitism and Gun
Violence Intervention in the United States

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Books by Michael Butler

 

About the Author

Michael Butler

Michael Butler is an author, inventor, and technology expert born and
raised in Brooklyn.

In today’s world, where information and communication are everything,
Michael recognized a giant flaw in the communication system – it fails
to deliver the correct information to the right people at the right
time.

Driven by his passion for technology and helping other people, Michael
designed a revolutionary rapid messaging system – Blizzy Code, a
secondary communication system with the ability to provide life-saving
information without interruption.

His books are an ingenious mixture of intricately designed fiction stories
and real-life technology and philosophy behind Blizzy Code.

Through his books, Michael aims to bring the concept of the Blizzy Code to
the masses, especially to the younger population – to explain what
this new technology does and how it can be utilized. I also trademarked
Followers are the new Currency™

 

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Thriller/Suspense/Spy Fiction/Political Fiction

 

Date Published: July 1, 2021

Publisher: BQB Publishing

China hungers to take the United States’ place as the global hegemon.

And it is plotting to use America’s $40 trillion national debt to do it.

Only one person stands in China’s way: suburban accountant Andrea Gartner.

For years she has dreaded the day of America’s reckoning about its national debt. She’s gotten involved in local politics. She’s run for Congress. But the debt marches remorselessly higher.

Rejected by her party in her congressional race, she joins the insurgent presidential campaign of Congressman Earl Murray. When he wins in an upset, he defies all Washington convention and names Andrea his Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Washington rookie finally has her chance to solve America’s debt addition.

But China has other plans, engineering financial crises and military confrontations designed to bankrupt and collapse the United States. Wars rage overseas as America’s health care system, schools, and social fabric disintegrate. Desperately coping with these existential threats to America’s very existence, Andrea finds herself enmeshed in vicious Washington infighting with belligerent military brass and ruthless politicians, including the powerful and complicated Congressman Lewis Mason and his chief of staff Frank Palmer. Chinese agents lurk in the shadows, threatening Andrea’s life and family, as she struggles to keep the country afloat.

No aspect of American life is spared as the country teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Can Andrea stave off China’s assault and ensure the United States survives? Or will the Red Chinese flag fly over the American Capitol?

Debt Bomb is a sobering fictional account of a future facing the United States if it fails to control its debt and get its financial house in order.

 

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After nearly two decades as an accountant, Andrea Gartner had fatally wielded ledger books more times than she cared to remember. She was well acquainted 

with watching entire lives unravel before her, tears streaming down the faces of grown men annihilated by simple balance sheets charting their financial ruin in ink redder than blood. 

Today, she found herself in that painfully familiar spot once more. 

She fixed her eyes on the man sitting opposite her, Cam Davis, owner of the largest chain of furniture stores in Columbia, South Carolina. She was the only thing standing between him and the end of his financial life as he knew it. His devil-may-care attitude—

the source of so much of his business success—had now left him teetering on the precipice of bankruptcy. 

“You have an existential debt problem,” said Andrea. 

Telling the cocksure, self-styled Mattress King of South Carolina he was flirting with financial ruin was terrifying, but what Andrea truly feared was him ignoring her dire warnings. She prayed she wasn’t about to watch another client whistle past the graveyard of fiscal reality. 

“A what problem?” asked Cam incredulously. “Come on. I sold more furniture last year than my next two competitors combined.” 

“I’ve been through your books,” she replied. “Your finances are a house of cards. You’re a hair’s breadth from complete bankruptcy.” 

Cam didn’t act like someone about to go broke. Everyone in Columbia knew he was one of the most generous people in the city. Every Christmas, he donated hundreds of mattresses to homeless shelters. When his alma mater, the University of South Carolina, made the playoffs in any sport, he’d give away free sofas to the first fifty customers in his stores the next day. He sponsored Little League teams and 5K races for charity. His heart was big. 

His wallet was even bigger and seemingly always open. 

She glanced out the window. The Mattress King’s red Ferrari with “MTRSKNG” vanity license plates was parked next to her battered ten-year-old Toyota Camry. His thousand-dollar sports coat and Rolex contrasted sharply with the peeling wallpaper and army surplus furniture of her office. Even his cologne smelled expensive. 

“You can’t be serious,” said Cam. “I’ve got twenty stores in Columbia. And twenty more across the rest of the state. If I need cash, I’ll borrow it. No bank is going to turn down a loan application from the Mattress King.” 

Here we go again, she thought. He’s not getting it, and I’m not getting through to him.

About the Author

Michael E. Ginsberg

Michael E. Ginsberg is an attorney in Washington, DC practicing in the field of national security law. He spent a decade in private practice at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC and then worked several years in the U.S. government as a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where he served as legal counsel for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He currently is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at a Virginia-based defense contractor.

Ginsberg has also served in senior leadership positions in the Republican Party of Virginia and is the co-founder of the Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition.

A 1997 graduate of Harvard College and 2002 graduate of Harvard Law School, he also holds a master’s in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University (1999). A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Ginsberg lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.

 

 

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Thriller/Suspense/Spy Fiction/Political Fiction

 

Date Published: July 1, 2021

Publisher: BQB Publishing

China hungers to take the United States’ place as the global hegemon.

And it is plotting to use America’s $40 trillion national debt to do it.

Only one person stands in China’s way: suburban accountant Andrea Gartner.

For years she has dreaded the day of America’s reckoning about its national debt. She’s gotten involved in local politics. She’s run for Congress. But the debt marches remorselessly higher.

Rejected by her party in her congressional race, she joins the insurgent presidential campaign of Congressman Earl Murray. When he wins in an upset, he defies all Washington convention and names Andrea his Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Washington rookie finally has her chance to solve America’s debt addition.

But China has other plans, engineering financial crises and military confrontations designed to bankrupt and collapse the United States. Wars rage overseas as America’s health care system, schools, and social fabric disintegrate. Desperately coping with these existential threats to America’s very existence, Andrea finds herself enmeshed in vicious Washington infighting with belligerent military brass and ruthless politicians, including the powerful and complicated Congressman Lewis Mason and his chief of staff Frank Palmer. Chinese agents lurk in the shadows, threatening Andrea’s life and family, as she struggles to keep the country afloat.

No aspect of American life is spared as the country teeters on the brink of financial collapse. Can Andrea stave off China’s assault and ensure the United States survives? Or will the Red Chinese flag fly over the American Capitol?

Debt Bomb is a sobering fictional account of a future facing the United States if it fails to control its debt and get its financial house in order.

About the Author

Michael E. Ginsberg

Michael E. Ginsberg is an attorney in Washington, DC practicing in the field of national security law. He spent a decade in private practice at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC and then worked several years in the U.S. government as a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where he served as legal counsel for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He currently is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at a Virginia-based defense contractor.

Ginsberg has also served in senior leadership positions in the Republican Party of Virginia and is the co-founder of the Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition.

A 1997 graduate of Harvard College and 2002 graduate of Harvard Law School, he also holds a master’s in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University (1999). A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Ginsberg lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.

 

 

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