Hunter Johnson: Blog

I am posting this book after a long delay, and it is already on Ezbooks and has been there a while. It is a book about:
What happens when everything you have believed your entire life was not true? I explore this and the questions of blind faith in A Raging God Returns. Fifty years might seem like a long time to leave your family on Earth, but in the context of how long it took to ruin the planet with rote indoctrination and social inequality, it's kind of a drop in the Big Dipper. God isn't who we thought He was. He's not even a He. He's a They; the Paradigm...and they are mad as hell. So what can be done to save it? For starters, heal a selection of humans and infuse them with vast amounts of knowledge no one else has. Humans are not exactly quick learners, are in last place in the galaxy, and have messed up Earth. The Paradigm has a list of demands that must be met to develop Earth; failure to meet any of them will result in death. Narrated from the point of view of those on both sides, three friends embark on an interstellar mission to find the meaning of life, their role in it, and, of course, save mankind.

It is about three improbable heroes: A priest, a rabbi, and a doctor. It's about the potential end times and what faith might actually be. 'God' is all about justice and has little space for mercy toward those who are intolerant. There is an unambiguous balance between religion and fanaticism that will not sit comfortably with a wide swath of readers, particularly those who live according to a belief system that isn't embraced by the Paradigm, which is an alien coalition. I've always wondered what any advanced species thinks of us as they look down and view humanity's ridiculousness through a much broader lens. The Paradigm believes we are stupid because we are. We destroy natural resources, we kill each other, we use religion as a blanket excuse for subjugating others for any number of reasons, and we never seem to learn our lesson no matter how many times we say, “This is the last world war. Pinky swear.” It is a "Highly recommended Readers' Favorites."

My thanks to Lazeez for sorting out the sequencing chapter error in Traitor

I will post a couple of chapters on a Saturday each week until they are finished.
I also corrected the chapter issues in Book 1. They are also up on Bookapy. Thanks to BarneyR for editing.

This was the first book I wrote in 2015. I have rewritten it, updated it to be consistent with the series of nine and updated the version on Bookapy. It was also re-edited and polished. I will repost it on Wednesdays to give you something to read on Saturday and Wednesday. For those who initially purchased it the new version is free and on your bookshelf.

Following reader suggestions, I have rewritten The Primitive in the Empire: From Nothing to Hero. It adds fifteen thousand words and has been comprehensively changed. I hope you enjoy it. I will post it over a month. For those who have not read the first series I have briefly summarized the relevant bits. The second series is partly in the Warlord and the Multiverse and a new multiverse which is dying.