Authors on Authors January 2008

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“Waking God”

By:

Brian Doe

and Philip Harris

Synopsis

Are ancient prophecies coming to fulfillment? Are the end days drawing near as cataclysmic events work as if divinely scripted? I borrow from a review from author Nina M. Osier, a 2005 Eppie Award winner . . . "Authors Doe and Harris have done an impressive amount of research into ancient myths, manuscripts, and belief systems."

About the Authors

Mr. Harris was born and raised in Massachusetts . He attended The American University in Washington , D.C. and received his degree in Political Science. His graduate work was done at the University of Northern Colorado and Howard University . While in D.C., he spent several years working for local and regional government agencies. Upon moving to Maine he worked with three governors and served as the Assistant Director of the Maine State Planning Office. He worked on a White House Task Force for the development of a National Rural Policy and later served as Rural Policy Coordinator at the Federal Regional Council of New England. He has worked on gubernatorial and senatorial political campaigns and currently works in Special Education.

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Brian Doe was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and grew up on the shores of the St. Lawrence River. From a young age, he recognized his passion for the written word and committed himself to the pursuit of writing. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in writing from St. Lawrence University, and a Master’s Degree in secondary education from the State University of New York at Potsdam College. Mr. Doe is an English teacher in Upstate New York where he lives with his wife and children.

The American Constitution dictates separation of church and state. After reading "Waking God", I'm wondering if it's possible. The key word here is 'wondering'. If the intent of this book, and the ones to follow in the series, is to provoke critical thinking, it's a huge success. Calling it provocative is an understatement.
It's centered around the 'precipitating event' theory that all that was, or is, has been directed by a cause or an effect of that cause. Which came first the chicken or the egg kind of thinking.

But, this work is written to entice and to please a broad cross-section of readers. First, it's a novel rather than a research report or a purportment of doctrine. Second, it's cross-genre driven. It's a thriller, a mystery, a sci-fi epic, and almost a romance. Thirdly, it's timely. So timely that it encompasses questions and events as ageless and as current as humanity itself. Questions and events, however, that few have courage to ask or even address.
As a writer of things more philosophical and Spiritual myself, and as a reader of anything thought provoking or environmental, I was mesmerized by this book's premise. Were all my questions answered? No. Were more questions raised? Absolutely. But, it succeeded in doing what I think the authors intended. It made me think.

I highly recommend "Waking God" to anyone who has an open and questioning mind. If you're locked into a limited scientific or political view, or a rigid doctrinal thinking, you may end up frustrated. Perhaps, the authors intended that as well. My kudos to both of them.