John Twelve Hawks
John Twelve Hawks
John Twelve Hawksis the author of the 2005 dystopian novel The Traveler and its sequels, The Dark River and The Golden City, collectively comprising the Fourth Realm Trilogy. The trilogy has been translated into 25 languages and has sold more than 1.5 million books. The trilogy was followed five years later by a fourth book, Spark, and a non-fiction eBook, Against Authority. "John Twelve Hawks" is a pseudonym and his real identity is unknown...
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oracles sound these-days
Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.
private truly
Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free.
believe
Although I write dystopian fiction, I don't believe in dystopian fantasies.
anyone conclude destroyed exchange false might minute modern steps
Anyone who steps back for a minute and observes our modern digital world might conclude that we have destroyed our privacy in exchange for convenience and false security.
have-faith path easy
Walking is easy ... but it requires faith to find the right path.
sleep new-experiences rest-of-life
Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.
technology worry might
If privacy had a gravestone it might read: 'Don't Worry. This Was for Your Own Good.
drinking news-stories media
I spent my time drinking and staring at a television in the airport bar. More death and destruction. Crime. Pollution. All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.
interesting life-is dangerous
Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.
sadness reality self
Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.
light people hatred
When people decide that a certain way of faith is destined and inevitable, hatred and intolerance follow. Instead of saying, 'The Light is within you, choose the Light,' the message becomes 'Agree with our version of history or we'll kill you.
animal significant-change tools
Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.
military thinking giving
True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.
expression important-choices life-is
Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope.