Introduction/Preface

Prologue:

This is the story of a future.

This is a story of human nature.

This is the story of me and you, and the future we are leaving to our children and grandchildren.

This is the story of Dicky Duncan Declan and he has reached adulthood in a world you just can't help but believe.

He is slightly neurotic, loves his mom, and is about to experience the rush of growing up in the wild, wild throws, of his life's adventures!

I, Mark Clayton Beal am prepared.

That's right.

It is 2018. Right now. Physicists are beginning to piece together harmonies that relate both in the quantum and macro world. Faster than light communication through quantum entanglement is a reality. Great mysteries are unraveling before our very eyes. Quantum physics is no longer in its infancy. It is well into its adolescence and A.I. Is as big a threat to our existence as the nuclear bombs of the cold war. Our government recently lifted the ban on human/animal DNA testing. The first human head transplant has been scheduled and delayed. We are re-creating the universe on super computers. BCI, (brain computer interface) is being developed. We read and hear about these things regularly, but few truly realize the implications of it all. The line between science and science fiction is so thin that it seems more a blur. This is today. This is reality. Welcome home. Welcome to your present. Now, come with me into the future. Yes, the future world of Declan along with all of his friends and foes.

There is some terminology, (words that I made up) that you might need to know along with some happenings that happened within the blink of an eye, that this book skipped to bring you something fun and entertaining.

In this future world many things are three D printed including organs and bodies. Humans genetically alter themselves and their children. The armed forces genetically modify humanoids for specific terrain and purposes.

Words include:

'Syncworld' wich is virtual realities that mirror the real world by tapping into cameras, and microphones. You can tap into one of them by using several common communication devices.

The 'Comband' is the most common communication device and is much like the cell phone in that everyone has one and as a norm wears it on their arm. It taps into the information highway via

The 'Quantacom'. The quantacom is the internet of the future. It is handled through a small network of quantum servers. Displays are gestured up as holograms. I did not want to write the words virtual monitor or virtual display a thousand times no more than you would want to read them. Televisions are called T.V.'s and virtual monitors are called V.M.'s pronounced,

'VeeM's' they are holograms projected through mechanisms called 'Holoprojectors'.

A 'Snork' is an urban legend that some believe to be genetically modified humanoids created by the Navy for shallow water recon missions.

A 'V-Tab' is a virtual tablet. A 'Stollar' is a denomination of currency. A 'Scatter-blaster' is a riffle like electronic weapon. A 'Swarm Cam' is exactly what is sounds like all the other words I made up. Especially when you read them in context. A swarm cam is swarm of cameras that resemble and look like a swarm of wasps. The 'Kalah' is a terrorist organization and the 'Roloball' is the most common form of transportation. To travel instantly from one place to another in syncworld is known as 'Zsumping'.

Don't worry, most of these words are only used a few times and they are very much in context.

This prolog is was written for Declan One and Declan Two. Declan Two will repeat this information in its prolog and introduce characters introduced in Declan One to catch everybody up to speed.

Truth about the CCP

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Maciek Dornowski for inspiring me to write this book and being my number-one counselor throughout the entire project. His understanding and creative genius truly helped make this book shine. 

Special thanks to Paul Hill, who was also tortured for the past year and a half with stories about this most unusual work. He was also one of the creative geniuses and counselors working hard and encouraging me throughout this project.

Special thanks to Donna Beal, Becky Beal, Juliet Rose, Roseanne Filipetti, Psycho Stairs, and all my friends, acquaintances, and customers that pitched in and put up with me yammering on and on about this work.

Special thanks to all the people that I know and have known throughout the years that helped me develop the personalities and characters that come alive in the pages that are about to unfold.

Special thanks to Netflix and the makers and artists of the shows and series that inspired me, including The Prophets of Science Fiction, Visions of the Future with Michio Kaku, TED Talks, and many other shows where I gathered info. There are too many to even remember.

Special thanks to all the guys and gals over at the physics forums at Scienceforums.net.

Special thanks to William Tyndale for his special work. Without it, this one would not have been possible.

Special thanks Enoch.

Special thanks to Time magazine’s special edition on quantum computing.

Special thanks to Herbert Armstrong and his works that inspire me to this very day.

Special thanks to all of the musicians, rock stars, and bands that are mentioned throughout the book.

Special thanks to all of the businesses and corporations mentioned throughout this book.

Special thanks to all of my junior high and high school spelling, literature, and English teachers who put up with me goofing off and ignoring them throughout my adolescent years.