Death Famine Sword & Wild Beasts

About the Book

This novel is based on the authors analysis of international news events leading up to the end of the century.  It is an attempt to warn the public of possible overwhelming disasters if we continue on the same path: the governments disregard for the overall health and welfare of all people and the lack of proportionate disaster preparedness by national governments for overwhelming catastrophic events.  The recent natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks should be a warning, a wakeup call, and call to action by governments worldwide.   The novel is composed of seemingly separate and disparate stories but the stories converge into a final disastrous conclusion.  In Death, the story portrays the dreams and aspirations of a young man from a poverty stricken rural village in China who hopes to find wealth and happiness in California.  He conceives what he believes is a wise and intelligent plan to join his cousin in the city of San Francisco.  He dreams of a better life while toiling in his fathers muddy shop in an isolated village near the old Burma Road adjacent to the Myanmar border.  He ventures into the drug world to acquire the money to pay for his journey.  The story depicts his perilous migration as he travels from his village in rural Yunnan, China; boards a ship bound for Mexico and makes his way to California and finally arriving in San Francisco.  As he travels he unwittingly develops a virus and imports it into the city.  He has been told he may not visit a physician because he is an illegal alien, and if he is found out he will be arrested and deported.    In Famine, the story portrays a disillusioned young farmworker who copes with poverty and back breaking, hard work in the fields of the rich agricultural lands of the Central Valley of California.  His religious faith sustains him as he struggles to feed his family after the plague and devastating earthquakes lay waste to California's population and economy.  The story portrays the individual value systems as demonstrated by the separate socioeconomic strata present in California at the end of the century.  In sword, the story portrays a vengeful and extremely intelligent Chinese General who dreams of a Greater Chinese Empire. He has climbed up the ranks of the Chinese Military's Intelligence community enticing the greedy and willing, high technology capitalists to reveal their secrets to his nations advantage.   He is a cunning strategist who knows how to defeat his enemies foreign and domestic.  He develops and executes a repugnant plan to eradicate the plague from China and convinces his superiors to approve his deceptive, but plausible strategic plan to launch a Chinese Expeditionary Force to conquer the North American continent.  The story depicts his Machiavellian techniques as he defeats his detractors at home and convinces the Chairman that his strategic plans for a Greater Chinese Empire are viable and pragmatic.  In Wild Beasts, the story portrays a young woman veterinarian, who is influenced by and understands the plight of the Asian Tiger.  She is an above average concerned citizen who believes in saving the environment for all creatures.  She has always loved cats and becomes an expert in the care of one of natures most beautiful creatures and an endangered species.  After the plague and the earthquakes devastate California she must make a choice; save the Asian Tigers under her care, or allow them to starve.  In Conclusion, the stories converge into the final episode of democracy and mans fatal wound upon itself and humanity, and the ensuing consequences.

About the Author

The author wishes to remain anonymous