Joe finds himself standing on a rocky path on a hill. He can't remember who he is at first. His dog is there, but soon he remembers his dog died years ago. Slowly he begins to recall things, his name, and then the events of the last few days. With a shock, he realizes, he died. He doesn't know what to do, so aimlessly he and the dog walk on up the hill.
He walks around a curve in the trail, and there before him is a hippie. He laughs at his old term, but it was in use when he was younger. He speaks to the bearded young man and asks what's going on. The hippie announces his name is Jesus. Flabbergasted, Joe asks what he is supposed to do. Jesus tells him, "Anything you want. You are completely free to choose any path you wish." Jesus says there is a city below on the plain where everyone does what they wish, or he can climb the hill that turns into a mountain where the way is very steep and the climb will be arduous. Eventually by going that way, he will reach Heaven, where he can also do whatever he wishes.
Deciding easy is good, he turns around and heads down the path until he comes to the city. There he learns it is an eternal city and that he can stay there and do anything he wants. Everything is available and everything is free. The inhabitants jokingly call their city Hell. Anyone can live anywhere in it they wish, but once you are there, the rulers will not allow you to leave.
Initially he thinks eternity apart from God is great. Soon he learns that man unrestrained creates his own Hell. The city is full of violence between the inhabitants and some are turning into hideous creatures of their own lusts and passions. And the rulers of Hell, really are Satan and Beelzebub.
He finally discovers the true hopelessness of eternity without God, and he learns the feeling of true despair. He decides he must escape Hell and go looking for God. Opposed by the city's rulers, can he escape? Can he find Jesus again? He has turned away in life and now again in the after-life. Will Jesus have anything to do with him after all his bad choices?
NIGHT
The Land of Night is a prison where its denizens are enslaved by the Land of Day. And in between, in the ruins of Eden, mankind lives out their lives oblivious to the tri-fold nature of creation, or the war being waged between Night and Day.
After making Eden, the three-fold God of creation suddenly just left, leaving both Night and Day with no explanation. The Angels of Day have finally contained the Creatures of Night after ages of struggle, and enslaved them, blaming them for God's absence. But a rumor is circulating among the Angels, that it was the first mortals of Eden, and an apple, that caused God to leave them all. And "vengence is ours", say the angels.
The creatures of Night, are a mishmash of races. Elves, goblins, sprites, and Shei, calling themselves the Elder Children, they claim to have been the first made, angering the jealous Angels. And although many have fallen into evil and despair, some hidden inside the chained gates of Night still worship God and await his second coming. For they have been secretly prowling the world of Man, and know the Biblical stories as well as any. God's Word returned to ease the suffering of those in the fallen world of Eden and bring man hope. But his son didn't come for those in Night and Day. The Angels call that apostasy and heresy, and have tried repeatedly to eradicate it among the Elder Children. Now they're considering eradicating the unworthy mankind, who surely have stolen the Angel's birthright and are who screwed everything up in the first place.
All the while mankind''s modern world goes ignorantly on its self-absorbed way, oblivious to it's pending doom. Then one day, three young humans, tricked by the Elder Children, stumble through the gates of Night, where the Angels have forbidden them to be. Can the Elder Children hide the humans from the Angels of Light long enough to precipitate the long foretold and awaited return of God? And, if God is coming back, why are the Angels fighting so hard to prevent it?
First Draft coming soon.
Gamer's God
What if God were to run the world like a role playing game (RPG).
Rife with gamer's acronyms and terms, this novel explores possibilities that make you question what reality really is.
Gamer Gary is an avid gamer who meets an odd person at one of his gaming meets. He meets Egan who is so totally wrapped up in gaming that even Gary is impressed. As their acquaintance grows, Gary learns that Egan's real name is Eganophiles. And that Egan is kind of "on the lam". He eventually tells Gary, he is hiding from angels. Yeah, I've met some cuckoo gamers before, Gary thinks, but Egan is different. He actually reveals he has angelic powers and is a renegade angel on the run.
Egan tells Gary that all of reality is just God's personal role playing game. He asks, "Gary, how many real souls do you think there are?" Gary says, "Billions." Egan shakes his head. "No, there are 144,000 exactly." "But what about the 8 billion people on the Earth right now?" "Ever hear of NPCs? That's what they are." "Non-Player Characters? You're kidding!" "Nope. God's using all the NPCs so that the real PCs can learn from all the things that happen to them." "Like... what?" "Like that plane disaster in London last week. 83 dead? Nope. Zero dead. 83 NPCs bit the dust. No souls were lost. But there were a good many souls affected by the disaster. The NPCs are cannon fodder for the game, dude." Egan goes on, "When you use NPCs in your games, if they turn out pretty cool, you keep them. Right?" "Uh, yeah. Most of my main characters started out as NPCs." "Exactly. Now you got it. A good NPC can become a real player if he's good enough. If not... well, he's an NPC. He's expendable." "So most people I know are NPCs?" "Yep." "How do I know who is real and who isn't?" "You don't. You don't even know if you're real." "What? Of course I'm real. I'm me. I'm talking to you. I can't be an NPC." "You don't get it. You're a 'candidate'. Until he decides on you, you'll never know. You could be designated back to NPC status anytime. You just become... unreal."
Gary's world-view changes as he is caught up with Egan, trying to avoid archangel Michael's attempts to catch him before he messes up the game by revealing too much.
What changes if God has a world full of simulacrums and just 144,000 real souls?
More importantly... Are you a real player, or an NPC?