History Changers: Expedition 2022
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The Rebelutionaries Series: Book 1: The Weathermakers
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act
-George Orwell.
Tonight’s six o’clock news headlines. Fear of global warming, UFO’s, and an apocalypse in 2012 have gripped the world. But what if these crises were all manufactured? And E/M technology was being misused to create an illusion of climate change, alien invasions and provoke fear of the end of the age? What would you do if you were a scientist or a journalist and you wanted to expose the greatest hoax on earth?
Jake, Zac and Maya are three strangers destined to become close friends. Jake Lewis is an awkward teenage prodigy who’s mega-timid of women and tries to hide the fact that he’s brilliant. He’s going to the remote north-eastern Goldfields to participate in a geophysics workshop. Or so he thinks.
Professor Zac Canney has a passion for mentoring young scientists... answering teenagers’ questions about everything from sex to the origins of life. Zac has entered Western Australia from the U.S with a suitcase full of e/m weapon components. And he’s heading for the same outback region to try and prevent a catastrophe.
Maya Gregory is a vivacious photo journalist with a flair for sniffing out stories. She’s been sent to Laverton to cover a non-descript earthquake. Instead she’ll find a tangled web of deceit and a handful of people intent on saving the world. Falling in alongside them will change the course of her life. And theirs...
Paula Vince writes: “the timely message of the Weathermakers and its unique presentation is unlike anything I’ve come across before... spiritual and metaphysical theories are woven together beautifully and brought into dialogue in natural and fascinating ways... I love the choice of quotes at the beginning of each chapter and all through the story. Excellent tension in the events at the end with a satisfying finish all round... at times I felt the story read like an interesting film script with its frequent and fluid movement from one scene to the next... I enjoyed the multi-layered relationships through the story, particularly Zac’s wise and relaxed dealings with the four young men under his leadership.”
The Weathermakers is set in contemporary Australia and has references to recent events worldwide and predicted future events. it is the first book in a series which encourages teenagers and young adults to be rebelutionaries - to rebel against society’s low expectations of them, to attempt hard things and be leaders and planet-shapers.
Two hundred years ago it was the norm for young adults of twelve to be sea captains in command of their own ships and for fourteen year olds to lead armies into battle, run family businesses or the family farm. Today’s zeitgeist limits young people and promotes the idea that doomsday is imminent. The media and hollywood link catastrophic events to climate change. Events like those in January 2011 - when flocks of dead birds and schools of dead fish were washed up world-wide - are sensationalized.
The series offers an alternative perspective on such events. A trail of hints and facts are left for interested readers to follow up on. For instance Gordon MacDonald really did write an article entitled, “how to wreck the environment”. He described in detail how the military misuse of e/m technology was associated with sightings of fireballs; flocks of dead birds; schools of dead fish; unusual localized weather patterns; earth-tremors; failed electronics and UFO-like lights. The residents of Laverton really did experience an earthquake which was preceded by a lingering fireball during the 1990’s when “anti-desertification” research was being undertaken. And it really did snow there in November, when temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius were the norm.
Wise as serpents; harmless as doves. Hitler once said, “the masses will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one.” This series is penned to prevent Rebelutionaries falling victim to any lies - big or small.
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Continuation of the adventures in The Weathermakers
The Rebelutionaries Series: Book 2 The Codetalkers
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning.
but anyone can start today and make a new ending -Maria Robinson
Will Zac, Maya and Jake foil The Weathermakers plan to fire two E/M weapons from a U.S warship? Life is full of surprises, awkward moments and growth for our intrepid trio in this second book in the Rebelutionaries series for older teens and Y/A’s. Dangling from a chopper... hiking on a grueling military trek... disarming the bad guys... discovering mind-blowing secrets about the ISRA... life is action packed when you’re on Gordon’s payroll.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him -Aldous Huxley
The Codetalkers introduces new teenagers to the series. Captain Ryan Adams is fresh out of the air force officer training academy. He’s the country’s top graduate and he expected to be deployed overseas. However instead he’s been assigned to Farliga Pass - a wilderness training camp in the heart of Yellowstone National Park. Ryan’s uncomfortable about his first post as an officer. Most of the personnel up at Farliga Pass are old timers. And Ryan has reason to hate old timers...
Success is having the courage to meet failure without being defeated -Wilfred Peterson
Hope Canney’s family think she’s plodding through an undergraduate degree in journalism. But Hope’s been living a double life since starting college. She’s already a renowned investigative journalist who’s won multiple awards as Heidi cannikin. Her cutting edge stories stem from shadowing her brother Zac’s activities. Normally it’s not risky. But this time her life is on the line. Unable to contact Zac, she heads for a safehouse he’s told her about... Her decision will have far reaching ramifications for both of them.
Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records -William Arthur Ward
Ryan and Hope don’t ever get to meet each other in The Codetalkers but they have a lot in common. Both are pretending to be older than they really are. Both are rebelutionaries - they’ve chosen to rebel against society’s low expectations of teenagers and excel in their chosen fields. Both end up feeling they’re out of their depth. And they both look up to Zac.
Change is inevitable. Growth is intentional -Colin Wilson
The young adults in The Codetalkers toss around ideas about what makes a great leader. They continue to learn to let go of the past and bridge the gap with the older generation... And they experience personal growth as they chat about issues like sex, menstruation, childbirth, involuntary erections, honeymoon jitters, anorexia and body image... By the way, if you’re squirming a little after reading that last sentence, Zac gets red cheeked too!
Only the vigilant can maintain their liberties. A society whose members spend a great deal of their time in the irrelevant other worlds of sport and soap opera, mythology and metaphysical fantasy, will find it hard to resist the encroachments of those who would manipulate and control it -
Aldous Huxley
The Codetalkers is set in contemporary Australia and the U.S. and has references to recent events worldwide and predicted future events. It is the second book in a series which encourages teens and young adults to rebel against society’s low expectations of them, to attempt hard things and be leaders and planet-shapers.
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