Category Archives: Modern Prophets

A Tale of Three Stories

Now that my new novel, Carl Prescott and the Demon Queen, has been published, I started thinking how that story relates to my earlier books. In Demon Queen, the hero turns out to have been in romantic relationships with the demon queen through many prior lives. Oddly enough, two of my earlier novels were quite similar in that regard.  

Most recently, The Old House: An Everlasting Love Story was the story of Simon Peter Carter who turns out to be the reincarnation of his great grandfather. He had been married to Hannah (Cassandra in previous lives) over and again. In that story, both were normal humans.

A bit earlier, I wrote Hand of God. The Angel Constance and the protagonist have been in love for all time, although Josh had no recollection of those lives.  

So, three totally different stories with a common thread. Even though all the stories are action-packed, and frankly terrifying in many ways, it turns out that I am a romantic at heart, counting on love to protect the hero and ensure his ultimate victory.  

Anyway, I thought it was interesting, and certainly something I never planned. If you read any of my stories, please let me know what you think. Thank you for joining me on this adventure.

The Dark Side of my Mind

Demonic-teaserIt won’t be long now before the launch of Book 4 of the Modern Prophet series, also known as Demonic. Just today I had a e-mail conversation with a friend about graphic violence in novels. While I generally stay away from that, when I started this book, I decided that I wanted to scare the heck out of myself. Well, I think I succeeded. After one more review by my editor and one more read by me, you will be able to find out for yourself.

Demonic is the tale of a man named Bill Watson who finds his world spinning out of control, not that differently from our own. It starts with terrorist beheadings, followed by child enslavement and nuclear war. Then it gets violent. It is a story of the ultimate battle mankind must join between the forces of good and evil. Yet this battle is bigger than our meager planet. Supremely evil forces are at work, and Bill and his newfound sister are the only beings in the universe who can end the reign of terror and reestablish the equilibrium that maintains our existence. Bill and Mary discover their connection to something greater than themselves, and learn that our faith in the Divine is our only hope.

If you choose to join the Adventurers Club, which you can find here, you can get the e-book version of Demonic free! I hope you will enjoy it!

Hand of God Release

HAND-OF-GODHand of God, book three of the Modern Prophet series will be released for Kindle on March 17, 2015. Follow this link to take a look and preorder.

In this adventure, Josh Carpenter lives in the not too distant future in the megalopolis of San Diego. Josh is a NEM (Not Enhanced or Modified person) living in a region where DNA enhancement and replacing body parts with bionic versions is the norm. But there is something different about this NEM.

Josh begins to exhibit unique talents that quickly draw the attention of both those wishing to help him and those who would prefer him to be dead. As wars break out and terrorist attacks spread around the globe, Josh finds himself caught between the forces of good and evil, but which is which? The future of life on Earth and possibly the universe itself will rely on the choices this young man makes. Will humanity survive? I guess that is up to Josh.

The paperback version of Hand of God will release shortly after the e-book version. Also check out all my works on my Amazon author page. Join the Adventure!

 

Reluctant Prophet Goodreads Giveaway

TheReluctantProphet-coverI have just posted a giveaway on www.goodreads.com for ten copies of my latest novel, The Reluctant Prophet: A Love Story. While this is part of the new Modern Prophets series, the heroine first made her appearance in the Dave Brewster series of science fiction novels. Even Dave Brewster and Charlie Watson (the key protagonists from that series) have cameos.

This book is very different from book one (Two Doors) even though both deal with young men who can foresee future events. While that book dealt with demons and angels fighting for control of the world, this book is more personal: one man’s voyage through life, searching for his destiny and finding love. Zeke Thompson will have to face terrible danger as others try to gain control over his knowledge. The world will spin toward global nuclear war, and only Zeke and his new love from the future can stop it. I hope you check it out. Click here to go to the giveaway page. Good luck!

 

Last Day of Two Doors Giveaway

Today is the last day you can pick up TwoDoors-ebookcovera free copy of my book, Two Doors, on Amazon. Join Peter Smith on his journey of discovery, as he finds himself caught between the forces of good and evil. He will be forced to make choices that could lead to his own death and the destruction of all life on Earth.

Click here to see the book page on Amazon.

Get Your Copy of Two Doors Free

TwoDoors-ebookcoverThe e-book version of Two Doors, book one of the Modern Prophet series will be available FREE on Amazon.com beginning this Thursday, December 4, through Sunday, December 7.

I’m very proud of the new series, which follows men who find they have incredible talents within them, and are then forced to deal with many different life-and-death challenges. The stories revolve around the never-ending struggle between good and evil, and how our lives are determined by our choices. Our heroes are forced to deal with others who have chosen poorly, putting their lives and the fate of all life on Earth at risk. The question is how will they choose when faced with evil themselves? The stories in the series are all very fast-paced and the bulk of the plot occurs over a few days or weeks.

Check out the free copy, and tell your friends to get theirs. As an indie author, reviews are the most precious gift, and I appreciate each tremendously. You can post your review on Amazon.com or Goodreads.com. Feel free to connect with me on my site: www.karljmorgan.com or on other social media sites to continue the conversation. You can find all my links in the book, or just ask. #RRBC

Click here to go to the Amazon book page and check it out. Join the adventure!

I just won NaNoWriMo 2014

nanowrimo2014I just won the National Novel Writing Month contest for 2014! I finished the first fifty thousands words of my new novel, tentatively entitled, Demonic. It will be book 4 of the Modern Prophet series.

The book follows the hero as hordes of terrorists invade the US and nuclear bombs explode. He discovers some dark but amazing abilities that have lain dormant inside him for his whole life. Now he is desperately trying to find his wife and daughter who have been kidnapped by sinister forces. Soon he finds himself deep in an evil plot to enslave our world.

My sincere congratulations to all other winners and everyone who joined the contest. If you want to find out more about NaNoWriMo, check out there website at: http://nanowrimo.org/

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The Reluctant Prophet Cover Reveal

TheReluctantProphet-coverHere it is! Book two of the Modern Prophets series is about to be released and I am happy to share the new cover with you all. The Reluctant Prophet: A Love Story tells the story of Zeke Thompson and Bea Watson as they work to stay alive and stop an imminent global nuclear war.

Ezekiel Thompson is a young man with a problem. All of his life, he has had visions of things that sometimes do come to pass. Now, his accuracy rate is about to hit 100%.

For fans of my Dave Brewster sci-fi series, the name Bea Watson should ring a bell. She first appeared in Showdown Over Neptune and again in The Second Predaxian War where we learn she is Dave’s yet-unborn granddaughter who has come from the future to help him.

In this tale, she comes from the future again to make sure that Zeke and his family accomplish their intended destiny to help create the future that Bea and her family live in. Another traveler has come from the future to kill him and change the line of time in order to gain power, without regard for the consequences for Earth. Zeke will face constant danger and threats to his life in this very fast paced novel. He will be arrested and kidnapped again and again as fate works against the new lovers. Only time will tell if Zeke and Bea can stop the end of the world and find happiness in each other’s arms.

I hope you like the cover and please feel free to post any comments here. Also, look for the book, which should be coming out very soon in both paperback and e-book.  Join the Adventure!

Why I like to write fantasy novels

There is plenty going on in the real world to write about, but somehow I am increasingly drawn to fantasy. It is not because reality is boring. On the contrary, I think reality might be too much to deal with. The frenetic pace of technology, politics, crime, international relations and the general hubbub of life is enough to wear anyone out. There is something about escaping to a different world, perhaps one where right and wrong are more clearly defined, or at least where a person can immerse his or herself in unexpected experiences without facing the day-to-day concerns of real life.

It is also heartening to see heroes overcome obstacles and defeat their antagonists, which is not so easy to accomplish in the real world. Our protagonists can have special abilities or be surrounded by others to help them through the most arduous circumstances. Again, not all of us can count on such beneficiaries, or at least it does not feel like we can. In our real lives, the path forward is often difficult even though the obstacles may seem mundane by fantasy standards. We hear the stories of others who have been supremely lucky and ended up with massive wealth. While we would never begrudge them their success, often their paths turned out to be quite simple (at least in our minds). In a way it is like the lottery. All of us can pitch in our one or two dollars per ticket. The winner is not a better person than us, or more deserving, or smarter. They were lucky, and that luck often evades us.

In a fantasy novel, the hero deserves the reward. They face insurmountable challenges, and through a combination of smarts, unique powers, and the help of friends, they overcome the challenges and win. That reward for hard work and being good makes us feel warm, happy and satisfied. I sincerely hope all of us can experience that in our lives, but in the meantime, I can make it happen for a protagonist in my writing, and then pass the warm fuzzies on to me and anyone willing to read the words.

For me personally, there is still a bit more to it than that. I have a life-long love for science fiction and hard science. I enjoy reading books and watching programs on cosmology, theoretical physics and quantum mechanics. Crazy, right? Something in the scientific community has been grating on me for a while. Perhaps it is just some of the science television programs I watch, but there seems to be a kind of zealotry brewing. To be clear, I am not a scientist, and they may be 100% correct in what they say. My issue is dark matter and dark energy.

For clarity, based on observations, galaxies are rotating at rates that should cause them to fly apart, based on the calculated mass of the material in each galaxy (hundreds of billions of stars plus planets, gas and black holes). Since the galaxies are not flying apart, there must be A LOT more mass that cannot be seen, which is labeled dark matter. It is estimated there is 5 times more dark matter than the matter we can see or account for. So far, it has not been seen and cannot be detected, but according to science, it is there.

Similarly, according to observations, space-time expansion is still accelerating 13.8 billion years after the Big Bang. In a typical explosion, after the energy is expended, things slow down and eventually stop. That happens with a firecracker in a couple seconds. In the universe, it is continuing to go faster 13,800,000,000 years later. For the observations to make sense there has to be another source of energy out there, which is dubbed dark energy. That stuff makes up 70% of everything in the universe. So the breakdown is: Dark Energy 70%, Dark Matter 25%, the galaxies, stars, planets, you and me, and everything else detectable 5%.

I am not saying any of that is not true, although the descriptions provided to date are very unsatisfying. I just saw a program stating that the expansion of space generates dark energy. That means the vacuum containing absolutely nothing is generating power. Hey, energy crisis solved! The zealotry I mentioned is the certainty some express regarding the nature and effects of these undetectable or measurable things. I was always taught to say “I don’t know” if that was the truth. Obviously, others are more confident in their knowledge.

While I have no better answers, these less-than-scientific theories are incredible fantasy and science fiction fodder. Everything we have known or detected since the dawn of time accounts for 5% of reality. What is the rest of it? Phantom planets in parallel dimensions? Invisible demons moving through us and changing our minds? Perhaps.

I have enjoyed weaving my own theories into stories and plan to continue to do the same. No one can tell me I am wrong? But I am not saying I am right either. I am a storyteller after all, not a scientist. Read one of my stories or write your own. The Dark stuff has given us a whole new genre to exploit.

Two Doors Cover Reveal

TwoDoors-ebookcoverHere it is! After months of work on my new novel, I am happy to share the cover with my friends. Two Doors is the first book in the Modern Prophet series. These books tell the story of young men who discover abilities far beyond those of normal people. They are then pounced upon by new foes who will do anything to control or kill them.

Two Doors tells the story of Peter Smith, a man who finds himself caught between two powerful families (but they are a lot more than that).

Now you’ve seen the cover, just wait for the book! Join the Adventure!