Global Reset: Suspense Novel

YEAR 2108

WHAT WILL YEAR 2108 BRING?

After reading my novel, Global Reset, your first impression may very well be that it is simply an entertaining story. That statement is indeed true but not entirely complete. It is of course pure fiction but I have attempted to weave a few of the global issues below into the story line by exploring some gruesome “what if” scenarios.

During countless travels in my lifetime I have witnessed mind-boggling changes that have taken place around the planet. At first I thought it was incredibly exciting but in the past few years I’m increasingly sensing that we may soon be standing at the precipice of a new era. What this new period might be like I wouldn’t know, but I believe our grand kids will many years from now say that the world changed dramatically in their life time in a way nobody could have imagined.

I strongly believe, despite my premonition of the inevitable global change that lies ahead, that we’ll overcome whatever challenges, problems and issues such a change will throw at us. But I don’t think it’ll be easy nor without significant sacrifices and collateral damage along the way. You and I will of course never see what the world will look like in 2108, but I’m certain that most of us would have liked to have a peak at what the future has in store. What would we have seen if time-travel were possible? Progress? Destruction? Peace? War? Good? Bad? Something unimaginable?

How we approach and resolve the issues below, and how effectively the world collaborates, will ultimately define and shape the next one hundred years. These issues are increasingly moving to the forefront of the agenda of many nation states and I expect they’ll only grow in importance as we continue our journey into the 21st century.

        EXPLOSIVE POPULATION GROWTH 
            1950: 2.5BN, 2008: 6.8BN – CONSEQUENCES OF EXPONENTIAL GROWTH?

        ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS
            ANYTHING BECOMES POSSIBLE - COULD NEW WEAPONS/WARFARE EMERGE?

        UNPRECEDENTED SHIFT IN WORLD ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM
            WILL RISE OF CHINA, INDIA AND ASIA LEAD TO DECLINE OF THE WEST?

        DEPLETION OF FOSSIL FUELS
            HAVE WE CRESTED THE HUBBERT PEAK - IS CHEAP ENERGY A THING OF THE PAST?

        GLOBAL WARMING
            COULD CLIMATIC SHIFTS WITH UNFATHOMABLE CONSEQUENCES HAPPEN?

        DEADLY VIRUS STRAINS AND DISEASES
            COULD ENTIRE POPULATIONS BE WIPED OUT?

        TERRORISM & SOCIAL UNREST
            WILL GLOBAL TERROR BE PART OF FUTURE LIFE?

What do you think the year 2108 will be like? I hope you’ll post your comments to this blog!

                                                            -Nick
                                                            www.nickraybourne.com

P.S. I promise future blogs will not all be this serious.

Global Reset: A Suspense Novel

Watch out for my debut novel, Global Reset, available in January '08 through all major on-line booksellers including amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders and AuthorHouse.com!

Is it possible that one single individual could ultimately determine the fate of our increasingly fragile planet? Explosive population growth, a dramatic shift in the global economic equilibrium, accelerating technology advancements, global warming, and escalating political, cultural and religious tensions all contribute to making this world gradually more volatile. Could these terrifying and complex issues spark a catastrophic event that would set us back 200 years or more? Is it possible that the United States, perhaps even the White House, could somehow be the catalyst for such a horrifying apocalypse?

I explore this chilling scenario in my debut fiction thriller, Global Reset. A software entrepreneur, Peter Walker, is unknowingly drawn into a treacherous maze lined with murders, terrorism and high-tech sabotage, but does not realize he is nothing but a pawn in much bigger plot designed to destabilize the world. He soon becomes the target of assassins and ultimately the entire U.S. government and, while desperately fighting to stay alive, travels the globe in an attempt to unravel the intricate web he finds himself trapped in. In the end, it is left to Peter to avert the imminent global Armageddon.

Inspiration for the book came from my many travels and provides the reader with a suspenseful and entertaining yet thought-provoking and interesting story. The exciting plot is set in a backdrop of current global issues, domestic politics and high technology. Global Reset is a fast-paced suspense novel that takes the reader on an electrifying journey filled with surprising twists and turns to every corner of the world.

If you like suspense novels and fiction thrillers I think you'll want to read Global Reset.

My web site www.nickraybourne.com will be coming soon and is meant to be primarily for disseminating information. The purpose of this blog, however, is to provide a forum where I, along with a few guest authors, will be exploring issues and events related to my novel in what I hope will be an interesting and provoking manner. The blog is meant to be a two-way conversation with you, my readers, where we'll explore a wide range of topics. I expect and hope we'll disagree on many issues, which is the way it should be and what will spice up this blog. I encourage you to make comments to the blog and I will do my best to answer you in a timely and thoughtful manner.

I hope you enjoy the book and look forward to hearing what you think!

                                                      

                                                                        -Nick