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Ten
Reasons to Read Rosetta 6.2
Jim
Bowden plugs his newly published novel, a
spiritual/political thriller set in the near
future.
"Rosetta
6.2" is a response to the most unique and
profound experience in my life, which occurred on
March 15, 1987. For seven years prior, since my
father’s death, I prayed for an answer beyond a
doubt about what happens after death. Even though
I’d seen my father in a dream that was unlike
any other I'd ever had – the night after he died,
he assured me he was okay – I still questioned.
Then,
on the Ides of March 1987 on the snowy, cold Range
214 in Grafenwoehr, Germany I was walking behind
the range, saying my prayers after another
all-nighter and a long day of Bradley gunnery.
Suddenly, the sky went pink to my eyes – all of
it lit up. I felt a warm air blow through my
layers of clothing and combat gear like I had
nothing, no skin, on my ribs to stop it. I felt as
if I was being blown up like a balloon. The
feeling was the best I have ever had in my entire
life. It was better and more fulfilling than
anything! It was an unbelievable peace and joy
that combined to powerfully, overwhelm me. I
recalled Aslan’s breath.
Thoughts,
not a voice, came into my head very precisely. I
was told, “There is a light and a warmth on the
other side. You will not command in peace or
war.” I was shocked because commanding in
combat was the desire of my heart, and there was
no sign of war coming - yet. Then, I was told,
“You will read and write.” The
incredible, intoxicating feeling of well-being
lasted for days, ebbing away slowly. I got my
life’s mission in the community of Christ.
I
started writing "Rosetta 6.2" in March
1990 at the same time I started doing military
“futures” full time. I asked God what I should
write specifically. From that moment on, I never
had writer’s block. The ideas and words just
came to me. I wrote the book in my head and on
scraps of paper. After I got a PC, it took me six
months to finish Chapter One while writing in the
hours after my children’s bed time. Over the
years I took lengthy diversions to read about
different subjects, like illegal drugs, computer
science, the Koran, Islam, Jesuits, Martin Luther,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., etc. I took time to
think. And listen.
Meanwhile,
I projected the future, ideologically based global
struggle from my job as a military futurist. I
finished the first draft in June 1999. I
rewrote and edited the entire book another three
times. I finished finally in 2004. All of 2005 and
2006 were given over to an agent (without success)
and used to produce my cover art concept. It was a
time for "Rosetta 6.2" to lie fallow before final
edits. Now it’s done. Is this book worth
reading? The answers to the questions below are
the reasons it matters – the reasons to read
"Rosetta 6.2."
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What
if a fearful, Orwellian future sprang from the
Nanny State of President Hillary in just a few
short years?
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What
if new designer drugs caused drug abuse to
soar totally out of control?
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What
if the Islamist Terrorists and the Narco-
Terrorists (Drug Lords) became close allies
against America?
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What
would it require to take down drugs and
Islamist cells at the same time?
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Can
we really win the War on Drugs? Could the
Culture War become a Second American Civil
War?
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Why
would Christians and Jews risk their lives to
be hunted by Terrorists? Who are John
Tillman, old Bubba Holland, Naomi Tolley,
Ishmael Shabazz, Ruth Weinstein, Pablo
Cervantes, and Army Lieutenant General Larry
Trento?
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What
if the U.S. Government never quit working on
the giant, snooping Carnivore computer
project?
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What
is “Rosetta 6.2”?
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What
is a rose cinquefoil? What advances in
technology were foreseen, or simply imagined,
in the early 90s that actually happened?
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What
is the intersection of reason and faith for an
intelligent person to become a believing,
transformed Christian?
You
can order Rosetta 6.2 at on-line book stores, like
Amazon and Borders, or save $2 and get an
autographed copy by ordering it from www.rosettasixpointtwo.com.
I
thought one reader was being too kind when he
said, “It’s a cross between Tom Clancy and C.S.
Lewis.” Then, a week ago a new reader said
the same thing! I’m getting other great
responses from readers. How about you?
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May 14, 2007
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