J.B.B. Winner The Strand Prophecy

The Strand Prophecy

J.B.B. Winner

Missile Rider, Jan 2007, $24.95

ISBN: 9780979054884

Strand stands outside the White House as a strange cloaked figure, who the Secret Service and other security tell to move on. He ignores their requests until he informs them he has a message for POTUS. The agents assume this is a threat scenario, but he ignores the myriad of men and women jumping on him as he just stands erect and still. They assume he wears armor while he knows it is an exoskeleton. As the world watches via the news one hundred agents with weapons pointed at him, Strand explains he is a reluctant Harbinger. He claims evolution is not a slow process, but rapid leaps and that we are entering an "accelerated evolutionary cycle" that means the end of humanity as we are; Strand leaves behind a research paper and leaps onto the White House and beyond as a thousand bullets are fired at him.

To his beloved sixteen years old niece Anna, Strand is Uncle Steve Cutter, a Darwinist researcher turned technologist. He fears evolution is coming with a big bang that will leave Homo sapiens no longer on top of the food chain. Scientists scoff at his assertions; the military covets his super soldier technology; the religious hierarchy disclaims him as a devil; and the president wants to keep his power at all costs. As Strand's proof surfaces with radical change occurring in newborn animals, he is accused of dangerous biogenetic reengineering; the president gives orders stop Strand.

THE STRAND PROPHECY hooks readers from the moment normal human Steve Cutter as the superhero Strand takes his stand in front of the White House before leaping off into the night like the Hulk. The story line is action-packed and fast-paced yet Strand especially as Steve comes across as a caring nurturing person who clearly loves Anna. Reminiscent of Marvel's Iron Man and Captain America, fans of powerful science fiction will enjoy this exhilarating tale of evolutionary leaps threatening humanity. This author is obviously a winner in more than just his name.

Harriet Klausner