About the Book
A God-Dilemma ChronicleA world suddenly awakes to the death of its entire Muslim population (REMOVAL); versus a world awakening to the survival of only the Muslim population (REVELATION). How will each new world react to the loss of 1.7 or 6.3 billion people overnight? Are these God-events or man-made, and will there now be world peace, or chaos?REMOVAL
'Mr President, we have been getting reports from all over the world, that there is something horrendous and unprecedented occurring, that we can't explain. The information has been spreading via social media, and every global news station, despite major disruptions and transmission delays. We thought it was a hoax, some viral attack, and we frankly didn't believe it, with lots of social media outlets being accused of some outrageous scam, but...' she hesitated. 'Just tell me, don't paraphrase it. What the hell has you two so agitated?' 'Mr President, as ridiculous and awful as this may sound to you, we believe there's been a mass death of all Muslims in the world...'So begins a new era for the remaining population and religions. But peace and prosperity prove elusive as the survivors seek answers to the tragedy. Suspicion, greed, fear, religious rivalry and competition for supremacy create havoc, outweighing the supposed 'benefits' of a decreased world population and increased spiritual belief.When a second phase of Removals occurs, Duncan Sinclair, the President's National Security Advisor, is tasked with investigating these phenomena before a third wave occurs, whilst the world simmers on the brink.As the world comes to terms with the unexplained mass death of only one religion's followers, being Muslims, the surviving religions seek to categorise themselves as the 'chosen one/s', which leads to further conflict and intolerance. Later, more 'Removals' occur, starting with people seemingly involved in cruelty crimes, such as rape, murder, domestic violence, paedophilia etc. When this becomes more widely accepted by people that see its implications - police officers, senior bureaucrats, actuaries, statisticians, social scientists etc., the United States Government puts a multinational small team together to determine, in advance, any clues to a potential third wave of 'Removals' before that might occur.Elsewhere across the world, some regimes become involved in their own religious ethnic cleansing, fearful that their preferred religion or belief system might be targeted too. This leads to global conflicts between some nations until a general calm can be reintroduced.Separately, over time, a shift towards environmentalism seems to be occurring, away from organised religions. Then religious leaders start to fall into comas, and the world waits and wonders what this means for faith.
About the Author :
Biography - Simon KlapishSimon grew up in Manchester, U.K. in 1957. Failing in his ambition to become a vet, he studied Applied Biology at Plymouth Polytechnic, majoring in microbiology and parasitology, but jobs in anything interesting like working for the World Health Organisation in malaria research were impossible to land. So, he came to Australia in 1979, on a 12-month working visa, fell in love with the country, the pay rates, the people and lifestyle, returned home and applied for migration, returning as a migrant in January 1982. He worked for Telecom/Telstra for 12 years, predominantly in MobileNet in business development and marketing roles, and introduced and managed the MessageBank voicemail system for mobile phone users. Due to limited advancement opportunities at Telstra he moved into the power industry just ahead of the Victorian privatization process in 1995, first as the Marketing Executive for Hazelwood Power, and when it was acquired by International Power, into business development roles, which included a major role in building 2 wind farms in South Australia. For the last 5 years of his 23 years in the power industry, he managed ENGIE's Corporate Social Responsibility program, which provided a million dollars per year to causes and organisations in the communities where its Australian power stations were located, mainly in Victoria, SA and WA. He also spent almost 12 years in the Australian Army Reserve (Royal Australian Infantry), retiring as a captain in 1993. Apart from occasional consultancy work in renewable energy project community consultation, he is semi-retired, and loves to travel, having 'ticked off' 86 countries so far. He also writes novels, with 5 published and 2 due for release shortly.
