You will findseveral themes in Emergence and the Janus Unfolding series each with its own source of inspiration.

Foremost is the mysterious Jim Post in Emergence. The mystery and the and the beginning of the book came to me in a dream. A wealthy and mysterious man had built a grand home in Southwest Washington State in our near future. The locals knew nothing about him.

The home was on fire, and burning so hot that the fire department couldn’t put it out. When the fire finally burnt itself ou...