A Brave New World: A Narrative Fiction

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Storm nodded. “I get it.”
“I haven’t told you everything. It’s important, so pay attention.”
“They know what’s coming. Not that lot down there, but the elites who control them. They are unable to stop it happening. They think they can take advantage of their knowledge and the ignorance of the world's populations. Knowledge is the essence of not only their power but also of their control. They’ve had millennia to learn this. They are the keepers of recorded history. They have made sure only they have the totality of mankind's records. The mass of people on Earth knows just a small portion of what this group knows. This is really how they control you.”
“The population of the world has no idea what is happening. What is coming! But those who
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The biosphere will either collapse or it will adapt. To adapt would mean great change. It would mean the end of many living things. Perhaps the human race.”
Now Storm found himself giggling. This surreal man and the fantastic stories he told overloaded even his impressive imagination.
Hoots and howls of laughter followed up fast by others making hushing sounds floated up to them on the mezzanine floor from the last table. In the center of it were the remains of a birthday cake and many empty bottles of champagne.
“Those who consider themselves your overlords are smug and content with their privileges. They consider they rule you by divine right. They understand to be a class unto themselves, above everyone else. Such a cluster of insularity cannot form overnight. It takes millennia.
“I can assure you they are pawns like the rest of humanity. Ultimately as disposable as worker ants. Do you know the lawn outside this place is full of ant nests? Well, it is. These tiny creatures are oblivious to the presence of a world far more advanced than their own. You know, ants know nothing about a great rain until it flushes them from their tiny
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You asked me about the event. I haven’t really told you what it is yet.” Martyn leaned forward across the table in a faux-conspiratorial manner.
“After today, I think we will not meet again. So consider what I’m about to tell you as a parting gift. A return gift for you and for Michael Bolous. It is important we account for everything. We must know what we missed seeing. Dr. Bolous’s calculations are primitive. But these astronomers never understand what they are looking at. They simply don’t have enough information.
“The most important thing to keep in mind is the real event and what it means is being hidden from you. The immediate danger that you face is man-made. The rulers of this planet panic. They grasp at any opportunity to maintain control over the world’s population. They seek to harness the coming chaos to create an outcome favorable to them and their continued rule.”
Storm was aware of a sense of hopelessness, yet he would not allow it to sweep through him like a river of poison. “What will happen?”
“Catastrophic meteor strikes and winds, waves, and tectonic plate movements. Only in the ancient records of past civilizations more than millennia old can you find any references to such disasters of this magnitude and

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