Introduction
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INTRODUCTION
At the conclusion of the Kind Hearts and Martinets series and the immediate sequel, Road Kill – The Duchess of Frisian Tun, there was nothing. Just two stories evolving, one fleetingly surreal, but potent, the other very real and edgy and, they had begun to intertwine, like a DNA spiral. Was this an opportunity for change, or punishment for what has preceded us and, will continue, in another guise, or maybe both? And what strand will succeed; The People or The System? A new birth? Not a rebirth.
Martin Heidegger said: “There is no such thing as nothing.”– “Das Nichts”, the nothing. So, there is something? But, if it is not the right something, if it is a something that ignores the essence of reality, “authenticity” and, commits the vast majority of people into subjugation, “theyselves and not themselves (ourselves)” for the profit of the very few, then that something needs to change. But who can we reasonably look to lead the way? The state? The establishment? They are a part of the problem, no? The church? Other religious faiths? They have their own power-base agenda, yes? Is it even possible to turn this juggernaut of nothingness, of denial of a real something, around? And what is authenticity?
Kurt Vonnegut said: “There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organisation. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organised along the lines of the Mafia”
Well, it turns out the angels were organising, but could they combat not only the evil outside, but also, the evil within? Read on and find out…
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