Penelope Drayton Spence made a choice years earlier, picking marriage and family over a promising career as an investigative reporter. Now, divorced and with her children spread around the country, she is having second thoughts.
A mysterious call from the Managing Editor of the Washington Post, offers her a second chance at big time journalism. He has a story so sensitive that the President of the United States personally asked the Post to leave it alone.
With rumors of 30 top scientists missing and rich industrialist, Michael Walker, being held incommunicado in a prison typically used for terrorists, the story is too big to ignore. He quietly goes "off the grid" and turns to the only person he knows who is good enough to crack this story, his old college friend Penelope.
The moment she picks up the phone her life is turned upside down and she soon finds herself traveling cross country with the most wanted man in America looking for information about the top secret "Hermes Project."
On one level it is a straightforward suspense story with plenty of action, a healthy dose of humor and a pinch of sexual tension. On another it is a spiritual quest by a remarkable woman who meets an enlightened man the likes of which have never been seen in fiction before.
Thanks to Michael Walker she gets a "do over" that allows her to go back and select the path not taken. Over the course of the story she gradually grows to understand Walker and the amazing spiritual powers he possesses.
Penelope also becomes aware of the looming Fourth Awakening, and makes the chilling discovery that her reporting skills and ability to fight her personal demons may be the only thing that can save humanity.
What exactly is an Awakening?
Awakenings occur when something so profoundly changes the world that all of the old rules no longer apply. A powerful new order arrives, completely unexpected and without warning, and things are never the same again. Today, humanity stands on the cusp of the Fourth Awakening.
Awakenings have traditionally been accompanied by a long and turbulent transition period. In the past, these adjustment periods have been violent with the authority figures that held power before the Awakening doing everything they can to cling to their position and wealth. This time, it may be different…but it’s up to each of us.
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While a work of fiction, The Fourth Awakening is grounded in cutting edge science and an emerging spiritual reality. It offers readers a glimpse of our shared future.
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About the Authors
Rod Pennington has authored eight novels including The Fourth Awakening, co-authored with friend and business partner, Jeffery A. Martin, Ph.D. This acclaimed novel has held the #1 spot for Kindle books (in the New Age and Mysticism categories). The co-authors have also recently released the long awaited sequel novel The Gathering Darkness. In addition to Rod’s eight novels, he has written numerous screenplays. A long time writer and student of mysticism, Rod is skilled at weaving messages of enlightenment and increased consciousness into a fast-paced suspense novel. Rod is also the author of Secrets to Writing a Spiritual Novel.
Jeffery A. Martin, Ph.D. is a Harvard trained social scientist who researches personal transformation. He specializes in bringing rigorous empirical research and testing to transformational techniques and theories that have previously been supported anecdotally. Jeffery is a leading expert on both intentionality and non-symbolic consciousness (enlightenment, nonduality, mystical experience, union with God/nature, etc.). He holds several graduate degrees and specializes academically in technology, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. A bestselling author and award winning educator, Jeffery has co-edited, authored, or co-authored over 20 books and numerous other publications; appeared in a wide variety of media; and has lectured broadly in both academic and public forums. Jeffery is currently the director of the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness.
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