Acknowledgments
This is not like the typical acknowledgments lists you see in other books. Then again, this is not your typical novel and I actually take pride in that fact. This book was not written to give me fortune and fame (though I do not doubt it will give me these things one day, as a nice side bonus!), but because it had to be written to convey a much needed message to the world.
First and foremost, I would like to thank the great Archangels, Michael and Metatron, for choosing me as a vehicle through which to write this amazing fantasy saga for the ages. While this may seem like a controversial, even “crazy”, statement to make, I care not what people might think of it, because the truth about the Higher Realms and Dimensions needs to finally start gaining wider acceptance in the mainstream. As I said above: I did not put this book out to become rich or to win some popularity contest, hence the ideas in it will not be watered down just to fit in with the current norm. And, while we’re on the Archangel subject, many readers with a developed Intuition, and who already have a prior interest in the topics discussed in the book, will readily recognize the novel has a feel of a channelled work. They will, no doubt, perceive that the underlying themes behind the veneer of the fictional adventure story ring true –uncannily so. For those who don’t know, by the way, Archangel Metatron is the one who oversees that great repository of Cosmic History known as the Book of Life or Akashic Records.
As far as the more “corporeal realms” are concerned now, there are a few people I wish to thank, though not nearly as many as other first time authors usually do because, frankly, I received next to zero support from people while going through the, often soul-destroying, ten year odyssey of putting this book together. I actually had to cut myself off from the great majority of “family” and “friends” in order to find the peace of mind and space needed to work on the book.
The person I feel most compelled to mention first is the lovely, talented and ever-helpful Dina Kole, who gladly offered to design the book cover/s for me, without asking for anything in return. The cover you now see resulted after my initial suggestion for her, around mid-2014, to make something based on the Sigillum Dei (or Sigil of Ameth), which, after much consideration, was the symbol I’d finally settled on to use for all the franchise’s branding. Also, my fellow Libran Warrior Mystic, Zachary Dedmon, who came in at the last minute, seemingly out of “nowhere”, and helped me to polish the heading text. Headings that, having been originally created using my ingenious, patented, “paste-some-cool-looking-Wordart-text-into-a-photo-using-Microsoft-paint” technique, looked quite horrible! And, of course, Rowan Lefwyn, who, in addition to some great grammar tips, also gave me crucial developmental editing advice. Having worked as an editor, as well as being an author of similarly themed fantasy books herself, she understood what I was trying to do. Since all these FB friends were eager to help me free of charge, the best way I can return the favor at the moment is to help them get more exposure, hence the hyperlinks provided.
And last, but certainly not least, the dozens and dozens of fantastic people I’ve met online, through that most magickal of rabbit holes, collectively known as Alternative News/Truther Facebook Groups. These great souls have supported me because they understood what I was really trying to do with this book and with the saga as a whole. You all know who you are and I’d like you to know that, without your support in the past year or so, this book would not be what it is today, nor would it have come out as soon as it has. In fact, the extensive re-writes I did between early ‘14 and now resulted in loosely basing more than one character in the saga on real people I know through the aforementioned online communities.
I love you guys!
Konstantine
Melbourne, Australia
April 2015