Unfettered Journey is the story of Joe Denkensmith, an AI scientist who seeks to create true robot consciousness. He leaves everything behind to find answers. But a mysterious woman on a personal mission interrupts his search. Fighting unjust forces, Joe is swept into an evil plot that neither can elude. Their struggles against machines, men, and nature test the resilience of the human spirit.
"It's a captivating and fast-paced futuristic love story ... a future that feels eerily authentic..." - She's Single Magazine
Unfettered Journey Appendices
The rigorous philosophical ideas behind this novel are further examined in an academic book, Unfettered Journey Appendices: Philosophical Explorations on Time, Ontology, and the Nature of Mind. It is available in paperback and is included with the hardbound version of the novel. Go deep into the philosophy.
We all have many journeys. Gary’s began in a small Midwest town, where he could play unfettered in the woods, finding an early love for nature and learning self-reliance. The space program and the night skies hooked him on astronomy. After finishing college, the wide world beckoned, and his fascination with science drew him to California to participate in the booming tech industry. Now he still stares upward, wondering what it all is about.
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Double Book Awards
It’s time for a brief note about my writing odyssey. Unfettered Journey has just garnered TWO book awards for best 2020 fiction book. Earlier this month the Wishing Shelf, based in London, announced its 2020 awards and my novel made the Finalist list. Yesterday the Eric Hoffer Book Award ‘First Horizon Finalists’ list included Unfettered… Read More »Double Book Awards
Spring Half Price Sale for Unfettered Journey
I’m a bit surprised by how sensitive readers are to the price of a book. For myself, the value that I place on the time to read any book means that I rate the likely quality far ahead of price in my criteria. But this week the choice is even easier for Unfettered Journey, for… Read More »Spring Half Price Sale for Unfettered Journey
A Free Book for the New Year
We begin a new year with renewed hope, that this year can be far better than last, and that the world can move forward. If you are looking for reason to hope for the future, then Unfettered Journey might be your next book. And this week you can find the Kindle and epub editions for… Read More »A Free Book for the New Year
Now a minor league No 1 Best Seller
Maybe Thanksgiving turkey goes with relaxing afterwards with a good book. For whatever reason, Unfettered Journey today became a minor league Number 1 Best Seller on Amazon. Perhaps a few folks got the Adam & Eve allegory (the #1 category is Christian Classics and Allegories). Even more, the novel is on the best seller lists… Read More »Now a minor league No 1 Best Seller
Another Hopeful Story of Social Change
As many celebrate a turning of a page in American democracy, I invite you to relax. Take some time to chill out. And listen to another hopeful story about social change in my novel, Unfettered Journey. At long last, it is now available today in audiobook on Audible and Audiobooks.com. Or pick up the paperback… Read More »Another Hopeful Story of Social Change
Minor League Best Seller
Today Unfettered Journey broke into the minor leagues of Best Seller status. The book is a best seller (that is, in the top 100 books) in FOUR Amazon categories. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the fantastic support. And you still can help me get to 76 reviews on Amazon. (Now, anyone, who is a Level… Read More »Minor League Best Seller