We have raised a generation of feral children and in so doing have abdicated our society's link to civilization. Gangs now have control of many parts of our cities and towns and rule them as feudal empires. They have beaten us at our own game. They were signers of the Declaration of Independence. It is for the spirits of brave people like Francis Lewis, John Hart, and Abraham Clark that I write.
Readers are rare people.
I feel a special connection with them. Fantasy allows me this. The Sword of Truth is a cry of defiance into the descending storm of tyranny. My study of history has taught me that no civilization can endure the kind of self-indulgent destruction of social fabric and family structure we are witnessing. Sooner or later an enemy will come, as they always do, and they will be ruthless.