Quicksilver Moon
Author’s NoteSeptember, 2001On September 11, 2001, a gang of Islamic fundamentalists hijacked four passenger jets, turned them into gigantic bombs, and deliberately crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., murdering thousands of innocent people.Two days later, the Reverend Jerry Falwell appeared on The 700 Club, which is broadcast on national television and hosted by the Reverend Pat Robertson."I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way—all of them who have tried to secularize America—I point the finger in their face and say, ‘You helped this happen,’" Falwell said."Well, I totally concur," Robertson said, "and the problem is we have adopted their agenda at the highest levels of our government."Brother Mudge is a fictitious character, created to be the antagonist in this novel. Mr. Falwell and Mr. Robertson are real people who claim to speak for the same jealous god to whom the Islamic fundamentalists sacrificed themselves and thousands of Americans. How can fiction possibly equal the hate that extremists acted on during that week?