The FBI agent pushed the play button on the remote. The big screen displayed the suspect speaking to prospects. One was an undercover agent and informant. The suspect saw himself and heard his own voice.

"The human story is much older than we have been taught. The visible universe is just one part of a larger system. What science calls unexplained is evidence of something beyond our physical senses.

"The suppression of accurate knowledge about such things serves someone's agenda. That agenda is to limit human enlightenment. Discovering the agenda leaves us asking, who would want it that way? Who or what are the 'principalities and powers of the air'? What have we been denied by this agenda?

"My message, Earthbound, weaves together the secrets hidden in plain sight. Some secrets the average person could not know, a few secrets they learned are vaguely aware of, and other secrets people only realize when they stumble across them. The finished tapestry is a profound sight.

"Earthbound is an expedition of discovery. It begins with the awareness that not all teaching is for individual empowerment. Most teaching progresses an agenda of alien powers who compete to dominate the human soul. There are three primary agendas that humans contend with in the universe. Their most effective tools are ignorance and intolerance. They argue, 'Why should humans rule the universe?'

"The answer to that question is like trying to unscramble an egg. The scrambled egg is what we have been taught and what has been suppressed from our learning. There are things that sound plausible and things that work. Earthbound is based on the foundation of what works. It eliminates the misleading, plausible additives. It is the story of truth concealed in the many interpretations, transliterations, and denominations of human religion.

"The quest of true faith succeeds on a more accurate understanding of self, the universe we live in, and what God is. Earthbound combats the false, the frivolous, and the fraud of the human condition--a condition exploited by those with this secret knowledge. We were meant to be so much more than consumers in a capitalistic world.

"What we were meant to be is worth fighting for. Those who oppose human enlightenment fear the reprisal of justice for their crimes against humanity. It is not other people that hold us back. What holds us back is not understanding the war we are in, what side we are on, or how to fight. Earthbound identifies the players and their agendas, arranges them in the correct order, and opens the way to victory over a design for human extinction."

The FBI agent pushed the stop button on the remote.

"Before the grand jury sees this, do you want a quick suicide to end your problems?"

The suspect did not respond.

"Have it your way," the FBI agent said. "All you conspiracy nuts are just throwing away your lives. Why can't you see the real world? Why don't you understand that you cannot change it?"

Hell's Torment is a revelation into the spiritual motivations of religious figures, both historical and invented by the author. Where those faith-based agendas conflict is the story told. What is presented to the world by religion is not all the world gets. Oftentimes, there is much more hidden from the faithful. Uncovering the first secrets opens the door to deeper questions. Deeper questions penetrate the veil of secrecy. Those who would keep the secrets are not idle.