by William Hladky | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
In my BOOK OF RUIN science-fantasy series, superflares from the sun inundate the world, crashing electronics. Endless solar storms prevent electrical machinery from being repaired. Humans are thrown into a “medieval” dark age. A magnetic field produced by the...
by William Hladky | Jan 15, 2020 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Our uber-technologies have isolated us evermore from the natural ways of our world. Could we today do what the Polynesians did several thousand years ago? Lacking maps, sextants and compasses, they traveled from Asia to Tahiti, Hawaii, Easter Island and finally to New...
by William Hladky | Dec 3, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Invented in 9th century China, black powder was first used in guns. Modern smokeless gunpowder wasn’t discovered until the 19th century. In my first two novels, society has forgotten how to manufacture smokeless gunpowder. Firearms are mostly black-powder...
by William Hladky | Nov 2, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Howard Fox of Success Insight Podcast interviewed me about The Book of Ruin series. The podcast is approximately 30 minutes. Below is the link. https://www.successinsightpodcast.com/2019/10/wg-hladky.html Enjoy
by William Hladky | Oct 5, 2019 | The Book Of Ruin, The Flashfall Sword
Foreign affairs expert Robert Kaplan wrote in his book, The Revenge of Geography, “…while geography does not necessarily determine the future, it does set contours on what is achievable and what isn’t.” British journalist Tim Marshall stated the same theme in his...
