The Science of How to Bring Back Eden
This is a wide-ranging book that blends spiritual argument, personal testimony, environmental planning, and futuristic invention into a single narrative. It opens from a personal place, then expands outward until it’s trying to account for the fate of the Earth, the meaning of Eden, the role of conscience, and the future of science all at once. The author presents the book as both an explanation and a call to action, and that gives it a distinctive shape. It isn’t just meant to be read. It’s meant to persuade the reader that restoration is possible and that human beings have a direct role in bringing it about.
What makes the book different is how little distance there is between the author’s inner life and his big ideas. Aubin writes as someone who sees personal experience, biblical history, environmental crisis, and technological possibility as parts of the same story. That’s why the book can move from reflections on telepathy and immortality into discussions of hydrogen, greenhouse gas removal, species recovery, and space travel without changing its tone. In his hands, those subjects belong together because they’re all part of one central effort to repair a damaged world.
The book is also full of purpose. The author isn’t circling around his themes or cautiously laying out options. He tells you exactly what he thinks the book is for. Early on, he writes, “I found my mission in life,” and that sense of mission never lets up. Later, he says, “This is a book that can help save the world.” Those lines are important because they explain the book’s voice. It’s direct, earnest, and completely committed to the idea that moral clarity and technical creativity should work side by side.
I found the environmental material especially revealing because it shows what kind of book this is at its core. The author isn’t only writing about belief. He’s trying to sketch systems, machines, and research paths that could, in his view, move the planet toward renewal. His interest in photosynthesis, air quality, water treatment, and cleaner energy makes the book feel constructive. There’s a strong impulse here toward design and repair. The author wants a world where science is used not just to increase power, but to restore balance, protect life, and push civilization toward something more durable.
This book attempts to gather everything that matters to its author into one place and give it direction. It’s a book of ideas, but it’s also a book of conviction. The author is trying to define what healing the Earth would mean, what living rightly would require, and what kind of future humanity should be building. That gives the book its identity. It’s a restoration project in prose, written by someone who believes the world can still be remade if conscience, invention, and responsibility are brought back into alignment.
Pages: 143
Jannah Essa Author Interview
Twenty Years and Then Some follows a spiritually restless woman who moves across cities and relationships in search of love and meaning, only to discover that faith, desire, and identity refuse to align. What was the initial idea behind this story, and how did that transform as you were writing the novel?
I began writing the novel in November 2024, following a year-long stay in the United Kingdom and shortly after the events of October 7, 2023. Many of the events described in Chapter 8 were written in direct response to real-life incidents as they unfolded. Because of this, the novel cannot be categorized as typical autofiction. The narrative begins in the present day before retreating twenty years to narrate Aisha’s journey—a story largely inspired by my personal experiences, my frustrations in romance, and stories from my inner circle. Following the climax in Chapter 5, the script gradually transitions back into the present.
I was in shock, much like the rest of the world, and I felt compelled to build an authentic voice from within the region. I realized that if I, a native, could not initially see the full truth, how could the rest of the world? I wondered how many others, like me, once dismissed such realities as mere conspiracy theories. As I delved deeper into the history of Zionism and modern geopolitics, the “bigger picture” became clearer and more predictable. This is why I was able to anticipate the events we see today—such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the escalating energy crisis. It is proof that humanity is interconnected, regardless of where one lives. However, when I speak of “humanity,” I do not mean the United Nations; I have come to view it as a deceptive organization.
The most difficult challenge in writing this script was weaving together history, religion/spirituality, and romance without creating a disjointed narrative. My natural style consists of short, romantic pieces—the kind I publish on Instagram—and I often require that “romantic flair” just to find the mood to write. Chapter 6 alone required five months of research, drafting, and constant revision. I considered discarding it several times, but I ultimately retained it because it provides the necessary foundation for Chapter 8. I have included an “Author’s Note” for that section to guide the reader.
The main plot explores the connection between Aisha’s spirituality and the “illusions” of her 2009 vision, paralleling the illusions under which humanity currently lives due to a small group seeking to control the earth for their own benefit. While Aisha’s journey is individual, the Zionist vision is collective; I believe we, as humans, must unite regardless of our beliefs to rid ourselves of that evil.
To provide context for an American audience: just last week, millions of ordinary American taxpayers participated in the “No Kings” protests. Yet, one must ask: who truly has the final say? If you follow the money, you find the truth. This is precisely what the plot of my novel addresses.
I chose to tell this story through the lens of my Shia faith, which required me to delve deeply into Shiism and its cultural nuances. With this context established, I believe I can now answer your questions in a way that will resonate more deeply.
Aisha’s relationships are marked by misalignment, chemistry without safety, safety without love. What interested you about that emotional pattern?
To speak candidly, the text reflects my frustrations with both the male ego and the dominant Sunni traditions of the Middle East. Even when the narrative shifts focus from a Sunni character like Abdulrahman to the Shia men in the opening chapters, the result is the same: men remain men.
Faith in this novel is not background; it’s active, shaping perception and experience. How did you approach integrating theology into the emotional life of the character?
To answer briefly, I should focus on Munther. He and Aisha share the same values: resilience in their faith and a pride that outweighs romantic love. She wasn’t angry at him for his choice, as she understood it; she was simply upset that he didn’t execute it properly. I hope you can see where I am coming from.
Do you see Aisha’s journey as leading toward resolution, or toward a different kind of uncertainty?
With Muhammad, I intentionally avoided a black-and-white conclusion. The ending serves as a reminder to stay true to one’s values and to never lose hope in a brighter future.
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From a cryptic vision at the age of twenty-two, Aisha begins a transformative journey across the world’s iconic cities—from the mist of London to the spiritual heart of Najaf, and from the neon streets of New York to the historic alleys of Madrid. Driven by a search for love and identity, she navigates a complex landscape where faith and doubt collide.
What starts as a personal quest evolves into a profound awakening: the illusions we harbor extend far beyond our individual lives. Aisha finds herself caught in the crosscurrents of long-standing sectarian divides and the geopolitical shifts following October 7th, where the myths of the past are confronted by the harsh realities of the present.
Her name itself, Aisha, carries a heavy symbolic weight—a bridge between identities in a world torn by religious and political strife. Through her intricate relationship with Abdulrahman, the narrative challenges the very boundaries of truth, asking: Can we truly wake from our illusions? And is the ultimate truth only found in the clarity of departure?.
“Two Years and Then Some” is not merely a tale of romance; it is a deep intellectual odyssey exploring how myths shape the destinies of nations, and the whispers of a soul caught between the living and the dead.
Margaret Ann and the Reckoning
In Margaret Ann and the Reckoning, Cindy Cortez Prieto drops readers into a cemetery where death is not an ending so much as a strange continuation: Margaret Ann, a dead girl living among other spirits with her grandpa and her friends Hazel and Marco, investigates the suspicious death of wealthy Florence Mason while also facing the return of the Gazer, a malevolent force hunting her essence. The book braids a murder puzzle with a supernatural struggle, and that combination gives it an unusually lively pulse for a ghost story aimed at younger readers.
What I liked most was the book’s tonal oddity in the best sense. It can be eerie, then playful, then unexpectedly tender. Prieto has a real affection for her cemetery world, and that affection keeps the novel from turning merely grim. I liked the way the dead still squabble, joke, investigate, worry, and form makeshift family bonds. That emotional logic matters more than strict realism here, and it gives the story a homespun sincerity that I found winning. Hazel, in particular, adds warmth, and Margaret Ann’s mix of bravery, irritation, curiosity, and vulnerability keeps the novel from feeling embalmed in sweetness.
I also appreciated the novel’s willingness to be melodramatic. The wicked voices, the family greed, the spectral menace, the sense that a child detective can step straight from library research into metaphysical peril, none of it is shy. Sometimes the prose is a little blunt, and some scenes land with more earnestness than polish, but there is energy in that directness. The book doesn’t smirk at its own haunted premise. It commits. And because it commits, the spooky set pieces and emotional beats have a kind of old-fashioned crackle. And that makes the story vivid.
I would hand this to middle-grade and young YA readers who enjoy paranormal mystery, ghost adventure, supernatural suspense, cemetery fiction, and kid-detective stories with a strong streak of heart. Readers who like Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book may recognize a similar fascination with childhood among the dead, though Prieto’s novel is less lyrical and more openly earnest, with a warmer, more familial glow. This is a spooky-hearted mystery that prefers soul to slickness, and that is its own kind of magic.
Pages: 143 | ASIN : B0GQ6V5D7P
Talisman: Halcyon
Talisman: Halcyon is a science fiction adventure novel with strong superhero and space opera DNA, but I think it’s really a story about grief getting dragged across the stars. Author Aaron Ryan picks up Liam Mayfield’s story after betrayal, loss, and revelation have already cracked his world open, then sends him into a larger conflict involving Onyx, Arion, the Aeterium Axis, the multiverse, and a search for truth that keeps changing shape as the book goes on. The scale is huge, with cosmic alliances, alternate selves, and a widening war for liberation, but the emotional center stays tied to Liam’s pain, his family, and the question of what remains when the promise you built your life around turns out to be false.
I really enjoyed Ryan’s willingness to go big. This book is packed with lore, declarations, training, revelations, and confrontation, and at times it has the full-throttle energy of a graphic novel stretched into prose. But I think that’s part of the book’s identity. It is earnest in a way that many contemporary sci-fi books try to dodge. It wants the emotions to be felt clearly. It wants the stakes to sound like stakes. And when that works, it really works. The shifting viewpoints from Arion, Onyx, and Liam give the novel a layered feel, especially because each of them carries a different mix of loyalty, longing, and suspicion. I found myself especially interested in how Onyx grows into Soteria and how the book lets attraction, jealousy, and memory complicate what could have been a more straightforward good-versus-evil story.
I also appreciated that Halcyon is not content to stay a revenge story. It starts to feel like one kind of sci-fi saga, then opens into something stranger and more reflective, especially once the multiverse material and the doubled identities come into view. There is a scene where Liam and Onyx confront alternate versions and people they thought were gone, and it gives the book a haunted quality that I genuinely liked. It makes the story feel less like a straight corridor and more like a hall of mirrors, where every choice throws back another version of regret or hope. The dialogue can lean theatrical, and the mythology is occasionally dense. But even when I felt that, I never felt indifference. The book has conviction. It believes in its world, its pain, and its big moral struggle, and that kind of commitment carries real weight.
Having read other books in the series, along with Dissonance, The Phoenix Experiment, The Slide, Forecast, and The End, one of the real pleasures of Halcyon was catching the tie-ins and seeing how the author keeps pulling threads from those earlier stories into something larger and more connected. That gave this novel an added charge for me. It felt less like an isolated sequel and more like another major piece locking into place. What’s emerging now feels like an “Aaronverse,” a shared story world where apocalyptic stakes, sci-fi mythology, and spiritual questions keep folding back into each other in ways that reward longtime readers.
I would recommend Talisman: Halcyon most to readers who enjoy ambitious indie science fiction, superhero-inflected cosmic fiction, and long-form saga storytelling that leads with heart rather than restraint. This book is emotional, mythic, and fully invested in redemption, loss, power, and destiny. Readers who want passion, scale, and a story that wears its soul on its sleeve will probably find a lot to admire here.
Pages: 385 | ASIN : B0GQXHM7NN
Worldwide Miracle
Obadiah & the Last 100 Prophets of Edom follows a faithful man who risks everything to protect a hidden remnant of prophets, as faith, persecution, and divine confrontation collide. How do you approach writing faith not as an abstraction, but as a lived experience under pressure?
A difficult question for me. An author friend of mine discussed how we responded after questions like, “Do you write an outline, do you write a synopsis?” Our answers were similar. I have an idea for a story, just the beginning of an idea. I start writing the story with one or two defined characters. The opening could be a scene with or without a dialogue. Then the characters react to what is happening in the scene with some dialog that connects with other entities that are responsible for what is happening. Now you may have five or six additional characters/ensemble. All now reacting in ways that move the story forward. By page 10, you should have a good idea of how it all ends.
Though rooted in biblical history, the novel’s themes feel contemporary. Do you see parallels between this world and our own?
For years, during and after the wars in Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and then adding the wars through the ages, it became apparent to me that most were fought because of a religious belief. When you look at that history, most beliefs were grounded in one worship, the belief in a God. Except in some cases, like Egypt, and Canaanites who worshiped many Gods. You can see that now in many countries. What if the world, or many parts of our world, believed in one God only? Could that reduce the number of wars? Could that save millions of lives? Obadiah emphasizes with the phrase “there is only one God,” which reinforces its central message.
What do you hope readers feel after finishing the book?
A worldwide miracle would do it, but one could only pray.
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Spiritual Framework
Battle Beyond the Veil follows a museum curator who discovers she can see a hidden war between angels and demons, only to realize she is the key to stopping it. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of an unseen war between light and darkness. In today’s romantasy landscape, demons are often portrayed as seductive or sympathetic, and I wanted to explore the opposite — a world where angels and demons are ancient, powerful, and terrifyingly real. That contrast sparked the entire setup: a woman who doesn’t believe in any of it suddenly discovering she’s at the center of a millennia‑old conflict.
Zahra is tied to prophecy, but she resists being defined by it. How did you navigate that tension?
I love stories where destiny and free will collide. Zahra is bound to a prophecy, but she’s also a woman who refuses to be told who she is. Writing her meant letting both truths exist at once — the weight of fate and the fire of her own will. The tension between those forces is what ultimately shapes her arc.
The book draws from Christian frameworks but prioritizes story over doctrine. How did you strike that balance? I had to keep reminding myself that no one likes to be preached to when reading fiction.
I had to keep reminding myself that readers don’t pick up a fantasy novel to be preached at. My goal was to let the story lead while still honoring the spiritual framework that inspires me. I wanted to invite readers to consider the possibility of a spiritual realm — not by telling them what to believe, but by letting them experience it through the characters, the stakes, and the world. Story always came first, and the themes naturally wove themselves in.
What other layers of the angel/demon hierarchy are you excited to explore?
Kyden’s world is governed by rules, ranks, and ancient tensions that the reader barely glimpses in book one. I’m excited to explore higher angelic orders, the Fallen who operate in the shadows, and the factions within both sides that don’t always agree. Those layers will reveal just how complicated this war really is.
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On the most important day of Zahra’s career at the Gallery of Time Museum, everything unravels. A mysterious package arrives from her estranged father, and the Atar’zul, a relic that could secure her promotion goes missing. While betrayal festers within the museum, a long lost love returns, throwing Zahra’s world into chaos.
Kyden, a warrior angel and demon slayer, has guarded the spiritual realm for centuries. When a famous archaeologist and forbidden artifact vanish, Kyden is forced to protect a human, a job he vowed long ago to never do again.
Together, Zahra and Kyden must face rising demon threats and the cursed magic of the Atar’zul. As darkness closes in, they join forces to defend both realms and find that ending the battle beans trusting each other. Sacrifices must be made—the cost of which might be their very souls.
Welcome to the battle for humanity’s future—a story of loyalty, temptation, and the fragile line between light and shadow.
