The God Frequency follows a brilliant engineer and ham radio operator who teams up with a geophysicist student and together, they discover a singular frequency that seems to defy the laws of physics. What inspired the setup of your story?

My entire adulthood, I have been fascinated by things that can’t be seen but can be measured. This led me into nuclear power operations, electrical generation, and eventually into electrical grid transmission operations. At some point along the way, radios also caught my eye. It is utilitarian technology that people from all walks of life use, and not often with much thought about how they work. In the military, I was formally taught how Enhanced Digital Access Control systems work, which are predominantly used by first responders. Later in life, I garnered an interest and gained licensure as an amateur “ham” radio operator. In this endeavor, I found that amateur radio is seldom a topic in mainstream pop culture. My intent with The God Frequency is to inject amateur radio into the mainstream, if but just a sliver, in what I hope is an interesting story that might spark a newfound interest for one or more of my readers.

I found the science in the novel to be well-developed. What kind of research did you do to make sure you got it all right?

I consider myself a lifelong learner. During my career, I studied electrical theory in the military, mechanical engineering in college, and nuclear power theory both in the military and at a corporate training facility. I self-studied and earned a Reliability Coordinator System Operator certification from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. As I mentioned previously, I self-studied and gained an “extra class” amateur radio operator license from the Federal Communications Commission. This required passing three exams, one for each level of operator, each with its own privileges on the amateur radio bands. Another personal interest of mine is Astronomy and Astrophysics. Last year, I signed up for an online Astrophysics program on edX provided by Australian National University. This is basically their first-year program for freshman astrophysics majors. The program, consisting of four courses, was led by two professors, one of which was Brian Schmidt who, along with two other astronomers, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for research showing the accelerating expansion of the universe due to dark energy. This was absolutely fascinating to me and a topic that should be more commonplace in the general knowledge of humankind. The course is provided for free online, or for a fee if you’d like a course certificate, but if interested, you should sign up soon. It is being retired. The last date to enroll is December 31, 2024. For my own lifelong learning, after attending a week-long course and passing a two-hour exam, I recently became a Certified Reliability Leader.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

An underlying theme in this story was to pursue passions in your own way with a healthy curiosity, in spite of institutional norms. This story focused on the uncanny radio frequency discovered by an experimental amateur radio operator. As the story played out, I wanted to weave together concepts of two interests of mine, amateur radio and physics, in order to tell an interesting story, but most importantly to make it make sense. If I achieved that, I consider it a success. Two specific amazing concepts that I wanted to incorporate were high frequency radio wave propagation through the ionosphere and the accelerating expansion of the universe caused by dark energy.

Is this the first book in the series? If so, when is the next book coming out, and what can your fans expect in the next story?

I do not have plans at this time to create a series from The God Frequency; However, I am working on another book within the same genre. I expect a publish date in early to mid-2025. As for The God Frequency, an audiobook version will coming out in the next few months.

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