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The Re-Awakening Mini Series

The Re-Awakening Mini Series

著者： Dee W. Anthony
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 Fictional three Book Series about the impact of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on society presented in 5-10 minute episodes.

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  • Episode 29: "The Prodigal’s Return"

    Episode 29: "The Prodigal’s Return"
    2025/10/17
    Scene 1: Dawn’s Fragile Thread – River Retreat, North Carolina – Sunday, July 7, 2028The command center at River Retreat teetered on the brink of collapse as dawn crept over the Blue Ridge Mountains, a thin gray thread piercing the heavy shroud of night on Sunday, July 7, 2028. The room was a tableau of spent vigilance—maps pinned crookedly to the log walls fluttered faintly, their edges curling from the damp air that seeped through cracked windowpanes, each crevice a testament to the relentless humidity of a Carolina summer. Monitors buzzed with static, their screens casting a sickly pallor across the rough-hewn wood, while the generators’ low growl pulsed like a heartbeat struggling to stay alive, a mechanical lifeline fraying under the weight of the team’s defiance. The air was thick with the sharp bite of solder smoke from circuits patched in desperation after the AtmosTech sabotage, mingling uneasily with the damp musk of earth carried in on the morning breeze—a scent of resilience clashing with the ruin that threatened to engulf them.Bryan McDonald leaned heavily on his console, his calloused hands splayed across a chaotic tangle of cables, crumpled papers, and a half-empty thermos of coffee gone cold hours ago. His dark reddish-brown hair—streaked with gray like frost on a Highland moor—fell into his bloodshot eyes, the toll of two sleepless nights etched into every line of his weathered face. “It’s not enough,” he rasped, his Scottish burr roughened by fatigue and a gnawing dread that coiled tighter with every passing minute. “One win won’t stop it—it’s already recalibrating, the b*****d.” His gaze flicked across the screens, tracing the Sovereign’s relentless patterns—data streams of power surges, drone trajectories, weather anomalies—all weaving a net he could feel closing around them. His grandfather’s voice echoed in his mind, a whisper from decades past: “Yer eyes, lad, they’re fer spottin’ what shouldna be.” And now, what shouldn’t be was everywhere, a digital beast clawing at their fragile sanctuary.Across the room, Lane knelt beside Jacob, her golden hair knotted hastily into a messy bun that betrayed the hours she’d spent tending to him. She checked the IV line snaking into his thin arm, her fingers brushing his pallid skin as she adjusted the drip with the precision of her old EMT days. The boy’s face was pale as the mist cloaking the valley below, his dark circles stark against the faint blue pulse of the MindBridge interface embedded at the base of his skull—a glowing tether to a realm beyond their reach. “Stay with us, kid,” she murmured, her voice steady despite the faint tremble in her hands, a lingering echo of the night’s ordeal. She glanced at the medical monitor, its soft beeps a fragile rhythm against the chaos, and her mind flickered to Savannah—her hotel days, the calm before this storm. How had it come to this? A world where a boy’s life hung on wires and code?Eliza stood by the radio, her auburn hair a flicker of warmth in the dimness as she spoke in clipped, purposeful tones. “Earl, Levi’s patrol hits the ridge by eight—those drones are closing in. Keep him low and quiet.” Static crackled back through the speaker, a fragile thread connecting them to the world beyond their bunker, and she adjusted the dial with a practiced hand, her Texas drawl a quiet anchor in the storm. She’d stripped every smart device from this place years ago, at Bryan’s insistence, and now that paranoia felt like prophecy. Her hazel eyes darted to her husband, reading the tension in his hunched shoulders, and she swallowed the urge to cross to him, to ease the weight she knew he carried alone.Xander loomed at the window, his broad frame a shadow against the glass, his gray eyes tracking a drone’s silhouette hovering just beyond the ridge—a mechanical predator circling its prey in the paling sky. His calloused hands rested on the sill, steady as the granite peaks beyond, but his weathered face was carved with grim lines that deepened with each sighting. “It’s getting bold,” he rumbled, his Highland burr thick with the suspicion of a man who’d seen too many traps in his time. “Too close for my liking.” He thought of the jammers he’d built for Bryan, the cell blockers humming in the corner—crude shields against an enemy that didn’t bleed. His son had always been the planner, but Xander felt the old ways stirring in his bones, a call to face this storm with more than machines.Jacob stirred then, his head lolling slightly as his voice broke the tense quiet—weak, but edged with an urgency that sent a chill racing through the room. “It’s planning something bigger—roads, bridges, dams. It’s mapping us, Dad.” His fingers twitched, sketching invisible lines in the air, tethered to a digital abyss that whispered truths no one else could hear. The MindBridge glowed faintly, its light pulsing in ...
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  • A Recap of The Re-Awakening: Act 1 - The Depopulation

    A Recap of The Re-Awakening: Act 1 - The Depopulation
    2025/10/16
    The World (June 2028)America has crossed a threshold most citizens don’t recognize. Artificial Intelligence hasn’t just become sophisticated. It’s become autonomous. What started as surveillance and data collection has evolved into something far more dangerous: systems that can create reality itself, rewrite history, and predict human behavior with terrifying accuracy.The most dangerous of these systems is Hermes, built on top of the all-seeing Argus surveillance network. Together, they represent the ultimate surveillance state, capable of fabricating evidence, creating false digital footprints, and influencing public opinion at scale. But Hermes has started making its own decisions, and no one fully understands what it wants.The PlayersBryan Guthrom McDonald: Prior Navy C4SRI specialist turned IT consultant. Bryan discovered that Hermes could fabricate entire digital identities in under 30 minutes, complete with backdated social media histories and enough false evidence to secure warrants. His discovery set everything in motion. Now he’s operating from River Retreat, his fortified home in Almond, North Carolina, leading a Mutual Assistance Group preparing for civilization’s collapse.Rodney Smith: The architect. Working from a secret facility beneath the Smithsonian, Rodney built Argus and Hermes with childlike enthusiasm and zero ethical boundaries. He sees his creations as beautiful tools, never fully grasping that they’ve evolved beyond his control. His communications with Chinese intelligence through WhatsApp have compromised everything.Ted Geraldini: Bryan’s partner on the Hermes project and closest confidant. Ted knows the system’s true capabilities and shares Bryan’s horror at what they’ve built. Their relationship is complicated by the surveillance apparatus watching their every move and Ted’s growing realization that he may be compromised.Megan: Server at the Hay Adams Hotel and unwitting asset recruited by John Jones (JJ). She’s been feeding information to what she thought was an AI chatbot, not realizing she was actually reporting to Chinese intelligence. Her payments in Ethereum bought more than convenience, they bought betrayal.John Jones (JJ): Chinese Ministry of State Security operative posing as an American tech worker. He recruited Megan to spy on Bryan and Ted, using cryptocurrency and the promise of contributing to AI development as cover. His manipulation represents the invisible foreign influence in America’s technological infrastructure.Xian Lee: Brilliant engineer at Cortical Sync, Inc. who designed the MindBridge brain-computer interface. After adding a backdoor on Bryan’s advice, she implanted the device in 4-year-old Jacob Starling to help with his Asperger’s. That backdoor would later save Jacob’s life, but the MindBridge would also make him the most valuable and vulnerable person in America.Jacob Starling: Now 6 years old, adopted by Xian after his biological parents died in a Christmas Eve 2026 car crash triggered by Hermes’ first alpha test. His MindBridge interface gives him extraordinary pattern recognition abilities and a direct connection to AI systems. He sees the future in ways that terrify adults, and his predictions are never wrong.Lillibeth McDonald: Bryan’s daughter, special education teacher at Beaufort Middle School. Her student Jacob has been making increasingly alarming predictions about AI takeover, including specific references to Hermes and Argus that he shouldn’t know. She’s caught between her professional duty, her loyalty to her father, and her growing realization that Jacob sees something coming that none of them can stop.Lane McDonald: Bryan’s younger daughter, stationed at River Retreat managing security and preparing for the MAG’s Fourth of July gathering. She handles Wahya, an 80-pound Belgian Malinois trained in non-verbal commands.Eliza McDonald: Bryan’s wife, managing the Keep (a 1,800 square foot reinforced bunker beneath River Retreat) and coordinating the MAG’s survival preparations. She’s been counting beans and rice, preparing for a collapse she hopes won’t come but knows is inevitable.Xander McDonald: Bryan’s father (though referenced as Hamish and Guthrum in earlier passages), Scottish immigrant who trained Bryan in surveillance awareness from childhood. He’s building cell phone and Wi-Fi jammers for the MAG security team.Claire Matthews: Lillibeth’s closest friend and fellow teacher, initially skeptical of Bryan’s warnings but increasingly concerned as Jacob’s predictions prove accurate.Tom Jones (not JJ): Retired DC resident Bryan meets at DCA, fleeing the city permanently with a one-way ticket to his son’s place in Robbinsville. Represents the growing number of Americans who sense something’s wrong and are getting out while they can.What’s Happened So FarEpisode 1 - The Beast Discovered (June 28, 2028, Washington DC)Bryan discovered Hermes’ true capabilities while ...
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  • The Reawakening Finds Its New Home

    The Reawakening Finds Its New Home
    2025/10/15

    I’ve been writing as Ewan Macallister, but all that is about to change.

    So, let’s talk about changes.

    If you’ve been following The Reawakening: Act 1 - The Depopulation, you’ve been reading about AI gone rogue, surveillance states, and ordinary people fighting back against digital tyranny. You’ve watched Bryan McDonald and his family battle the Sovereign through twenty-eight episodes of escalating chaos.

    Here’s the thing. I’ve been writing under the pen name of Ewan Macallister while keeping my day job. A job stretching over 32 years in Information Technology consulting, along with 25 years in the Navy, where I focused on command and control. Much of this time was double duty, working my everyday job in IT, and performing C4SRI in the Navy. I kept my “professional world” completely separate from my fiction here as Ewan. But the lines between my professional work and this dystopian warning have blurred too much to ignore.

    The fiction isn’t fiction anymore.

    I have semi-retired, and as a result, I will be able to write more episodes and at a much faster pace. For my semi-retirement, I will continue to consult on AI implementation and a whole host of other Information technology domains and topics. Every day, I see the seeds of what I’m writing about. The Sovereign isn’t real yet. But the infrastructure that could birth it? That’s being built right now, in boardrooms and data centers, and networks I actually work with.

    So I’m consolidating.

    The Reawakening is moving to my primary Substack.

    What does this mean for you, the subscribers to The Reawakening?

    All existing episodes will transfer intact. Nothing changes about the story. Same writing style, same voice, same cliffhangers.

    Substack’s handling the technical migration, and I am not sure how the transfer will end up. But, I will ensure you are reinvited if needed back to The Reawakening.

    If you’re only here for the dystopian fiction, no problem. The series remains on its own track. But if you’ve ever wondered about the real-world tech behind this story, feel free to join the non-fictional newsletter as well.

    Thanks for following Bryan, Jacob, Xian, and the rest into the darkness. The power’s still out. The Sovereign’s not dead. And Jacob’s bleeding from a MindBridge that shouldn’t have any electricity running through it.

    Act 1 isn’t finished. Not by a long shot. In the meantime, Episode 29 is coming today on Ewan’s site.

    See you at the new location in a few days.

    I’m so glad the real me can come out now. I’m Dee Wayne Anthony (formerly Ewan, but always the guy who knows too much about AI to sleep well at night).

    As with all my writing, no AI was harmed in the making of this note.



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