Martin E. Silenus

It’s a very good time of the year.

Everyday shows the move toward milder and kinder temps and more human favorable weather. We can see the progress in the melting of snow and ice and on cooler days the evaporation and disappearance of the winter remains.

Folks are uplifted as we move into spring and optimism is high along with enthusiasm to “let’s get right to it”. City folks are planning their back yards, gardens and decorative plant selections. While the rural folks are cleaning snow and ice out of the birthing corrals in preparation for spring calving. Farmers without cattle are finishing up routine maintenance on their machinery line to ensure all is in readiness for the planting season. No interruptions or machinery downtime is tolerated during the planting season.

D.A.R.I.A. is stunningly beautiful, she is brilliant, she is a hologram, and she is a Sentient Artificial Intelligence computer program! Matt is looking for a partner that can watch his back during his Bounty Hunter endeavors. It never occurred to him that his partner might be a female Artificial Intelligence system. This book is FREE April 13th and 14th, just click the pic and enjoy the first book of the 6 book series.

Everyone loves an adventure story, so while the puddles are drying up and before you begin planting the garden visit this site for an excellent selection of adventure books. You’ll be glad you did.

Every month the deep space probes uncover more elements and aspects of space. And every month general Artificial Intelligence and robotics get stronger and more advanced. Do you wonder on our future, perhaps question what your children will do or how about your grandchildren? Well you should!

If you cannot reach me I have lost the “To do List” and my cellphone and the dogs and I will be out enjoying and inspecting the Crocus fields. Peace and serenity, no interruptions, just the fascination of the gentle beauty of these amazingly hardy flowers.

Best

Martin E. Silenus

Prairie Blizzard

“Beware the Ides of March” is a saying often used as I was growing up out on the rural prairies. In fact “beware the Nones of March” is actually more accurate as it refers to the early days of the month whereas the Ides are more the middle of the month and the Kalends end of the month. That concludes your Roman history lesson.

Notwithstanding, our own generations of experiences on the prairies has proved March to be a month of wild weather extremes. Thereby making it very dangerous for “man and beast” and must be treated with extreme caution.

Oh yes, and the expression “in like a lion out like a lamb” was also a favorite to be bandied about in March weather discussions. Whereby the saying suggested if March started with bad weather it would end with good weather. Perhaps just wishful thinking.

Nevertheless I am pleased we are not in a war zone , or buried under thirteen feet of snow, or contending with million acre wildfires as some folks are.

The world watched in horror at the tragedy and devastation of the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Phuket, Banda Aceh in Sumatra, Thailand, Siri Lanka and Indonesia killing 230,000 people. 

More recently the world again was transfixed as it watched the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami kill 20,000 men, women and children.

Even so no one was prepared for the under-sea fault rupture with resulting Earthquake and the Mega Tsunami which destroyed the coastal areas of Southern British Columbia, Canada and the North Western coastal area of the USA, the area called Cascadia.

You can read all about it for free on the March 16th and 17th giveaway. Enjoy!

In a time not so far in the future, perhaps a generation or two, humanity will look back on the struggles of 2024, smile and shake their heads dismissing how archaic things were back in “that old hopefully buried period of history”. The issues which challenge us now are resolved and forgotten in the future.

Hud and P-man are a sniper team operating out of firebase Foxtrot. They are good, maybe too good at their skill set, as their ability to perform and survive brings increasingly difficult and dangerous missions. A powerful evil other than Charlie is stalking Hud and P-man. Can Hud’s spiritual link to his beloved Daria tip the balance to level the playing field?

One of the unbroken rules of prairie winter storms is you do not go outside unless absolutely necessary, as you are at the mercy of the storm. Therefore unless sickness or death is eminent you do not leave the safety of the home.

The dogs are full of energy, until such time as I open the back door and they flounder into two feet of snow and zero visibility. About three leaps in the snow and they are back in the house content for another delicious nap.

And I am ready for some quality library time.

Best

Martin

I have lived on the Prairies of North America all my life and I still have not adapted to the contradictions and bizarre varieties of the weather. Recently in talking to a brave immigrant to the Prairies he summarized things very succinctly in that he talks about every morning is a weather surprise and very often a complete shock.

Minus fifty to sixty combined temperature and wind chill is best described as complete shock to our systems. All flesh must be covered and Arctic clothing must be worn to be able to survive outside even for a few minutes. It is just outrageously dangerous. Anything outside at such temperature assumes unusual characteristics. Electrical extension cables just break off. Boaster cables coils break instead of having elasticity, all vehicles become non functional, gas, diesel and electrical, all fail at such temps, even public transportation grinds to a halt! To add insult to injury component failure enable vehicular fires. Not surprisingly fire is not bothered at all by minus sixty and will hungrily devour an automobile in just minutes.

SANCTUARY, The Cataclysm of North America, is a premonition of a series of geological events which succeed in triggering the Yellowstone Super Volcano.

From mountain slumps on Hawaii to Mega Tsunami’s colliding with the west coast of North America triggering the rupture of the San Andrea’s Fault and the Cascadia Faults resulting in magnitude 9 earthquakes and wide spread devastation. Culminating in the ultimate disaster for North America, the eruption of the Yellowstone Super Volcano.

You can read all about it for free on the Feb.17th and 18th giveaway Enjoy!

The Earth is being consumed by ignorance and ongoing warring factions. The wise and prudent are quick to see there is no future here and are early adopters of Interstellar Adventure and Discovery.

If you are not getting enough Action & Crime with the world events in its current state be sure to drop by this website when out browsing. Some excellent material awaits you.

Well I’m sure there are many of you who would be delighted to spend a couple of weeks cruising and browsing the Islands and rock formations off the coast of Vietnam. But reality being what it is often such a vacation is not feasible or practical. Besides which many folks I know out on the prairies of North America would really struggle with +40 C and close to 100 per cent humidity. So we should be comfortable with what weather we have as best we can and secure in the knowledge that it will change soon enough.

Best

Martin E. Silenus

Prairie Pasture January 1st 2024

Yes the land is looking considerably dry and without the usual foot of snow cover. It provides farmer/rancher families of the prairie land some concern as to the 2024 moisture levels. Some folks anticipating continuing drought have sold off the bulk of their cattle herds as there simply will not be the required feed for them. While it is true feed for cattle can be purchased but doing so destroys the potential profit margins.

Other farming families are content to watch and wait and see if the Easter blizzards show up before making farming decisions for the 2024 crop year.

The D.A.R.I.A. Chronicles (6 book series)

D.A.R.I.A. is stunningly beautiful, she is brilliant, she is a hologram, and she is a Sentient Artificial Intelligence computer program! Matt is looking for a partner that can watch his back during his Bounty Hunter endeavors. It never occurred to him that his partner might be a female Artificial Intelligence system. A super human AI entity that learns, recognizes, monitors, controls, evaluates, and recommends at levels that humans could only envy. DARIA is an Archangel and 10 years ahead of anything even visualized by DARPA. D.A.R.I.A. is the first book in a six book series that follows Matt Southam, Bounty Hunter and his partner sentient AI System. If you liked Ex Machina, Her, or J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man, then you will love the new Martin E. Silenus book D.A.R.I.A. Buy D.A.R.I.A. to discover this powerful new series today!

Yes as a matter of fact I am very pleased to see the advancements in Technology. Yes I do see great advantages for AI and Robotics doing repetitive menial warehouse labor. However I am also a realist and can see we are a long way away from AI and Robots eliminating humanity. That is a media fear in the category of “Henny Penny and the sky is falling!”

Some might look at these ebooks as nothing more than fearmongering. For those that do I refer you to the ongoing Vancouver Canada earthquakes, Southern California earthquakes, Japan earthquakes and Tsunami, Iceland earthquakes and Volcano and by recent counts forty six other active volcanoes around the world. It’s just a matter of when.

Hud and P-man are a sniper team operating out of firebase Foxtrot. They are good, maybe too good at their skill set, as their ability to perform and survive brings increasingly difficult and dangerous missions. A powerful evil other than Charlie is stalking Hud and P-man. Can Hud’s spiritual link to his beloved Daria tip the balance to level the playing field?

The beginning of a New Year is a time when many folks make New Year’s Resolutions. Frankly I don’t know why as most promptly forget them as soon as made and do not follow through on them anyway. Seems like a form of “public admission” of ones shortcomings to be shared with friends and family while they continue on with no change whatsoever.

However there is one aspect of this annual exercise which may have some value which is the “taking personal stock” of your lot and perhaps letting go of some refuse while focusing on those higher priorities and aspects of the day. A kind of metaphysical housecleaning if you will whereby you clean up your mental room of junk to reduce distractions and increase focus on specific items.

With that in mind I’m going to take the dog’s out for run and do my own mental housekeeping.

All the very best for you in 2024

Season’s Greetings

As our year of 2023 draws to a close we absorb the knowledge and experiences it provided us as we set plans for what 2024 might bring. I wish you the very warmest season’s greetings. May you enjoy good health, work which is rewarding and experience the love and security of your family. Hug your children extra tight and the grandchildren should you be so fortunate and revel in peace, tranquility, and inner serenity.

Quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence fueling the phenomenal growth industries of the day. The benefits of which come at a cost as yet undisclosed.

The D.A.R.I.A. Chronicles (6 book series)

D.A.R.I.A. is stunningly beautiful, she is brilliant, she is a hologram, and she is a Sentient Artificial Intelligence computer program! Matt is looking for a partner that can watch his back during his Bounty Hunter endeavors. It never occurred to him that his partner might be a female Artificial Intelligence system. A super human AI entity that learns, recognizes, monitors, controls, evaluates, and recommends at levels that humans could only envy. DARIA is an Archangel and 10 years ahead of anything even visualized by DARPA. D.A.R.I.A. is the first book in a six book series that follows Matt Southam, Bounty Hunter and his partner sentient AI System. If you liked Ex Machina, Her, or J.A.R.V.I.S. from Iron Man, then you will love the new Martin E. Silenus book D.A.R.I.A. Buy D.A.R.I.A. to discover this powerful new series today!

SANCTUARY, The Cataclysm of North America, is a premonition of a series of geological events which succeed in triggering the Yellowstone Super Volcano.

From mountain slumps on Hawaii to Mega Tsunami’s colliding with the west coast of North America triggering the rupture of the San Andrea’s Fault and the Cascadia Faults resulting in magnitude 9 earthquakes and wide spread devastation. Culminating in the ultimate disaster for North America, the eruption of the Yellowstone Super Volcano!

If you enjoy disaster eBooks or movies like San Andreas 2015, Geostorm, The Quake, Volcano, The Perfect Storm, then SANCTUARY, The Cataclysm of North America is the eBook for you.

The world watched in horror at the tragedy and devastation of the 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami that devastated Phuket, Banda Aceh in Sumatra, Thailand, Siri Lanka and Indonesia killing 230,000 people. More recently the world again was transfixed as it watched the 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami kill 20,000 men, women and children. The absolute destruction of everything reaching inland for 10 kilometers.

Even so no one was prepared for the under sea fault rupture Earthquake and the Mega Tsunami which destroyed the coastal areas of Southern British Columbia, Canada and the North Western coastal area of the USA, the area called Cascadia.

Written by Martin E. Silenus following the popular “SANCTUARY: THE CATACLYSM OF NORTH AMERICA” book, Martin once again examines our societies terrible vulnerability and risks from inevitable natural disasters.
Pickup your copy of ARMAGEDDON OF CASCADIA today to get a grasp and understanding of the horrific scope of this pending disaster.

Get your bug-out bag, night vision helmet, flak vest, emergency meds, and all the ordinance you can carry. Take the high ground and use the moderator to mask the direction of your sniper shots. Aim for the Officers. Freedom!!

Thank you very much for your interest in my work and for your continued support in the future. To build pictures and create worlds with words and prose is a great delight for me and I’m very honored and humbled by those who take the time to read my work.

Season’s Greetings and all the very best to you in the New Year.

Martin

While I really appreciate the stability and steady temps of the more Southern locations and their lack of snow, I do quite enjoy watching the seasons change and in particular watching autumn.

The scenery is pretty impressive to me at the best of times as I really admire Mother Nature when she behaves. But when autumn comes along and the scenery explodes in vivid colors it just takes the game to another level altogether.

In my mind it becomes a sort of Nature fireworks display to celebrate the activities and accomplishments of the year. It’s a really good time for agriculture related folks as they have time to collect their thoughts and maybe indulge in some hunting to help fill the deep freeze. You do have a huge deep freeze for meat don’t you? I know plenty of folks that have one just for the wild game they harvest and another for store bought meat.

The entertainment of the hunt, comradery, plus lots of very good eating is a recipe that is hard to beat.

I’m offering a special bargain this month with The Vietnam Trilogy series free, yes FREE on November 11th and 12th. Grab them while they are free and read them at your leisure. Just click on the pic.

And how about the recent breathtaking leaps forward in Artificial Intelligence, how about that indeed. There are suggestions general AI will be commonplace in five years. I don’t doubt for a moment it is not possible and achievable. But I wonder if humanity is prepared for the radical change it brings. I rather fear it is not.

It almost seems a sacrilege to offer books in this category given the amount of war in progress currently. How sad is it humanity is incapable of stopping the systematic extermination of itself?

Yes I am neglecting my “to do list” in favor of walking in the autumn leaves, taking pictures, drinking in the stunning scenery, pondering and enjoying myself immensely. Of course the dogs absolutely love this time of year and can smell and sense the seasonal change so are highly motivated to gallop around snuffing and rolling, best day ever they tell me. I think they are right.

Enjoy autumn everyone!

Best

Martin

I confess to be nothing of a historian and really not much for traditions either. That said my parents always spoke highly of the Thanksgiving time of the year. Not from a religious standpoint you understand but from a viewpoint of pride and accomplishment in the annual dealing with Mother Nature. There was an “accounting” of sorts as to how the year went and generally a sense of achievement and perhaps relief the harvest was completed, the garden produce canned/stored and the feed for the livestock put up. As Marty Robbins once referred to as “When the work’s all done this fall.” An expression used liberally in my parent’s day.

On the Thanksgiving weekend families would get together and perhaps neighbors too all bringing food to groaning loaded tables. There was much excitement, cheerfulness and contentment among the grownups and plenty of kids my age to play with. As travel was not easy back in the day visitors often stayed over and the good times continued for a second day. After the very hard work of harvest Thanksgiving was just a huge celebration and a time to relax with friends and relatives.

This month’s free book is a change away from serious to the frustrating, humorous and generally rewarding realities of following your dreams. Perhaps it is a primer lesson of what to expect should you venture down this path. But then what is life but a series of linked adventures? The Man Shed Report free on October 14th and 15th check it out!! Just click on the picture and enjoy.

Will there be Pirates in space do you suppose? Those miscreants who victimize and live off the avails of unfortunate travelers. Human history is quite repetitive you realize and travelers of space and our oceans have much in common.

And speaking of wayward travelers not un-similar to the ocean sailors of yore or the settlers to the west. The wise traveler walks quietly and cares a big loaded fire-stick with backup pistol and combat knife. Be prepared for the worst and hope for the best is a fine motto!!

Yes in our location the seasons are rapidly changing and the cooler weather is not very far away. Excellent timing for collecting plenty of reading material to keep us mentally delighted and refreshed through the long winter months.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend and be very thankful for what you have and how the year has gone. Hug your family and friends and remember those in the world who are not as fortunate as you have been.

Happy Thanksgiving

Martin E. Silenus

Well it has not been a stellar year in terms of agriculture on the prairies of North America. It seems the drought which has been lingering around for four years continues to be causing havoc. The lack of snow, rain, and reduced moisture combined with extremely inconsistent rain shower activity has contributed to yet another poor growing year.

“Buy a farm, be a farmer, it will be fun to be outdoors in nature they said!” Yeah, well maybe not so much as it can be rather discouraging to see little crop growth on your land but lush growth just a few miles away due to spotty rain showers.

When agriculture does poorly the country does poorly is a common mantra. There are so many businesses which are chained to the state of agriculture that year to year crop and grazing production will dictate the success of the myriad of support businesses.

Not to even mention the increasing world demand for food.

While on the topic of food, shelter, water and safety, consider the effects on the populace during a natural disaster. It seems we have them on an increasingly regular basis. How would you survive and protect your family if you happened to be caught in ARMAGEDDON OF CASCADIA. You can ponder on this and see how the protagonists faired for free on September 16th and 17th.

How are things going to look in another five to ten years? Do you suppose there will be anything you recognize or will the world have changed beyond anything you know? Stop by at PEER INTO THE FUTURE to see what excellent SCI-FI writer’s project the future to be.

Not to promote war, crime and violence as there seems to be plenty of that about in all directions these days, but if that is your reading pleasure be sure to visit the website above for a delicious selection.

When the day has ended, the sturm and drang faded, when the silence has descended and we contact our souls, I ponder of the dreams, aspirations and goals of those hardy pioneers who came, lived and left before us. What stories these empty and abandoned farm houses could tell.

Best

Martin E. Silenus