Bøger af Michael Bunker

Twenty years in the future is five-hundred years in the past. It is just two decades after the worldwide societal collapse and the Vallenses, an Amish-like "plain people" living and surviving in what was once Central Texas, are under attack by the King of Aztlan and his armies. The pacifistic Vallenses are defended by the shadowy Ghost Militia and their inspiring leader Phillip, a militant freeman who wages a guerilla war with Aztlan. Jonathan Wall and the thriving agrarian community of Vallenses have prospered by living the simple and sustainable ways of the past. In a massively depopulated world, balkanization is a reality and monarchy is back. A corrupt kingdom arises, led by a king who cannot abide freemen on lands that he covets. Just as the Vallenses send off a plea to the benevolent King of the South States, a mysterious assassin misses his target: Jonathan Wall. Phillip "the Ghost" is on a personal mission to save the Vallenses - even if it is against their will, while Jonathan's own son David and his fearless teenage daughter Ruth are led to challenge their pacifistic upbringing and question whether or not the time has come for the Vallenses to fight for the land, the people, and the God they love. The Last Pilgrims is a modern re-telling of the forgotten history of the Ancient Waldenses - simple farmers who lived in the valleys of the Alps for hundreds of years despite repeated attempts to annihilate them. Full of tragedy, adventure, humor, and love, The Last Pilgrims is a rare post-apocalyptic saga that takes history and casts it into the future, while examining that future in light of the errors of the present and the past.

Idol worship may seem like just a curious anachronism to our modern sensibilities. The Old Testament is replete with God's commands against it and Israel's temptation to it, but the average reader of today may feel quite insulated from the whole matter. Idolatry is dismissed as ancient naiveté, the impulse of the unlearned, and a superstition that the enlightened man has outgrown. In the following pages, Michael Bunker strikes at the heart of such comfortable assumptions by demonstrating that idolatry is still as alive and malignant as ever, the difference between the ancient world and ours being only that idolatry has become more subtle and idolaters more sophisticated. Instead of having outgrown idolatry, men have nurtured and perfected it. No longer do we craft our idols out of wood and stone, leaving their obvious lifelessness to unsettle our consciences; now we give our idols the breath of life by enshrining them in unbiblical ideas, selfish values and worldly assumptions. Idolatry has always been a matter of the heart; the external manifestations merely change with the times and fall in and out of fashion. The purpose of this present volume is to expose and tear down the subtle idols of the heart that have been enshrined all around us and within us.

Three short fictional works - a short story, a novelette, and a short novel - by Michael Bunker. #NaNoWri War Z, a Novelette A government experiment in creating super-soldiers goes awry when a new virus is tested on a struggling independent writer from Leeds, and now peculiar zombies are on the loose in London and they are only eating good writers. As bad writers struggle to be validated by being eaten by zombies... who refuse to eat them... will England be left without any good writers at all? Will the country become just another France? #NaNoWri War Z is a short book written by Michael Bunker during the real #NaNoWriWee competition in about 20 hours. PENNSYLVANIA, a short story and first entry in the Pennsylvania series Jedidiah Troyer signed up for an emigration program that is colonizing the planet of New Pennsylvania. He just wants to start a farm and homestead on some affordable land in a new Amish community on a distant planet. Space pioneering isn't as easy as it sounds when you're "plain." Things might work out for Jed... if he can ever get to his new home. FUTURITY, a short novel Everyone wants to travel to the past. Not Malcolm. He wants to go into the future... and he's just found out that Dr. Paulsen, Professor of Optics at Rochester-Finney University has figured out how to do it. Malcolm is a third year physics student and a gamer. He's about to get more than he ever bargained for and he's going to take you along for the ride.

Western Society is in confusion, the industrial world is teetering on collapse, and it looks like things could get worse. Agrarian Blogger, historian, and "plain" preacher Michael Bunker has been living off of the grid for many years, and he has some advice for those living in the industrial/consumerist economy ...living an off off-grid life is achievable. It has been done for thousands of years, and it can be done today... It is quite possible that many people who have relied on a failing system for their means of survival will very soon find that they have made a mistake of historic proportions. Historic, because every major "classical" culture went down the same road our society is on today. This book is about the lessons we should have learned, and what you can do to survive what history tells us must come next.

***This is a short fanfic story set in the world of Hugh Howey's SAND and written by his permission. Please know what you are getting. The story is only about 8,000 words. I have included the first two chapters of my Pennsylvania series in this paperback as well. MB*** What is a man's life worth? Out in the wastes north of Springston the rush for riches and fame is on. The word is out that the legendary city of Danvar has been found, and every diver, brigand, and pirate with a sarfer is racing to find it. But out in the dunes there's only one inarguable fact... The sand don't care, and it never did. Dunes Over Danvar is a short story set in New York Times Bestselling Author Hugh Howey's world of SAND, and is written and published with the permission of Hugh Howey.

What does the Bible have to say about the woman's Headcovering? Is it just a matter of opinion? Author, teacher, and historian Michael Bunker wanted to know, so over many years he studied everything he could find on the topic, even reading through copious volumes of ancient commentaries and writings by early Christians. Having written on the topic a few times over the years, Michael commonly receives questions from people from all over the world, and from many different faiths and backgrounds, and, unable to find any comprehensive books or tracts that dealt with the issue from a Biblical perspective, Michael decided to make his writings on the subject available in print form. This 132 page book examines the topic of headcoverings, examining the history, scriptures, historical evidence and practices, and the writings of many different people throughout history. It is offered for the benefit of anyone who seeks a deeper and more Biblical understanding of the topic.

Time and the Gloaming: 7 Time Travel Stories introduces the world to Michael Bunker's unique and fascinating Time Travel world. Finally gathered into this exciting anthology, Bunker's Time Travel stories are the freshest take on the genre since Jack Finney mastered it decades ago in Time and Again. From the story of a father, a son, and the legendary Santa Anna Gold, to the tale of a Death Row inmate with a plan to make things right, in God Bless This Prison. From a man who steals his physicist father's plans to drop into history in the old west, in the story Free Falling, to the story of a door, found in an old junk shop, that may be able to take you anywhere, even to your lost love, in Jessup's Door. From the story of a man who falls asleep on the way to a play and wakes up in the past, in Jessup's Drive, to the story of a writer with writer's block who inherits the cabin where the greatest case of writer's block in history happened, in All I Can Be. Seven tales to make you wonder. Including the title story Time and the Gloaming, a new, never before published story that asks the question, what if people are already here... from the future?

Deep in the Catskill Forest Preserve is a town that doesn't exist... at least not officially. Warwick is an authentic Russian village not far from New York City. It is also a Charm School, a spy school where Americans are trained and raised from birth to be Russians, sent to spy for America in the former Soviet Union. The problem is that this little slice of Russia is heading toward a second Russian Revolution, and the town is about to explode. In this second volume of Michael Bunker's bestselling WICK series, Michael and Chris Awalt return us to the beautiful, thrilling, and deadly town of Warwick as the world spirals into chaos and a new world war is only the flick of a switch away.

Leah is a picker. Her job is to sift through the refuse and waste of the silo and sort it for recycling. She enjoys making homemade paper and writing stories, but she just happens to live in an underground silo full of mysteries, in a dystopian world that has been destroyed by mankind, and the two things that she loves to do most in the world are both illegal. After being arrested for illegally producing paper for the distribution of banned materials, she is thrust into the shadowy world of SAMIZDAT -- a league of dissident literary rebels who publish illegal books in the silo. THE SILO ARCHIPELAGO is a thrilling novel that takes place in the world of Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL saga. Written with Hugh's permission, The Silo Archipelago examines the issues of control, tyranny, and censorship through the lens of history. Throughout time, dissident writers have used paper and words as weapons of war against both governments and really bad ideas. The Silo Archipelago, in the spirit of A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch and The Gulag Archipelago, examines what would happen if there were literary dissidents in the silos of Hugh Howey's WOOL.

...it's freaking fantastic. It is the single funniest, laugh-a-minute Novella that I've ever consumed... ...I cannot remember the last time I had this much fun reading a book... ...NaNoWri War Z - Hugh Howey Must Die! is probably the most fun I've had reading in a long time. I was very skeptical about another Zombie book, but curious. I laughed out loud!.. ...It is an instant satire classic... "...That's right, Mr. Howey. If you don't help us, why... we'll turn into another France, and no one wants that. England will just be another place where American and German authors holiday to write good books. We'd be a laughingstock, and I for one won't allow it." "I agree, sir," Hugh responded, nodding. "Will you help us not be France, Hugh Howey?" "I will, sir." ***** #NaNoWriWee, the challenge to write a short novel or novelette in thirty hours is underway in London England, and the challenge just happens to coincide with a visit by Bestselling Author of The COTTON Omnibus, Hugh Howey, who is on a book tour in the city. At the same time, a government experiment in creating super-soldiers goes awry when a new virus is tested on an a struggling independent writer from Leeds, and now peculiar zombies are on the loose in London and they are only eating good writers. As bad writers struggle to be validated by being eaten by zombies... who refuse to eat them... will England be left without any good writers at all? Will the country become just another France? England needs some heroes, and so does the Book Publishing Industry. In this short book, actually written during #NaNoWriWee (National Novel Writers Weekend) and in under thirty hours, Michael Bunker, mind fried and groggy from too much coffee and not enough sleep, pokes a sharp and funny stick at zombies, the writing culture, mainstream publishing, England, France, and most of all, Piers Morgan. Nothing good or literary can come of spilling out 30,000 words in under 30 hours... we just all hope it is not true that... HUGH HOWEY MUST DIE!!! If you are looking for one of Michael Bunker's usually well-written, thoughtful, philosophical, and poignant books... this ain't it. Try W1CK or Futurity or any of the others. If, however, you want a laugh at what a man comes up with when he's under a deadline and hasn't slept in a few days... this one is for you. ***Hugh Howey's compelling story, name, fictional likeness, and non-fictional awesomeness are used with his permission**

What does the Bible have to say about the Beard? Is it just a matter of opinion? Author, teacher, and historian Michael Bunker wanted to know, so over many years he studied everything he could find on the topic, even reading through copious volumes of ancient commentaries and writings by early Christians. Having written on the topic a few times over the years, Michael commonly receives questions from people from all over the world, and from many different faiths and backgrounds, and, unable to find any books or tracts that dealt with the issue from a Biblical perspective, Michael decided to make this tract available in print form. This 72 page booklet examines the topic, examining the scriptures, types and shadows of sin and righteousness, historical evidence and practices, and the writings of many different people throughout history. It is offered for the benefit of anyone who seeks a deeper and more Biblical understanding of the topic.

"Pennsylvania is a brilliant tale of extra-planetary colonization. With parallels to the European settlement of the America's, Michael Bunker draws on his Amish roots and lifestyle to portray that tenuous balance between mankind and its machines. He also knows better than most the difficulty of surviving on civilization's frontier. I daresay the wait for the next great Amish science fiction author may be finally at an end." HUGH HOWEY, NYT Bestselling Author of WOOL and Peace in Amber. "You'll quickly go from wondering 'Amish science fiction?' to asking 'Why the heck didn't anyone think of this before?' Fast-paced, intricately plotted, and providing a novel perspective on our own world, Pennsylvania is a refreshingly original take on dystopian sci-fi." DAVID GATEWOOD ...Sensational! Brings me back to my youth when I was reading Heinlein and Asimov. The story is great. The premise excellent. Engaging and vivid, I compare it to Tunnel in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein. Bunker...you are on the road to being an author to be reckoned with... ...At first I thought an Amish Sci-Fi adventure sounded a little strange, but after I started reading I couldn't put the book down.... ...Just finished reading this. Must.... have.... more.... ...What a great idea. Amish and Sci-Fi. As strange as it sounds, it works. Boy, does it work... ...The ending snuck up on me, but has since haunted me for days... ...Once again, he's written a book that features an excellent plot and development, containing unforgettable characters and events... ...hook, line, and sinker... ...Bunker is sensational. Excellent story telling. His books bring the characters to life and you end up wanting more... ... Jedidiah Troyer just wants to start a farm and homestead on some affordable land in a new Amish community, but... what if the only good, cheap, available land was on another planet? So now Jed has signed up for an emigration program that is intent on colonizing the distant planet of New Pennsylvania. He faces a despotic government agency at war with rebels, the caprices of interstellar travel, a shadowy futuristic insurgency on his new planet, and more mysteries than he can count as he tries to fulfill his dream of owning his own farm. Space pioneering isn't as easy as it sounds when you're "plain." Things might work out for Jed... if he can ever get to his new home. Pennsylvania is a short story, 16,500 words (about forty five pages, ) and it is the first in the planned Pennsylvania series which is intended to be a five part collection that will eventually make up the Pennsylvania novel.

Pennsylvania 2 is a short story, 17000 words (about 62 pages), and is the second in the five-star-rated Pennsylvania series. Jedediah Troyer and his new friend Dawn have arrived on New Pennsylvania - in the middle of a rebel uprising. TRACE, the resistance group that is rising up against Transport, has taken on the mission of getting Jed from the City to the Amish Zone.

Can people change in the land of the Sand? Two men who met in the dunes over the lost city of Danvar have to find out if there can ever be such a thing as friendship, honor, and sacrifice in a world full of sand divers, pirates, brigands, and thieves... and if there can ever be a life outside the world of the sand. Dunes Over Danvar 3: Sand Hawk, is the third and final short story in the Dunes Over Danvar series to be set in New York Times Bestselling Author Hugh Howey's world of SAND, and is written and published with the permission of Hugh Howey.

Pennsylvania 4 is a short story, 20,000 words (about 70 pages), and is the fourth book of five in the five-star-rated Pennsylvania series. Young Amishman Jedediah Troyer is the prize in a battle for control over New Pennsylvania. The whole new world is the battlefield as TRACE and the government (Transport) engage in a life and death struggle that could mean either freedom or tyranny for everyone on the planet. All the while Jed and the woman he loves grow closer together. But who is Dawn Beachy and what does she really want from Jed?

This is the complete Omnibus paperback edition of the Pennsylvania novel - which includes in one title all five books of the Pennsylvania series. Jedediah Troyer just wants to start a farm and homestead on some affordable land in an Amish community, but... what if the only good, cheap, available land is on another planet? So now Jed has signed up for an emigration program that is intent on colonizing the distant planet of New Pennsylvania. He faces a despotic government agency at war with rebels, the caprices of interstellar travel, a shadowy futuristic insurgency on his new planet, and more mysteries than he can count as he tries to fulfill his dream of owning his own farm. Space pioneering isn't as easy as it sounds when you're "plain." Things might work out for Jed... if he can ever get to his new home.

In 1975 a minority party of extremists - the Khmer Rouge - took power in Cambodia. What followed was the systematic purge and mass murder of 2.5 million Cambodians in what later became known as The Killing Fields. One large family decided to fight the odds, to escape the Killing Fields, to make it into Thailand where they hoped they would find safety. But how do you survive such a harrowing journey, weaponless and carrying children, when a whole nation has gone mad, insanity is the new normal, and death is around every turn? Based on the true story of Sophek Sean Tounn's family and their escape from the Killing Fields of Cambodia.

Dr. Chris Alexander, a borderline sociopath and technological genius, has designed an advanced cybernetic life form from prototype decommissioned military drones and top-secret experimental DARPA technology. The HADroid was supposed to be a military grade robot with the transplanted heart and brain of a human donor that would "transform" into a devastating state of the art war machine when activated by its onboard human operator. But when the mad doctor steals the dying child of a simple Amish couple and transplants the brain and cardiovascular system of their dying eleven year old autistic son into the incredibly lethal robot the dark forces of government come looking for their investment. Dr. Alexander and the monster escape into another Amish community to hide among the plain folk while Frank, the autistic eleven year old boy trapped inside the body of the world's most deadly robot, befriends another child who will help the prisoner inside the machine to leave the world of autism and understand what it means to be human and Amish. But tensions arise among the plain and pacifistic yet closed minded Amish as they begin to suspect just what kind of technological monstrosity is hiding among them, and before long hard men who do the government's most dirty deeds will come looking for a killing machine only to find a boy named Frank who has the power to defend a closed society from the worst of the world.

This limited special edition includes the first two parts of Michael Bunker's bestselling Pennsylvania series. This edition was created for those few readers who wanted the Pennsylvania story in a print edition, but who didn't want to wait for the full collected novel of all five parts. If you can wait, the collected print edition should be out in the first half of 2014. Jedidiah Troyer just wants to start a farm and homestead on some affordable land in a new Amish community, but... what if the only good, cheap, available land was on another planet? So now Jed has signed up for an emigration program that is intent on colonizing the distant planet of New Pennsylvania. He faces a despotic government agency at war with rebels, the caprices of interstellar travel, a shadowy futuristic insurgency on his new planet, and more mysteries than he can count as he tries to fulfill his dream of owning his own farm. Jedediah Troyer and his new friend Dawn arrive on New Pennsylvania - in the middle of a rebel uprising. TRACE, the resistance group that is rising up against Transport, takes on the mission of getting Jed from the City to the Amish Zone. Space pioneering isn't as easy as it sounds when you're "plain." Things might work out for Jed... if he can ever get to his new home.

Pennsylvania 5 is a short story, 26,000 words, and is the fifth and final book in the five-star-rated Pennsylvania series. This is the exciting conclusion to this bestselling series. As the Amish of New Pennsylvania plan a barn-raising, TRACE and Transport forces ready for war... and somewhere, hidden deep in the Internet, a third side is also at work. Jed and Dawn hope for peace, as the rest of the world rockets toward war.

Pennsylvania 3 is a short story, 20,000 words (about 67 pages), and is the third book of five in the five-star-rated Pennsylvania series. Young Amishman Jedediah Troyer and his new friend Dawn are trying to make it to the Amish Zone on New Pennsylvania - but what will life be like when they get there? The battle between Transport and TRACE escalates, and the whole war moves into a new and frightening phase.

Who can you trust when the world you know comes apart? Danvar has been found, but that's only the beginning of woes. Low-Pub is filled with brigands, scofflaws, and rumors. Can anyone be trusted? Anyone at all? The whole world of the sand has turned sideways and - if possible - life has become even cheaper. Dunes Over Danvar 2: Salvage, is the second short story in the Dunes Over Danvar series to be set in New York Times Bestselling Author Hugh Howey's world of SAND, and is written and published with the permission of Hugh Howey.

This is the complete WICK Omnibus Edition. "Michael Bunker goes way beyond writing a popular thriller: he clearly has a literary agenda, making the W1CK series so rich and so deep you could analyse each and every page and write a whole book about it. I guess you'd have to call it W1CK1P3D1A." ~ Max Zaoui, Everyone's a Critic Reviews In WICK 1... a man walked out of New York City after Hurricane Sandy and fell off the edge of the earth... In WICK 2: Charm School... a mysterious town explodes in violence and America is dealt a deadly blow... In WICK 3: Exodus... the world is without power. You are on foot and have no home. Any stranger you meet may kill you... and normal is never coming back. In WICK 4: One Word of Truth... Weeks after the world has been crippled by massive EMP attacks, nuclear weapons are used on major cities, and survivors grapple with a changed world that may never be the same again.

Jedediah Troyer just wants to start a farm and homestead on some affordable land in an Amish community, but... what if the only good, cheap, available land is on another planet? So now Jed has signed up for an emigration program that is intent on colonizing the distant planet of New Pennsylvania. He faces a despotic government agency at war with rebels, the caprices of interstellar travel, a shadowy futuristic insurgency on his new planet, and more mysteries than he can count as he tries to fulfill his dream of owning his own farm. Space pioneering isn't as easy as it sounds when you're "plain." Things might work out for Jed... if he can ever get to his new home.