Incursion: Book Three of The Recursion Event Saga by Brian J. Walton

Author:Brian J. Walton [Walton, Brian J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Camton House Publishing
Published: 2018-01-28T22:00:00+00:00

February 11, 2005

“Wouldn't it be easier to lose hope?” The young woman asking the question is slender with a streak of purple in her short-cropped hair. In the Camton University auditorium packed full of quirky students, she is hardly remarkable, and yet the question catches me completely off guard. I take in a breath, scratching the nearly all-white stubble across my chin, and sink back into my chair. After a long moment, I lift the microphone to answer.

“I don’t want to be flippant here,” I say. “But the whole book is the answer to your question. That my wife could have disappeared in the way she did, with all evidence pointing to her death, would lead any normal person to accept the facts. It would also be understandable for any normal person to write off the experience I had on 10/18 as some kind of hallucination, or wishful thinking. Can you believe I’ve talked to a hundred crowds like this and no one’s ever asked me the question in that way? Everyone assumes from the title that the question of hope is a done deal for me.” I hold up the book, displaying the cover image, a beautiful painting of the East River with the words Still I Hope printed in bold san-serif lettering across the entire width and height of the cover. “In a sense, it would be easier to lose hope. And every single day I think about that question. But as to why I don’t give up? Why I don't lose hope? Who the hell knows. Read the book and give me your best guess.”

I hear scattered laughter mixed with a smattering of applause for the young girl. I turn to the moderator, Evelin Juarez, a smartly dressed middle-aged woman and the head of the Journalism department. She holds her hand up for one more question. A young man with long, tangled hair, a rash of acne, and a sad excuse for a beard slouches up to the microphone clutching a copy of As the Ashes Fell in his greasy hands. “Dear God,” I mutter under my breath, knowing what’s about to come.

The young man leans into the microphone. “My name’s Alan, and I want to know who you think was actually responsible for the two planes that crashed into the Sears Tower on 10/18.”

Evelin glances at me and I give her a slight shake of my head to tell her that it’s okay.

“So, I take it you don’t think the JAS was responsible?”

“I’ve seen the evidence, man. The way the tower collapses was too fast. The structure below it would have to have be destroyed as well. The only explanation is bombs, which means it was an inside job. Was your historic book deal a payoff to keep this secret?”

“I saw the second plane hit with my own eyes, and I heard no explosion before the tower collapsed.”

The young man’s face is a livid hue of red. I can picture him in his bedroom, obsessively reading one online forum after another.

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