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Mateo finds a strange black rock while walking in the hills. A physicist discovers after extensive study that it interacts with its environment, displaying awareness and self-determination. It is so completely different than any other biological form and operates on completely different rules. Yet it interacts with its environment and displays will and self-determination. Is it alive?

The epidemic of disinformation has led to rampant exploitation of facts, causing violence and anarchy. It is now the year 2051, and Fiducia, an independent city-state, has been created to audit information for its factual acuity. Fudicia is a secular state dedicated solely to validating fact. It is supported by most countries in the world and exists only for the purpose of arresting the spread of disinformation. It is isolated from the rest of the world, and great efforts have been taken to ensure its incorruptibility.

What is it that is behind all types of desire? Drew is in college and his entire existence is dominated by his desires. He meets Alex, an engineer who is obsessed with creating the embodiment of desire. They both work together to create something that perfectly embodies every type of human desire, from hunger to sex, from comfort to love.

The Reality Beneath Book II Going Sideways on Life is a sequel to Johnson’s first book of short stories, The Reality Beneath - Old Fashioned Reality in the Modern word. It contains a completely new set of short stories written in the unique genre that he is known for. It is an insightful mixture of speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. The stories take things we believe we know and understand in a new way. This gets us to think about the world that surrounds us in a new way to reveal a new understanding.

Gerard Ploilaux, a 17th-century violin enthusiast, makes a rare find in a unique violin, which produces the most incredible sound he has yet experienced. Seeking to replace the strings, he is driven on a quest that takes him to places few have ventured and he meets people he wished he had not. The excursion leaves him wishing he had not ventured from the familiar sanctuary of his life into terror-striken realms he did not know existed.

This is the second novel in the series of Young Magic. This time, the Variants face many unlikely challenges. At first glance, the challenges may not seem as demanding as in the first novel. The Variants do not face powerful magical spells of dark magic. Their chief adversary is a voodoo master. Magic is more one of deception, illusion, and confusion.