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    The Traveler

    John Twelve Hawks · 2005

    The Traveler explores a parallel world that exists alongside our own. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. A world that exists in the shadows of our own. A conflict we will never see. One woman stands between those determined to control history and those who will risk their lives for freedom. Maya is hiding in plain sight in London. The twenty-six-year-old has abandoned the dangerous obligations pressed upon her by her father, and chosen instead to live a normal life. But Maya comes from a long line of people who call themselves Harlequins--a fierce group of warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to protect a select few known as Travelers. Gabriel and Michael Corrigan are brothers living in Los Angeles. Since childhood, the young men have been shaped by stories that their late father was a Traveler, one of a small band of prophets who have vastly influenced the course of history. Travelers are able to attain pure enlightenment, and have for centuries ushered change into the world. Gabriel and Michael, who may have inherited their father's gifts, have always protected themselves by living "off the Grid"--that is, invisible to the real-life surveillance networks that monitor people in our modern society. Summoned by her ailing father, Maya is told of the existence of the brothers.

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    What Hacker News says

    1. ser13May 2020
      A few that affected me and haven't already been mentioned (in no particular order)

      Anything by John Twelve Hawks, but especially The Traveler: his works got me thinking about the role technology plays in the world and especially the balance among surveillance and privacy.

      Pure by Linda Kay Klein: perhaps only interesting if you were raised in the Church's purity culture, but this also talks about the role religion plays in society as a whole.

      14 Lessons in Yogi Philosophy: really opened my mind to Eastern ideas about living a spiritual life.

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    2. cikJul 2013
      It's sad. The reality is that people don't care. There's no way the government could have built their Panopticon without people doing it for them.

      But that reminds me of one of my favourite series: http://www.amazon.com/Traveler-Fourth-Realm-Trilogy-Book/dp/...

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    3. LadyMSep 2011
      Neil Stephenson wrote "The Diamond Age", an amazing sic-fi book as well.

      John Twelve Hawks "The Traveler" is also deserving of this list.

      There are some great books on this list and they truly speak for themselves.

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