Rachel A Ford

Dear Readers, Exciting news! For two days only - Thursday and Friday of this week - Prison Break will be free on Amazon Kindle . If you haven't grabbed a copy yet, please do. Invite a friend to grab one too! And if you have, please leave a review. Those are always helpful!! :-) Thank you!!

This blog post is devoted to exploring technotheism, one of the three prominent branches of theology in Prison Break and the Unholy Trinity series. This is a post I've been very excited to write, as the technotheists are one of the elements of Prison Break 's world that I most loved. They're one of the elements that drew me back to write Judas Kiss . So what, exactly, is a technotheist? A technotheist is a practitioner of one of the major strains of technotheism -- a branch of theology that posits that the pursuit of better, purer technology is either the path to divinity or the source of divinity. As with either of the other two branches of the Unholy Trinity, there's plenty of division among technotheists; but on one thing, they can agree: technology is the next step on the path to human evolution, whether traversing that path or reaching an endpoint is the goal. So aside from seeing technological pursuits as a good in and of themselves, what do the techno...

Special promotion: own the Kindle edition of Prison Break free between now and midnight!

This blog post is devoted to exploring 'changing tides' facing the characters of Prison Break and the Unholy Trinity series. What "changing tides"? There are a lot of different forces in the Unholy Trinity series exerting various pulls on the protagonists and other characters. And, of course, there's the ups and downs of life, the "wheel of fortune", that we all experience. But these are exacerbated by the structure of the world, and the extremes that dominate it: extreme wealth and poverty, extreme privilege and want, extreme "justice" and exceptions. When society is so stratified, the ups are much higher and the downs much lower. As Prison Break and later Judas Kiss tell the stories of people far nearer the bottom of society's pecking order than the top, the downs are pretty low. How low? Imprisonment and death sentence low, for starters. In the world described, how can the 'tide change' for the protagonists? This...

This blog post is devoted to the series' religious ruling power, the Unholy Trinity  What is the Unholy Trinity? A powerful conglomerate of the three prominent branches of belief, and the myriad subdivisions within each branch - monotheists, polytheists and technotheists (more on them in another post). This union is state sanctioned, and in turn exercises considerable control over the state. This particular confederation, sans any separation between church and state, proves dangerous - deadly - for those whose beliefs fall outside the mainstream, approved systems. It is the primary source of conflict in Prison Break , necessitating the titular event, and will resurface in the next book, Judas Kiss (in progress) as well. The trinity's ability to function is driven by its cooperation, but its power - and danger - comes from its influence over government. What is the inspiration for the Unholy Trinity, and it's impact on the world of Prison Break? There are a lot...

I'm hosting an Amazon Giveaway - if you're not familiar with it, it's a type of contest that Amazon offers, where they host everything (no third party links, no additional sign ups or accounts, or anything of that nature!) and I set the criteria (just follow my author profile on Amazon!). And all you have to do is click & hope you win.  (In this case, your odds are pretty good - 1 in 5 will. :) ) Click here to try your luck - and may the odds be ever in your favor ! And if you do win, and you like the story, please let me know with a review! :-)

Which is to say, Prison Break is live and available for order on Amazon.com . Get your copy today , and please leave me a review letting me know what you liked (or didn't -- but I think you'll enjoy it! :) )