Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

Often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.

Andy Harp's RETRIBUTION is a stunner: a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline. Here is a novel written with authentic authority and bears shocking relevance to the dangers of today. It reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest. Put this novel on your must-read list-anything by Harp is now on mine.

When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.