"Released": A Book By Thomas Walker

[Thomas Walker]

So, one last time...

 

 

"The Ending Is Part of the Story Too..."

(Years 900 to 1000)

 

The Thousand Years began with a great test. To receive the promised Eternal Life, in a perfect Utopian paradise, there remains one more challenge to overcome.

 

Grant is the Last Returnee. His history with some of the people he meets on arrival is long and complicated... And with less than a Century left until humanity is tested for the last time, he must find his faith, and his own place in the world quickly.

 

New faces, and returning characters alike will be tested in varied and personal ways, as danger is suddenly loosed upon a world that has all but forgotten it ever existed.

"Released" is the Fifth and Final book in the 'New Earth' Series.

 

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First Things First: I would strongly recommend that you read the rest of the series before starting this one. I've never done that before, but this is the conclusion to the Saga, and as a result, we'll be seeing some familiar faces, returned for the Final Test.

 

Also, I hereby declare this thread to be a Spoiler-Filled Zone.

 

This is the discussion thread. If you're here, the assumption is that you've read as far as is possible already. I will freely admit that it's a little more suspenseful than anything else I've written in this series, and I don't want anyone finding out the ending before they get there.

 

The book is already 'Published', but due to the current situation with Covid, it's still in processing by Amazon. I'm terribly sorry about missing my self-stated release date, even by a little while; but I really did think we were on schedule when I clicked 'Publish Now'.

 

The delay is only likely to be another day or two, and obviously I will post here immediately. Nonetheless, I promised today as the Release Date. Hopefully, offering the first half of the book on my blog will make up for the inconvenience.

 

Part One: Last Returnee

• Prologue
• Chapter One: The Green Letter

• Chapter Two: The Real Life

• Chapter Three: What Paradise Gives

• Chapter Four: Lacking Understanding

• Chapter Five: "If This Is Paradise…"

Part Two: Final Century

• Chapter Six: The Purpose Of The Law

• Chapter Seven: Test Conditions

 

[Dages]

Ho yeah!

Guys, read the other book first! It's absolutely necessary.

 

And I'd advise a reading in the chronological order...

Edited July 12, 2020 by Dages

[Thomas Walker]

1 hour ago, Dages said:

Ho yeah!

Guys, read the other book first! It's absolutely necessary.

For the first time, I agree.

 

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And I'd advise a reading in the chronological order...

Chronology is a tricky animal in this series. Set Free overlapped with part of Now on Earth, and the Undecided was set during some of the events in Just See Yourself. I have prologue chapters in the days of Aztecs and Pirates, this final book is set more than a Thousand Years from now.

 

In any event, that's why I started the new chapters with a Primer on the characters from the whole series.

Edited July 12, 2020 by Thomas Walker

[Thomas Walker]

Well, turns out it wasn't that much of a delay after all.

 

Now Available On Amazon! "Released", the fifth and final book in the New Earth Series.

 

I'll post the rest of the chapters on my blog tomorrow, but for now, it's very late a night here. Everyone who happens to be on the other side of the world? Enjoy! 

[GodlyDevotion]

Let's get the show ready! Thank you brother Walker 🤗

[CHecker]

So the books in order are

Just see Yourself

Now on Earth

Undecided

Released, latest one

 

Just wanted to be sure I have them all

[GodlyDevotion]

2 minutes ago, bagwell1987 said:

So the books in order are

Just see Yourself

Now on Earth

Undecided

Released, latest one

 

Just wanted to be sure I have them all

You missed Set Free dear brother 😉

[CHecker]

2 minutes ago, GodlyDevotion said:

You missed Set Free dear brother 😉

Umm, sister last time I checked😅

Ok, so where does Set Free go in the series?

[GodlyDevotion]

55 minutes ago, bagwell1987 said:

Umm, sister last time I checked😅

Ok, so where does Set Free go in the series?

Oh my! I have always thought of you as a brother. Forgive my many errors 😂. 

[CHecker]

No worries😃

 

Well, where in the series does set free go?

Edited July 12, 2020 by bagwell1987

[Dages]

Set Free is before Released, it's episode 4 and introduce important characters for Released.

 

(here is the order with the era, roughly)

 

 

1. Just see Yourself (from year 200 to 500)

2. Now on Earth (from year -1 to 200)

3. Undecided (new characters, year 250-300, something like that)

4. Set Free (new characters, year -1 to 800)

5. Released (year 900 to 1000 and more)

 

Edited July 12, 2020 by Dages

[Dages]

Alors, as Thomas Walker wrote :  

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Also, I hereby declare this thread to be a Spoiler-Filled Zone.

If you want to share some spoilers you can hide them with the spoiler mark 

Spoiler

like this

 

I'll start with one :

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I understand the need of the "Preserver" tech for the plot, but it's waaaaaaaaay to sci-fi for my idea of the Millenium  

 

And another one (pretty big, end of the book)

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Reading Jehovah himself speaking had me in tears... I want Paradise to be like this... it was beautifully written.

 

Also, you better be up-to-date with your Pure Worship book study  

 

I'll do more heavy spoilers and discussions later... this book is intense... Enjoy  

Edited July 12, 2020 by Dages

[GodlyDevotion]

52 minutes ago, bagwell1987 said:

No worries😃

 

Well, where in the series does set free go?

The fourth book dear *SISTER*. I don't think I can forget now, can I? Lol

[Wanda Hill]

Any idea when the printed copy will be available?

[Áine]

...  this is my all time favourite book of the series! 

 

Check out Thomas Walkers other books on Amazon as well, you won't be disappointed 😊

[Thomas Walker]

5 hours ago, Wanda Hill said:

Any idea when the printed copy will be available?

That's going to take a little longer. There's several more steps involved to approving a paperback version; especially internationally. But you'll find out here in this thread first.

[Thomas Walker]

8 hours ago, bagwell1987 said:

Well, where in the series does set free go?

Dages got the publication order right.

 

8 hours ago, Dages said:

1. Just see Yourself (from year 200 to 500)

2. Now on Earth (from year -1 to 200)

3. Undecided (new characters, year 250-300, something like that)

4. Set Free (new characters, year -1 to 800)

5. Released (year 900 to 1000 and more)

If you'd prefer to read them chronologically, swap 1 and 2.

 

And he's right about reading 'Set Free' before 'Released'. Released is the conclusion to the series, but it pulls in all the earlier characters, so Set Free is sort of a 'Part One' to the finale.

Edited July 13, 2020 by Thomas Walker

[CHecker]

I just started reading, for the scond time, the first book. Am so enjoying the journey.  Look forward to all 5.

[Thomas Walker]

It's now a couple of days later, so I feel safe putting up the last of the book on the blog. 

 

Part Three: Final Test

• Chapter Eight: This Is It

• Chapter Nine: Diversionary Tactics

• Chapter Ten: Just Like Erica

• Chapter Eleven: Shatterpoint

• Chapter Twelve: The Wrong Way

• Chapter Thirteen: The End

• Chapter Fourteen: The Beginning

• Epilogue: Fifty Years Later

Once again, these links lead to the end of the final book in the series, so beware Spoilers.

 

In the last thirty hours, Released has jumped to the 'Top 80' in Amazon's 'Christian: Futuristic' category. A niche, I admit, but it's climbing the charts.

 

"Set Free" made it all the way to Number One and achieved 'Bestseller' status for a while there.

 

For those keeping score, I posted the link to 'Just See Yourself' here on the forum in February 2017 (I honestly don't remember when I started writing it). Five books later, the series has blown out to over 600,000 words; and hundreds of downloads.

 

My thanks to all of you for getting it here; and I hope the ending is as meaningful and heartfelt to you as it was to me.

[Dages]

I'm going to miss these characters... 

 

What about another version of Paradise with way less technology? 

[CHecker]

1 hour ago, Dages said:

I'm going to miss these characters... 

 

What about another version of Paradise with way less technology? 

No way,  Jehovah is progressive. He wouldn't take us backwards!

[Dages]

The problem is energy. In a world where fossil fuel will be way less easy to gather, we won't be able to use as much machinery as we are now.

 

Mankind has lived for 5800 years without it, and the technological progress was very slow during this time. Energy allows us to become way faster/stronger/efficient, but it won't be as available as it is now.

 

I picture the first 1000 years as pretty low-tech

Edited July 14, 2020 by Dages

[GodlyDevotion]

Spoiler

(Author's Note: The one thing I haven't been tempted to invent is quotations from future Bible verses. It's understood that there will be 'new scrolls'; but what they will be is a mystery. The original Bible was made up of songs of praise, personal testimonies, and letters from Elders to Congregations, even internationally. What the next Bible will be made up of could be any form of literature. What we know for sure, is that we get the information we need when we need to know it.)

I liked the idea! 

Edited July 14, 2020 by GodlyDevotion

[Dages]

Yes, I like all these notes and comments and how prudent Thomas Walker has been in his writing.

 

Good point though :

Spoiler

Just above your quote, it's about a "third" and "fourth" testament... I'm picturing paradise and the new scrolls as "rolling release" (pun intended?).

Also "testament" is for "alliances", I don't imagine other "alliances" there, the New Covenant still have to be accomplished, yet  

 

Edited July 14, 2020 by Dages

[Miss Bea]

I downloaded it. And, I’m one of those who’s mind is needing to be active all the time. So, I have good recreational reading at my fingertips. The, “science fiction” aspect surprised me, but, I will get used of it. 
When I get through I will start over. 
(One book I gave to a friend to read to his wife. She came down with ALS, and they had to leave the area for adequate medical care.) 

Thank you, brother!