Automatons for Peace -The Amazi Chronicles Book 1
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Immerse yourself in the olden days of New York City, where a young man arrives hoping for a fresh start in life. A rapid succession of events unfold, leading him from the darkness into the light, from remorse to creating instruments for peace, from the toil of a sweatshop to establishing his own business designing high tech devices to make a positive difference in the world. He is way ahead of his time in creating a robotic human that not only sings his baby to sleep but can calm strife among opposing forces. An inspiring story of rebuilding one's life from the ruins of the past and the power of love in redirecting one's purpose.
Hallett German
Hallett German is a fiction and technical subject author on various aspects of IT. His works of fiction cross multiple genres including children, young adult, dysfunctional corporate mysteries/fantasies, historical fiction, and steampunk. His books offer a unique and original ride into other worlds and lives.
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Automatons for Peace -The Amazi Chronicles Book 1 - Hallett German
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Automatons for Peace (The Amazi Chronicles Book #1)
.v.44 7-4-2012
Copyright 2012 Hallett German
Written by Hallett German
Edited by Raquel M. German
Smashwords Edition
Works by Author:
Amazi Chronicles:
Story #1: How I Overcame My Inventor’s Block
Book #1: Automations for Peace
Book #2: Translators for Peace (Future)
Olivia Plymouth, Internal Traveler and Fashion Consultant:
Story #1: Joyous Living with the Wrong Suitcase
Book #1: Brazilian Quest (Soon)
Book #2: Misadventures in Boston (Soon)
Book #3 The Year Fashion Changed (Future)
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Table of Contents
Contents
Chapter 1: Arriving in Divided America
Chapter 2: First Days in New York City
Chapter 3: Greenwich Village: The Early Days
Chapter 4: Inventing Up America
Chapter 5: The Day that Everything Changed
Chapter 6: Rare Time Away
Chapter 7: An Unexpected Adversary
Chapter 8: Memories of Vienna
Chapter 9: Healing Old Wounds and Building New Partnerships
Chapter 10: Early Corporate Life
Chapter 11: Taming the Dragon and the Birth of Amazi
Chapter 12: A Quiet Vacation
Chapter 13: Prototype!
Chapter 14: Reflections
Chapter 15: Automations at Windy River
Chapter 16: The New Challenge
Chapter 1: Arriving in Divided America
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"America’s story has been just as much about her divisions as well as her times of national unity. The 1890s was one such time. A historian would be vexed in deciding what to focus on – the wonder of new inventions such as the automobile, airplanes, and motion pictures, the proliferation of violence within and outside the county, hatred of the ‘dirty’ immigrant, hatred of the ‘savages’ killed mercilessly at Wounded Knee, or the emergence of a mighty political, industrial, and cultural giant." Thomas Chelsea, America’s Emergence on the World Stage (p. 22).
I read those very words many years later as an old man and thought they were written by someone who perfectly captured the era of my early adulthood. It was a time of high expectations, unrelenting terror, and painful transition. I was soon caught between two strong currents while never at home in either one.
On one side were the rich industrial owners creating the materials that served as part of America’s rising buildings and infrastructure. Unchecked, they consolidated and expanded their power at every opportunity. They loved displaying signs of their endless wealth in their homes, with their purchased paintings and other possessions. They were also merciless when threatened. They had no hesitation in using the law to immediately deal with any perceived threat from workers. Anyone was expendable as long as the money kept flowing in. The owners always needed more money for their next big purchase.
Challenging the owners were the workers – male and female, old, and very young children. They had left their places of birth which had been places of oppression and stagnancy with high expectations. They hoped that America would be different – more relaxed, more open, less fearful. Instead, they encountered a gray world where they worked long hours under substandard conditions earning next to nothing. There was a wide set of reactions to this – weary acceptance, participation in organized strikes and protests at great risk, and anger cumulating in espousing Anarchist ideals and enacting ongoing violent deeds such as bombings and assassinations in large public settings.
One could never forget living in such a time with so few remaining neutral. In many ways it seemed like a dream – I did so many things without really thinking of it. The stakes all seemed so high and everything was so important and urgent back then – as if every action might lead to a New Eden.
In those days, I was called Joseph Kraflenko. Later my name became Americanized to Joe Kraff. I grew up in Russia, in Saint Petersburg, the capital city of that time. It was a time of much construction – homes, monuments to our Czars and poets, bridges, theaters, and palaces for our growing royalty. People were proud that Saint Petersburg was becoming a modern capital city.
I was growing up as well but not necessarily in a good way. While I was blessed with loving and wise parents, I disobeyed them at every turn. I thought that I knew better so there was no need to listen to them. I did well in my studies but was not satisfied with my education. I thirsted to know more about philosophy, art, beauty, and science. This dissatisfaction led to my hanging around older unsavory revolutionaries. They were unemployed, talked big and full of passion,