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When the Sky Falls

by Joseph Bendoski

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What makes a nation believe a lie? That's the question Stephenson has been trying answer ever since the 1938 Orson Welles scare convinced millions of Americans that the world was ending. Strangely when the scientific community released its study on the phenomenon they said it would never happen again. But they were wrong. After the third incident of a media broadcast led to the panic of millions they gave it a name; a Sky Fall Event. As Stephenson works to stop these events from ever happening again, another group has realized their potential for wealth and power. If they can cause mass hysteria they know where local stock market will crash. If they can evacuate cities with widespread panic, they can sell the weapon to the highest bidding government. In 1988 one of the worst Events in history occurred on the Portuguese coast. In the mass evacuation people were trampled and stores looted. But this time it was no accident. Members of the CIA were testing the weapon. Now, Stephenson must unravel the secrets of the Sky Fall before they use it again. "The best debut novel I've ever read" SuperSusanStrayer "What an eye-opener to fake news and the weaponization of it." Brady Mitchell "A Game Changer." Amazon Reviewer "Unique, clever work - for thinking people." Amazon Reviewer When the Sky Falls is a fact and history based work of fiction, each chapter heading details an event in history or a scientific study that shows just how easy it is to alter human belief, and how it's been done before on a grand scale. Buy When the Sky Falls because you want to know what makes a nation believe a lie, and you want to know now.… (more)
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What makes a nation believe a lie? That's the question Stephenson has been trying answer ever since the 1938 Orson Welles scare convinced millions of Americans that the world was ending. Strangely when the scientific community released its study on the phenomenon they said it would never happen again. But they were wrong. After the third incident of a media broadcast led to the panic of millions they gave it a name; a Sky Fall Event. As Stephenson works to stop these events from ever happening again, another group has realized their potential for wealth and power. If they can cause mass hysteria they know where local stock market will crash. If they can evacuate cities with widespread panic, they can sell the weapon to the highest bidding government. In 1988 one of the worst Events in history occurred on the Portuguese coast. In the mass evacuation people were trampled and stores looted. But this time it was no accident. Members of the CIA were testing the weapon. Now, Stephenson must unravel the secrets of the Sky Fall before they use it again. "The best debut novel I've ever read" SuperSusanStrayer "What an eye-opener to fake news and the weaponization of it." Brady Mitchell "A Game Changer." Amazon Reviewer "Unique, clever work - for thinking people." Amazon Reviewer When the Sky Falls is a fact and history based work of fiction, each chapter heading details an event in history or a scientific study that shows just how easy it is to alter human belief, and how it's been done before on a grand scale. Buy When the Sky Falls because you want to know what makes a nation believe a lie, and you want to know now.

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