Walt Edinger's Blog: The Archivist Trilogy

We learn from history how to do things the way they've always been done. It's predictable. Safe. But sometimes the lesson from history is that you should try something different. Taking a new path, is not without risk. The Archivist

We are alone in the universe. There is no one but us. No one is coming to harm us or to save us. We live our lives sure in this knowledge. Of course some people think there are aliens or UFOs but we don't know and so these suspicions don't rule our lives.

If there was another planet with life, would you want to know? If you thought we could get there or they could come here, how would that knowledge shape our world? If we knew, could we shrug our shoulders and move on? Or would that info change everything?

That knowledge has been hidden, but the Archivist knows.

They say those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.

But is knowledge always a good thing? If the archivist has knowledge, is he bound to share it? Can some information be more destructive than secrets?

It falls on my main character to weigh the consequences of his choice. Either choice carries dangers.