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Stillness #4
Stilling the Stillness Part 2: Restless Spirits
Ghosts wander the battlefield; a new species struggles to replace Homo sapiens. . . . Michael Powers is haunted by memories of the war and tormented by what he believes to be the schizophrenic voices of an arguing God and Goddess, just as his father had been decades earlier. The mystery of the skeleton waiting patiently in a tunnel is unveiled. And as Michael struggles with his demons, the survival of a new species–a species that is poised to replace Homo sapiens–hangs in the balance.
Can this incipient species survive humanity’s fear of otherness?
The Stillness Series is a thought-provoking saga that contemplates the end of the human race as we know it. It begins with a small group of humans seeking a mysterious woman known as Her and culminates many generations later in the rise of a new, more powerful, and empathetic species, the Superior Ones.
Order your copy now or click “Read Sample” to start reading today.
Can this incipient species survive humanity’s fear of otherness?
The Stillness Series is a thought-provoking saga that contemplates the end of the human race as we know it. It begins with a small group of humans seeking a mysterious woman known as Her and culminates many generations later in the rise of a new, more powerful, and empathetic species, the Superior Ones.
Order your copy now or click “Read Sample” to start reading today.
463 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2025
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About the author
Richard Lee Ferguson
11 books79 followersThirty years in the making, The Stillness Series is an epic captivating, immersive saga that begins in 1930’s China with a small group of travelers and culminates in a future where humans are replaced by a superior, more empathetic species. Blending historical fiction, metaphysical sci-fi, speculative philosophy and magical realism, it explores themes of fate, destiny and human transformation.
It is a mesmerizing elegy not simply an apocalyptic tale; a requiem for humanity filled with cautious hope: that as our species bows out we leave behind the possibility that something gentler and wiser will bloom.
Find out more about The Stillness Series at my website; thestillnessseries.com
The books examine:
Evolution Through Suffering: Pain and madness are the crucibles from which a new species may emerge. This is not simply an apocalypse tale; it is a slow, mournful molting of one species into another.
Femininity as Creative/Destructive Force: The Goddess is both nurturing and annihilating. Her plan to birth Superior Ones is done in quiet defiance of God's fatalism and addiction to entropy.
Schizophrenia as Spiritual Initiation: John's voices are not just illness, they are ruptures in species-bound consciousness. Michael will inherit them, magnified.
Exile and Belonging: Every character is outcast—ethnically, ideologically, psychologically, spiritually. The cave becomes a crucible for their longing.
Time as Looped Catastrophe and Possibility: Future and past echo each other.
Book 1 is entitled: Stirring the Stillness Part 1, Voices of Quest.
Book 2 is entitled: Stirring the Stillness Part 2, Tortured Journey.
https://www.amazon.com/Stirring-Still...
https://www.amazon.com/Stirring-Still...
Free downloads of the first book are available for a limited time through the Goodreads giveaway program. Any reviews would be appreciated. Thank you so much.
I have been passionate about Asia from a young age when my father, a Marine officer, told me stories about war-torn China. My passion grew deeper as a result of my own experiences in Vietnam where I spent almost a year in the jungle fighting the Viet Cong, the North Vietnamese Army, and malaria. After returning from the war, I obtained a Master's Degree in Asian Studies; learned to speak, read and write Chinese; established numerous businesses in Asia; and became an international lawyer. I practiced international law, advised businesses on their global operations and strategies, lectured at local universities on Asian culture and business law, traveled frequently to Asia, participated in seminars in Vietnam and China for business and government leaders, and taught graduate students at the University of San Diego (UCSD) and San Diego State University. I currently live with my wife in a secluded rural town veiled by the forests of Northern California writing and teaching young students the values of analytical thinking and questioning. The Stillness Series came about for many reasons, but the four most important involve a Vietnamese woman giving birth in the middle of a monsoon, a dead North Vietnamese soldier, Homer's Iliad, and schizophrenia.
It is a mesmerizing elegy not simply an apocalyptic tale; a requiem for humanity filled with cautious hope: that as our species bows out we leave behind the possibility that something gentler and wiser will bloom.
Find out more about The Stillness Series at my website; thestillnessseries.com
The books examine:
Evolution Through Suffering: Pain and madness are the crucibles from which a new species may emerge. This is not simply an apocalypse tale; it is a slow, mournful molting of one species into another.
Femininity as Creative/Destructive Force: The Goddess is both nurturing and annihilating. Her plan to birth Superior Ones is done in quiet defiance of God's fatalism and addiction to entropy.
Schizophrenia as Spiritual Initiation: John's voices are not just illness, they are ruptures in species-bound consciousness. Michael will inherit them, magnified.
Exile and Belonging: Every character is outcast—ethnically, ideologically, psychologically, spiritually. The cave becomes a crucible for their longing.
Time as Looped Catastrophe and Possibility: Future and past echo each other.
Book 1 is entitled: Stirring the Stillness Part 1, Voices of Quest.
Book 2 is entitled: Stirring the Stillness Part 2, Tortured Journey.
https://www.amazon.com/Stirring-Still...
https://www.amazon.com/Stirring-Still...
Free downloads of the first book are available for a limited time through the Goodreads giveaway program. Any reviews would be appreciated. Thank you so much.
I have been passionate about Asia from a young age when my father, a Marine officer, told me stories about war-torn China. My passion grew deeper as a result of my own experiences in Vietnam where I spent almost a year in the jungle fighting the Viet Cong, the North Vietnamese Army, and malaria. After returning from the war, I obtained a Master's Degree in Asian Studies; learned to speak, read and write Chinese; established numerous businesses in Asia; and became an international lawyer. I practiced international law, advised businesses on their global operations and strategies, lectured at local universities on Asian culture and business law, traveled frequently to Asia, participated in seminars in Vietnam and China for business and government leaders, and taught graduate students at the University of San Diego (UCSD) and San Diego State University. I currently live with my wife in a secluded rural town veiled by the forests of Northern California writing and teaching young students the values of analytical thinking and questioning. The Stillness Series came about for many reasons, but the four most important involve a Vietnamese woman giving birth in the middle of a monsoon, a dead North Vietnamese soldier, Homer's Iliad, and schizophrenia.
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