“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.”

- Thomas Jefferson

“Heaven on Earth can be achieved
when reason reigns.”

Independent thinkers cannot be ruled, so die they must.

Inventor Tony Connor is tied to the stake. Hugo, a healer, faces death. By decree, Governor Rod Gullio Sr. and Rudi Yani imprison innovator Leo Thomas. Builder and publisher Ron Balian is hunted.

The most unexpected of saviors, young beau ideals, rise up.

The thinkers escape to a godforsaken island. Full of conviction that to rule a human being is abhorrent, they enshrine individual rights. They live by the code that a moral man does not rule, nor can he be ruled by men.

But the power-hungry pursue them fiercely. Chief Hunsec unleashes the full might of his empire upon the island. Head-Warlord Imman Kann and the Hunsec armada advance.

The small country, impregnable due to its technology, suffers an unthinkable betrayal. The Hunsec moles exult as the adult islanders lie fallen!

The green of young growth fend off the invaders. 

Ruled by reason, the proud, happy, productive heroes achieve Heaven on Earth.

But the island is now a dark, backward hole. Mystery surrounds the fate of the heroes and their wondrous creations. The hunt is on. For the truth. For the heroes’ treasures.

Alisa Connor, Ari Hugo, Frank Thomas, and young Ron Balian endeavor to rise. But great is the wrath of the destroyers. Between tyrants who crave to rule and thinkers who cannot be ruled, once again, the battle is joined.

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Explanation of the theme and plot:

Religions usually claim that if you sacrifice, suffer, or do what religious leaders say is good, here on Earth, then, when you die - you go to heaven.

Reason Reigns depicts the values and virtues that enable people to achieve heaven here and now.

Two virtues are rationality and productivity. Rational people are reality-oriented; they revere reason.

But virtuous people can thrive only if there is freedom.

This is why my plot is about "tyrants who crave to rule and thinkers who cannot be ruled." The latter cannot be ruled by men because they are ruled by reason.

Copyright © 2008 Ilyn Ross

ISBN 978-1-60145-414-0

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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.