Frustrated with the political correctness required to gain his PhD, Cameron Stewart, a Vietnam veteran, allies himself with a brilliant NIH researcher to test his theories.In the laboratory they create a drug enabling rats to access knowledge inherited from their parents, and treat their only child with the compound they developed. The result is Sophia, fully equipped at birth with the knowledge and language capabilities of her parents and forefathers at the time she was conceived.Sophia rises in the CIA to brilliantly shape policy, all the while building a family of seven boys similarly gifted to carry on her legacy. The Stewarts and their allies are all Amulots, American-Ulster-Scots. They build the world's largest corporation, but desire to restore America to the greatness achieved by their ancestors. Half of the states nullify the Federal Government, and civil war ensues. It is a war of a few giants against many deluded Lilliputians led by those who would enslave the world, and a battle of knowledge against ignorance.
About the Author: Dave Dougherty is an Amulot author with an unusually varied background. He served as a lieutenant and captain in Army Intelligence's 513th INTC Group, and was a Professor of Management, Business, and Computer Science most recently at the University of Texas, El Paso. He holds advanced degrees from Colorado School of Mines and Case Western Reserve University and advanced to candidacy for a PhD at both Case Western Reserve and the University of Maryland. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, and working for General Electric and Chase Brass and Copper, Dave developed a number of new products and processes. He was an entrepreneur in computers, being a pioneer in the use of client-server processing, the promotion of the cloud and ARPANET all during the 1970s, and later became arguably the world's most prolific applications programmer. For his accomplishments in client-server networks and relational data base systems, he was selected for Marquis' "Who's Who in the World." History was always Dave's prime avocation, and he built one of the nation's premier collections in silver and gold ancient and medieval coinage to bring history to life. In Arkansas and Missouri, Dave is a radio personality discussing political problems through the lens of history and a rigid constitutionalist, and was possibly the major factor in defeating President Obama's White River National Blueway and his national Blueway program. Dave has authored over twenty academic papers and a number of books, including A Patriot's History Reader: Essential Documents for Every American, A Patriot's History of the Modern World, Volumes I and II, Starve The Beast!, Hamburg Station, Landslide, From Shiloh to Durham, The 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry at War, and now Gnosis.