From Part 2: Toto, Curtain 3: Toxic Skies

[Excerpt from The Truman Prophecy, due for publication 12/15/15.]

“Look Up!” — William Baldwin (actor)

________________________  4Q 2015

Troy, Michigan. “Nothing mysterious or complicated about it.

“All you have to do is look up,” said Dr. Tanya Ryan.

“You mean to tell me those aren’t normal jet exhaust?” replied her client, Jack, a gentleman from Lake Orion in for his fortnightly lower-back adjustment.

With some time between sessions, she had walked with him to the front office, which featured a northern view of the skies over Oakland and Macomb counties. The atmospheric chem dumps were simply awful today—crisscross wide plumes low in the sky, also Morse-code type trails where the tankers turned the nozzles on and off. Continue reading →