PODCAST REVIEW | THE TECHNATE

Join us as we do a review of the novel THE TECHNATE, a book about the technocratic take over of the United States. Check out our 3rdestate Podcast, where we do deep dive companion podcasts for the novels featured on our publication. The Technate (https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/the-...) Joshua Haldeman’s dreams of a technocracy are finally realized through his grandson, who mercilessly strives to complete his goal: a Technate. Based on Malthusian principles of population control, the upper echelons of technology have decided that not everyone is meant to inherit the Earth. Read “The Technate”, a fictional telling of the world falling apart through the eyes of your everyday American family. See You Next Tuesday, Christine! (https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/chri...) What happens when someone with borderline personality disorder meets someone with narcissistic personality disorder? At first, serenity, but eventually, chaos. When Ben meets Christine, his life is at rock bottom. Having to give up his apartment due to not making enough money to sustain himself, Ben sees Christine as heaven sent, as she falls in “love” with Ben and shows him, for the first time, what love is and should be. Ben becomes attached immediately, because he believes he met the love of his life. She loved him when he had nothing. One fears abandonment, while the other one holds control. Eventually, boundaries collide, leading Ben down a depressive cycle that lasts for years. Voyager (Part 1 of 3) (https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/voyager) The Three Kingdoms are at peace due to the efforts of both Isthia and Sifia to ensure peace and trade prosper. The old king of Isthia, King Leonardo, is due to pass away soon due to illness, and his eldest son, Jeshua, is set to take the throne. The Sultan doesn’t trust him, and fears he may destroy the peace that has existed for almost a century. Believing to be the true son of God and the prophecy foretold within the texts of the Old Religion due to his ability to use light magic: a power that only God himself is said to wield. Join Darren and his friends as they travel through an ever changing world where nothing is not as it seems. Get full access to THE THIRD ESTATE at 3rdestate.substack.com/subscribe (https://3rdestate.substack.com/subscr...)