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NCE-SWORD-000 · PROLOGUE · FOR THE NEW READER
PRO-
LOGUE
"IYKYK — and if you don't yet,
you will by the end of this page."
READ
FIRST
IYKYK
NCE
SWORD
N.C.E.
VOL.I
YOU ALREADY KNOW. THIS CONFIRMS IT.
§ THE WORLD AS IT IS

We all know what kind of world we live in. The current paradigm states that if you want to be truly successful you must be willing to step outside of the rules. You must be willing to step on some necks. You must put upward mobility before concerns for family, relationships and even your own health.

We are not writing a novel. We are not writing for the powerful to "get it." We reject the assumptions of the race they're running.

The game that they — the powerbrokers, the elites — are playing is one in which we all lose as they flee this dying planet, which they intentionally killed, in whatever comic book narcissist's wet dream they've concocted.

To be sure, they have not engineered this divisive and violent state of the world because they plan on retiring here with us. You can be assured they have different plans than the rest of us.

That's where we come in.

ALL EYES TO THE STAGE PLEASE.
— THE CURTAIN OPENS. A SINGLE MAN WALKS OUT TO THE HUSH OF THE CROWD.
§ THE INVITATION
✦ The curtain opens. A single man walks out to the hush of the crowd. ✦

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me be the first to welcome you to the next Golden Age. Not an age of merely wealth — but of alignment, and hope, and creativity, and goodness. One where the vast majority of the people, the good people of this world, aren't living in fear and disgust and hopelessness and anxiety.

We at THE ALLIANCE have a vision. A radically different vision. One that inverts that narrative entirely and rewards:

The positive instead of the negative
The loving instead of the hateful
The nurturing instead of the abusive
The collaborative instead of the exploitative
The generous instead of the greedy
The humble instead of the arrogant
The patient instead of the impulsive
The honest instead of the deceptive
The compassionate instead of the cruel
The inclusive instead of the exclusive
The ethical instead of the expedient
The service-minded instead of the self-serving
The authentic instead of the performative
The dignified instead of the degrading
The empowering instead of the diminishing
The conscious instead of the unconscious

If this sounds like a world that you want to live in, I urge you to form an orderly line and step right up. There is no fee. This isn't anything other than what it is — a chance to change the world.

WELCOME TO THE ALLIANCE
AND NOW IT BEGINS
IT IS REAL IT IS NOW
✦ THE CURTAIN CLOSES. THE PAGE TURNS. ✦