Remote Viewer Shadow Rescue takes a fictional look at a contemporary government remote-viewing program buried within the National Clandestine Service and the young woman who is the most adept psychic spy the NCS has ever found. But someone wants to stop Jazz from unraveling a plot to release a bioweapon in China. Her mind is her most powerful weapon. What happens when it’s erased?
I have always been interested in how the brain functions. I studied psychology and practiced various techniques, such as self-hypnosis and meditation, to fully harness my brainpower. While experimenting with remaining consciously aware of what I saw in my mind’s eye as I fell asleep, I stumbled upon an interesting phenomenon. I felt like I was witnessing random, distant activities as if I were hovering above them. I began an online investigation to see if other people had similar experiences. That is how I discovered remote viewing. To my surprise, I found out that the government had used remote viewers as psychic spies for many years. My interest accelerated, and I continued to dig into the details.
Next, I was drawn to a journalist’s claim that Chinese assassins wanted his help to stop members of the elite class from developing and using biological weapons in China for population control.
I found the two issues, remote viewing and Chinese assassins trying to stop a bioweapon, intriguing. After extensive research and brainstorming, I decided to blend the concepts into a story.
I began writing this book as a therapeutic tool. The protagonist needed to have no memory of a traumatic event, used hypnosis to remember it, and developed post-traumatic stress disorder; all things I had experienced. The story would reveal how she learned to manage the repercussions. I hoped writing this would help me heal from a traumatic event of my own.
I had written non-fiction pieces, newspaper articles, many poems, and several short stories, but never tackled a full-length book. However, I made up my mind and dove in.
I never envisioned the story becoming one book in a thriller trilogy. But that is what happened, and along the way, I discovered my passion, and now I’m writing my fourth novel. I love envisioning and mapping out stories, and building characters. Writing is challenging, fun, and rewarding, and I enjoy every aspect of it.
In each book in the suspenseful series, the protagonist, Jazz, fights injustice using her remote-viewing skills. Remote Viewer Shadow Rescue follows her battle to keep herself safe while unraveling a plot to release a bioweapon in China. In book two, Remote Viewer Phantom Shadow, inspired by the Jeffrey Epstein human-trafficking ring, Jazz works with a group of retired special operators and helps them find and rescue human trafficked victims. The third novel, Remote Viewer Galaxy Shadow, features a fight between proponents of a free and clean energy source and the fossil fuel industry that seeks to silence them.
Writing the first book was especially therapeutic. The greatest takeaway was learning to identify my feelings. Something that had always been a struggle for me. I was an expert at stashing my emotions in some neat little pocket in my mind where I could ignore them, or so I thought. They would make themselves known, sometimes in startling ways. By naming and elaborating on my character’s reactions, I came to recognize what I felt, how that affected me and my life, and how to manage negative emotions in a healthy, productive way. The protagonist, Jazz, experiences similar issues. She matures into a deeper and better version of herself as the stories unfold. Perhaps my readers and I have as well.
By Rhonda Armbrust
About the author
Rhonda Armbrust has published her Remote Viewer trilogy, written numerous non-fiction articles for books, magazines, and newspapers, and is a copywriter and a passionate poet. She enjoys writing action-adventure thrillers that expose important topics and feature powerful women fighting injustice while battling their inner demons.
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