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Linden Morningstar is the author of two beguiling  and engrossing novels.

His debut novel The Starlight Prophecy is an epic and amazing science fiction novel that features a sweeping narrative and massive world-building that tackles profound existential and philosophical themes with high stakes for the Stargirls. The consequences of Stargirl’s actions against their nemesis, Lord God Aagaatar, directly impact their survival and that of Earth and the Star people. The story weaves together complex subplots and diverse perspectives that add depth and authenticity to Stargirl’s superhuman evolution and to the novels characters’ fighting a galactic war. Beyond mind-bending technological gadgets, it explores humanity-alternating themes like transhumanism, the nature of consciousness, and the origins and destiny of the human race.

The heart of the story’s is about an intrepid band of five women whose passionate intellect, fiery nature, and adventurous hearts collide with an ancient alien prophecy, which thrusts them on a perilous hero’s journey to save an alien Star people; only to end up themselves trapped in the maniacal and deadly obsession of, Lord God Aagaatar, the one whose only desire is to enslave them and use their budding superpowers to fulfill his ‘Final Solution’ the annihilation of the Star people.

A hero’s journey where they become Star Warrior Mystics and experience what it feels like to become something more than human, something alien, and superhuman that enthralls yet terrifies them. As an alien prophecy that drives them to a shocking destiny, they must courageously accept or turn away from it in terror.

He wrote STARGIRLS to honor and celebrate the births of his five granddaughters and to immortalize them as superheroes. Moreover, to explore the mysteries of existence, the universe, and the possibilities about life that our human intelligence has pondered since ancient antiquity. Who are we? Where did we come from? Are we alone?”

Linden’s second novel Gloria Rising is a gripping psychological and supernatural novel based on real people and life events with some literary license to protect the identity of the heroine,  Gloria.

A fascinating narrative exploring themes of hope, survival, the complexities of the human psyche, and astonishing reality of spirit guide who comes to protect and help heal Gloria .  Linden’s unique experience as a hypnotherapist gives penetrating insight and psychological depth to this powerful and unsettling story about a woman terrified of going insane and desperate for help. Gloria must face and accept the horror and repressed trauma of her childhood to heal and transform her life. Her hypnotherapist, Dr. Adam Jaxon is confronted by Gloria’s baffling array of psychiatric disorders and symptoms, and dangerous sleepwalking episodes.

Even more bewildering is the unexpected appearance of a divine presence during Gloria’s hypnotherapy sessions that claims to have come to help Gloria, to watch over her, and help guide Dr. Jaxon’s hypnotherapy. An astounding turn of events that unnerves the usually unflappable Dr. Jaxon and forces him to reconsider his own metaphysical understanding and psychological grip on reality. Dr. Jaxon’s beliefs about reality and the nature of existence will be profoundly tested and later reset when the mysterious and omniscient being reveals its astonishing identity.

Gloria Rising is a trailblazing psychological novel based on true events that takes you beyond the books about the intriguing multiple personalities like Sybil and The Three Faces of Eve to a living hell of indescribable terror and horror—and to something beyond that is otherworldly, which defies the principles, theories, and understanding of contemporary psychology and psychiatry.

Legendary hypnotherapist, Dr. Adam Jaxon, is on a quest to rescue and heal his mystifying and perplexing patient, Gloria from the brink of madness and horrifying nightmares. Gloria’s riveting story is told under deep hypnosis where her unconscious mind automatically writes down the terrifying details of her nightmares, to expose the shocking truth that may set her free or plunge her deeper into madness.

Gloria’s automatic letters are compelling and heart-wrenching, yet open the doors of perception to a deeper awareness and higher consciousness she needs to solve the puzzle of her escalating madness and uncover the dark secrets buried in her nightmares; a mystery that Gloria is terrified to face, yet she must in order to escape the madness and reclaim her sanity and life. Resilience, inner strength, and the transformative power of love and understanding are the novel’s major themes.

Linden wrote Gloria Rising as a heartfelt tribute to Gloria’s heroes journey; to honor her courageous victory over evil, childhood abuse and trauma, and miraculous healing and transformation. 

Linden Morningstar 

Linden Morningstar was born in 1948 in Lamar, Missouri. Soon after his birth, his mother took him and his older sister to the Promised Land of California in the hope that farmer’s fields would be bountiful and jobs plentiful. His mother worked the farm fields around Bakersfield, California.

Linden thrived in the balmy heat of his new home and loved to get his hands dirty playing in the fertile soil. Where dirt mixed with his imagination made him happy. He learned early about the power of imagination to create happiness and fun.

He grew up in the coastal city of Ventura California where his love for surfing taught him to become one with nature and the waves he rode. He attended Ventura Community College and majored in Electrical Engineering where he excelled as an engineering student and won academic awards and a prestigious electrical engineering internship at a local naval base.

Although, Linden had a student deferment, he chose to enlist in the U.S. Army and volunteered for Airborne, Special Forces, and Vietnam. He wanted to be a warrior for freedom. Prior to his deployment to Vietnam, he married and fathered the first of two sons.

 

Linden as a young Special Forces sergeant in Vietnam was involved in hazardous reconnaissance missions deep behind enemy lines in Vietnam. He served with Charlie Company Airborne Rangers, 75th Infantry, and MACV-SOG, Special Operations, 5th Special Forces Group.

 

 

 

The war touched his soul and deeply changed him. He had learned the hard way about the brutality and futility of war. He had lost his youthful innocence and was appalled by the senseless and horrendous cost in human life of war, and the physical and psychological toll it inflicted on him and other survivors. He learned a valuable lesson to respect and value all life even one’s enemy.  His long journey as a warrior-healer had begun.

When Linden returned from the Vietnam war, he resumed his college studies but changed his major from Electrical Engineering to Psychology. He felt an irresistible calling to heal himself, serve others, and walk a enlightenment path to Truth.

Linden graduated summa cum laude from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts with a Master’s degree and Certificate of Advance Graduate Studies in Psychology and Counseling. He became a licensed Marriage and Family therapist specializing in clinical hypnosis. He worked in private practice, community mental health, and in a psychiatric hospital. He also used his skill and knowledge of hypnosis to treat patients suffering from pain, terminal illness, and a variety of life-threatening medical conditions.

He realized that hypnosis like authentic shamanic and spiritual healing had the power to open gateways to higher states of consciousness, benevolent spiritual helpers, inner healing forces, and divine intuition and wisdom beyond our contemporary psychiatric and psychological understanding and comprehension of the human mind and existence.

Linden says, “I am a seeker of Truth, which lies beyond what is collectively accepted as reality. I seek to know my True Self and the true nature of God that transcends ego consciousness and human senses and knowledge about the material world.”

He lives with his wife, Arielle, and three lovable cats, Shiloh, Lilly, and Thunder in southern California.