The Way Protocol (English Edition)
The W.A.Y. Protocol is the essential prelude to the conclusion reached by James Alexander Smith in “The Last Paper Book.”
Heron Robledo brings to life a vibrant narrative of a writer’s resistance in the face of oppression.
It revives a storytelling style that has long since vanished from the shelves of bookstores and libraries.
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EDITOR’S NOTE
When I received from the hands of Henry Joseph Stein—grandson of the founder of Adventure Post Ltd., Joseph Henry Stein, the publishing house I have the honor of serving as Editor-in-Chief—on April 9, 2065, a thick, heavy-duty, antique kraft paper envelope, and inside it, a stack of Letter-size paper sheets yellowed by time, with the text obviously written on an old typewriter of an uncertain make, I imagined it to be something from the early 20th century.
My initial judgment was that it was some rescued work whose current possibilities—with the lifting of bans on publishing and selling paper books across much of the free world, especially in the countries comprising the HW (The Human World) bloc—meant I should, as I had done with countless religious works, the specialty of Adventure Post, proceed with the publication process.
But Henry added a comment as he handed me the package: “Worth its weight in gold,” he said. I asked him if he knew the content, and he replied that he knew the story because his grandfather had read it to him when he didn't even know how to read, thus revealing the fantastic story of THE W.A.Y. Protocol.
I had barely finished reading when I was shocked, fascinated, and enamored by the true plot of this case—one among many perhaps never published—of the veiled domination reported in the story.
Henry added details, in a forty-five-minute commentary, about how the manuscript had first reached the hands of his grandfather, Zaydeh (pronounced “Zei-dê”), and then him.
I sat paralyzed listening to his account. It revealed countless things I had no idea could, in any era, happen.
I asked if he would authorize me to write a book telling, so to speak, the story of the book. He said, at first, that he would think about it, but then, with a smile of approval, said: “You read my mind. If I possessed, even minimally, your literary talents, that is what I would do. Go ahead and good work.”
Thus was born “The Last Paper Book,” which I hope reaches your hands alongside “THE W.A.Y. PROTOCOL” so that you may read them simultaneously.
James Alexander Smith.