Do You like book Psychic Warrior: The True Story Of America's Foremost Psychic Spy And The Cover-Up Of The CIA's Top-Secret Stargate Program (1998)?
I got this book with the expectation it would be documentary-style information on the government's psychic spy programs. What it turned out to be was more of a "based on a true story" type of novelization. Despite my misgivings, it was very readable and entertaining. Now, there may be nuggets of truth in this book, but they're swimming in a sea of half-truths and outright fiction. Nothing wrong with that, but the author is portraying it all as fact. The author talks about the government psychic project, but only within the context of the larger story -- which is more about his personal “demons” and his eventual reconciliation, both with himself and with his family.What I liked about the book: engaging and entertaining (if read as fiction), quick and easy to read.What I did not like about the book: presented a mostly fictional account as true, extremely awkward and somewhat sophomoric dialog, simplistic writing style, and he gets a bit preachy at the end.As I read the book, I also did some quick internet research about these government-run psychic spy projects. What I found was that if you want solid, verifiable information on these projects that is more documentary in nature, then look elsewhere. Books by Lyn Buchanan, Paul Smith, and Joseph McMoneagle have all been highly recommended. (These guys were also all involved with these government projects.)However, if you're looking for an entertaining book (albeit, somewhat amateurish) where the story involves psychic spies, then this is a fairly good choice.
—Eddie
While the subject matter was interesting (you get the gist of it from the overwrought title,) the writing is annoyingly bad. Just really hackneyed, in an 80s kind of way, if that makes sense. The result of an unskilled writer attempting to present a memoir as a narrative novel. With that said, there were some elements he described that stood out as extraordinarily creative, in contrast to how uncreative the writing was. Which makes me inclined to believe them to be true, because there's little chance it was invented by the writer. But also because some of those parts just ring true, for one reason or another. There were also some pretty big gaps in details and events, which is interesting given the allegations the author faced at the end of his military career. Why waste an opportunity to set the entire record straight, rather than glazing over the details? But that had little to do with the spy operation, and more to do with his personal life. Maybe that's why he didn't get into it. Fun note: one of the main characters in the movie The Men Who Stare at Goats was loosely based on one of David Morehouse's colleagues, Lyn Buchanan, who is mentioned in this book.
—LoLo
Great read. A man's journey. It's really kind of a huge tribute to key players in his life, who helped him and loved him though BIG changes in his life, and his journey to bring the ability of remote viewing to the world. I would have like to read more about particular things that he did...but, the book did create a huge respect for the man...and I am currently looking into more of his stuff including a home study course. A MUST read for those who want to develop those abilities that are laying dormant with in us all.
—Terrilynn