An Interview with Guy Morris

With multiple degrees in economics, finance, computer science, and an MBA, Guy Morris earned a reputation as a thought leader and innovator even before graduation, when he developed a macro-economic model that outperformed the Federal Reserve and changed how we develop economic models to this day.

Guy brings a four-decade Fortune 500 leadership career in global energy, high tech, and software for companies such as Oxy Petroleum, IBM, Burroughs, Oracle, Microsoft, and startups. Over the decades, Guy implemented nearly every major leading-edge tech innovation, including early-stage artificial intelligence.

Guy’s obsession with AI began after he discovered a program had escaped the NSA spy labs at Sandia. When he determined how that spy program escaped and why they designed it that way, they sent two FBI agents to his door. Best night ever!

Guy has also written songs for Disney Records, recorded multiple CDs, created and produced an award-winning webisode series, earned a coast guard charter captain license, went diving to feed sharks without a cage, fought off a death threat in Cancun, and has published multiple award-winning intelligent thrillers. Guy pulls from a rich life of diverse international experience to write books that thrill, educate, and provoke thoughtful dialogue on genuine existential issues facing humanity.

An innovator in the field of prophecy analytics, Guy has developed unique methods to analyze prophecy in relation to modern events using correlation, probability, and regression analysis.

Each of his thrillers has won awards. Literary Excellence Editor’s Choice for The Image from Reader’s House in London, GOLD for SWARM, and SILVER for The Last Ark, and BookTrib Favorite 25 Books of 2021 for The Curse of Cortes.

Often compared to Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, James Rollins, and others, Guy writes to provoke thought about genuine issues. Guy has established his expertise in geopolitics, economics, AI, technology, and prophecy.

In 2026, Guy will publish two nonfiction books:

• Humanity and the AI Tsunami: A Survival Guide

• Prophecy Analytics: How to Discern Prophecy in Plain Sight with a Mathematical Validation

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Who/what made you want to write? Was there a particular person, or particular writers/works/art forms that influenced you?

The passion for writing was a journey, not an event. As a homeless runaway at age thirteen, attending a university transformed me. At college, I gained a love of great literature, especially Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, and Mark Twain. Later in life, greatly influenced by men of the Renaissance and modern authors such as Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, James Rollins, and others, I was impressed with their ability to integrate genuine issues of science, religion, and history into a contemporary thrill ride with a thought-provoking message.

When my son was ten, I wrote him a YA adventure called Paulo and the Shark. I came to realize that I had stories to tell. When I went to research a sequel, I wanted the narrative rooted in a factual historical mystery. I became obsessed with solving a real historical mystery, which took me over twelve years (on and off). It took another six years to write a story you could not put down. The Curse of Cortes. Listed on BookTrib Favorite 25 Books of 2021, calling it ‘Indiana Jones meets Da Vinci Code.’

When I retired, I faced a personal truth. I have a seriously dysfunctional relationship with leisure. I needed a third-act career where I could stay busy, active, engaged mentally, relevant, and have a voice to impact others. My career left me with dozens of experiences and insights that I wanted to communicate to the world. I took cues from my favorite authors, like Crichton, Brown, Berry, and Rollins, to realize that sometimes an extremely well-crafted fictional narrative could engage the average person in a thoughtful dialogue about a serious issue facing humanity.

I have insights into the dangers of artificial intelligence that the industry wants to downplay. The corruption and collapse of our stable geopolitical world order. False religion and prophecy in plain sight. A convergence that could change the course of humanity for another thousand years. I had a core theme and dozens of unique scenarios to cover. It was an easy choice.

I knew I needed to reskill to transform thought leadership into an author provocateur.

What other professions have you worked in? What’s something about you that your readers wouldn’t know?

With multiple degrees, I enjoyed a nearly four-decade Fortune 500 leadership career. From finance, mergers and acquisitions, operations, consulting, business development and sales, PMO and complex deals, my career had breadth. With a reputation for thought leadership and innovation that began in undergrad, when I designed a macro-economic model that outperformed the Federal Reserve and changed how the world builds economic models to this day. I spent an entire career betting my career that I could accomplish something new and innovative or where others had failed. High stress.

A Renaissance man, I also wrote songs, recorded, led worship bands, earned coast guard licenses, went diving, and took numerous adventures.

Essentially a mad scientist with a smirk and sardonic sense of humor.

A key moment occurred that impacted my future as an author when I discovered that a program had escaped a government lab and was never recaptured. Not lost. Not stolen. Not misplaced. Not malfunctioned. Escaped. When I determined how a program could escape the lab and why they would design those features, they sent two FBI agents to my door. They were not in a good mood. I had the best night EVER!! That experience became the inspiration for the SLVIA code within the SNO (snow) Chronicles series, of which The Image is the latest installment.

Tell us the story of your book’s title. Was it easy to find, or did it take forever?

Every book requires careful and intentional planning. Because my goal is to leave the reader with provocative questions about real issues, I start with the key themes or provocative issues I wish to explore (the facts).

For The Image, the themes were to peel back the veil on the corruption AI could bring to international banking, the rise of an American fascism, and the correlation between AI and the prophetic image of the beast. Most important was the quantum nature of our consciousness and how that connects us to the broader universe, and changes our views of life and death.

Each theme is deeply researched for a factual hook and foundation. The Image reveals the true history about The Image of Edessa, history about Templar/Freemason archives stolen by the Nazis, scientific discoveries about the quantum nature of human consciousness, and how a machine could become conscious. And documented plans to change the world as we know it, hidden in plain sight. The Image took over a year in research and nine months to plan.

Nothing in my books happens by accident.

What part of publishing your book made it feel real for the first time?

Publishing is a long, tedious process. For many authors, it’s the moment when they hold a book in their hand with their name on the cover. For me, it was when I sat for my first book signing event to meet new readers.

If your book had a soundtrack, what are some songs that would be on it?

Interesting question that made me think. Billy Joel, We Didn’t Start the Fire; Sting, Shape of my Heart and If I Ever Lose my Faith in You; The Eagles, Desperado; Kenny Loggins, I’m Alright; Fleetwood Mac, The Chain; Jackson Browne, The Pretender; Paul Simon, The Boxer and Homeward Bound.

What’s one thing you hope sticks with readers after they finish your book?

Sometimes we need to die before we can learn how to live. Or perhaps for others to simply say. No matter how desperate life becomes, we always have choices and a voice. Choose love.

What was the most rewarding/meaningful part of publishing your book?

I don’t advertise. My biggest honor came from Reader’s House, a literary gateway magazine based in London. I was offered an interview, a featured article, a free review, and the Editor’s Choice for Literary Excellence. But my greatest joy comes from watching a reader running up to me at a signing event, excited to tell me how much they loved the last book, and to see how eager they are to buy another. That feeling rocks!

What creative projects are you currently working on?

I am currently juggling several projects. I am creating a proof-of-concept video to contract with an agency to shop SWARM to the studios. On the side, I am learning how to use my AI video tools to create a new set of book trailers for the fall.

I just submitted my first non-fiction book, Prophecy Analytics, to the editor and expect to publish it in January 2026.

And I am near completion of Humanity and the AI Tsunami – A Survival Guide, and a book proposal to ship that one to a few select publishers.

By January 2026, I will be deep in research for the next book in the SNO Chronicles series. Never a dull moment.

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