John R. Carlos is a retired Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander with a42-year military career. He has several diplomas in management and has turned to writing, publishing his debut novel. Carlos combines imaginative storytelling within sights from his military experience, critiquing authoritarianism and corporate over reach. Cryonic Dreams–Part One: Awakening is a gripping sci-fi narrative set in2169 AD, where Earth faces the aftermath of a devastating pandemic and the rise of a global authoritarian agency, AASID. The story follows Dr. Michelle Brown, a cryonics specialist haunted by loss, and Maryanne Kendricks, a cryonically resuscitated woman with no memory of her past. Together, they navigate a fractured world, uncovering secrets that challenge the boundaries of science, humanity, and control. As they embark on a perilous journey off-world, their survival becomes the key to unraveling the silence that shaped their reality. A story about defiance in the face of control, hope in the shadow of collapse, and the quiet spark of resurrection that could ignite a new beginning.