This Fiction is Inspired
by True Events

Part 2 of the Disclaimer

This section elaborates on the true elements that inspired aspects of the novel, while reaffirming its status as autofiction. The Reedley Biolab Investigation is the central tent pole holding up the "inspired by true events" claim of this novel. As autofiction, the novel employs certain real events that I've encountered or researched to weave a fictionalized narrative.

My goal is to alert and entertain readers about patterns and possibilities I observed, and not assert unproven facts. Through Xavier's eyes, I capture the essence of my personal observations and experiences via invented characters, conversations, and scenarios. Readers are encouraged to emotionally engage with the story, relying solely on the fact of the Congressional Investigation and the list below of other facts that inspired the creation of this story.

The Reedley Biolab Investigation

The U.S. Congress' investigation into the illegal Biolab in Reedley, California (near Fresno), was conducted by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. The first subpoena was issued in September or November 2023, and the investigation concluded with a comprehensive report issued in November 2023, publicly available for download on this website or Congress' own site.

This report documents the existence of the lab and related concerns, shaping the speculative framework for protagonist Xavier's story without claiming to depict exact events or individuals.

Download Congressional Report

Other Events That Inspired This Story

• China's Purchase of Farmland Within 150 miles of military facilities as reported in Epoch Times Premium Report, August 16, 2025, and discussed by Gordon B. Chang, a frequent contributor on X (@gordonbchang) and Fox News.
  
  Read the Epoch Times Report
• China's Electrical Transformers With backdoor controls has long been reported and analyzed by Joe Weiss, Hall of Fame Industrial Cybersecurity Grandmaster, on www.controlglobal.com. For examples, see reports from November 15 and February 8, 2021, April 28, 2019, and more than ten other reports. Joe Weiss has testified before Congress about this security concern on many occasions.
  
  Explore Joe Weiss Reports

This Fiction is Inspired by True Events

The foregoing is a list of true events that inspired the story, presented as imaginative hearsay and opinion. No portrayal is intended to defame or invade privacy; resemblances are substantially coincidental. No person should rely on any element of the story told here to be true and factual. This is fiction, not scholarly or even journalistic.

Claims of media suppression are often described as baseless and unproven. I let the reader be the judge. Nothing in this work is intended to impugn the character of any specific real-world individual, group or community—rather it is a tale about human frailties that can lead to collective errors, as happened with the Salem Witch Trials. As humans we each warrant empathy for our shared weaknesses.

Readers are invited to enjoy the story and take to heart the difficulty of sustaining free societies that are also well governed.