Patrick Conway is the author of The Awful Truth and founder of Historical Realists International. He is a life-long student of ancient history, both biblical and pagan. Mr. Conway has done field research in Peru on the Incas and in Mexico on the Maya civilization. His primary focus is extensive research on the correlation between the biblical prophecies of Armageddon and the collapse of the ancient world. Mr. Conway is also the author of www.realists.com, with subscribers in sixty countries and fifty states, and is founder and president of the publishing company, Pragmatic Press. Mr. Conway does not have any university degrees to bridal his research, but he does claim for himself a PHD in Free Thought.