"I've been writing all my life," said Lancaster resident Dan Armstrong. From 1982 to 1987, Armstrong wrote songs for his Christian rock band, Damascus; from 1992 to 1997, he wrote 1,000 one-minute shows called "The Wacky Words of Dan Armstrong" on WJTL; and in 2015, he published "The Adventures of a Real-Life Cable Guy."

Armstrong is a man of many talents. He can speak Japanese, perform magic tricks, and craft owls out of pieces of wood. He's a real estate investor, a business owner, a storyteller, a husband, and the father of four girls. Needless to say, he's a pretty busy guy. Armstrong's schedule, however, didn't stop him from writing another book - a book completely different from his first publication.

Almost two years ago, Armstrong came across an article about Smart Dust - the world's smallest radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip, measuring 100 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. By combining the chip's compactness and wireless communication with internet technology, Smart Dust could be used for security, transportation, entertainment, traceability, logistics, and more.

Armstrong couldn't believe that such a thing has existed for the past 20 years, so he decided to learn more. One thing led to another, and soon enough, Armstrong found himself wondering, "What does it mean for us as a society to allow somebody or a group of people to have information about us without our consent?" For the past 18 months, Armstrong has explored this question by writing a book where the story itself is fictional, but the technology is real.

In Armstrong's new book, "Smart Dust: The Dawn of Trans-Humanism," the Smart Dust particles penetrate human skin, which enable trackers to monitor every moment of an individual's day. Readers will be exposed to history, psychological warfare, and philosophy. By trans-humanism, Armstrong explained, "We're on the edge of becoming human robotic AI counterparts." He continued, "Like human 2.0 ... that we're no longer pure, but we're a mixture of human technology and organic materials."

"In an age where sci-fi merges with reality by the day, we see the world in 'Smart Dust' is not too far away," wrote Zachary Denman, a filmmaker in the United Kingdom, who reviewed the book. "This is an AI horror story, which no one can truly comprehend, not even the creators of it."

A sequel is already in the works. "Smart Waves" will be about frequencies that affect a person's mood that were used during the Iraq War. Copies of "Smart Dust: The Dawn of Trans-Humanism" will be available to purchase on Amazon.