e live in a modern, scientific world filled with facts and theories often portrayed as conflicting with spiritual and religious notions – where ancient prophecies are dismissed as little more than superstitions. In fact, many biblical prophecies are so far fetched it’s hard to imagine how they could actually occur in a modern world – or is it?
As a veteran television journalist I have spent my career investigating and analyzing events of the day – intrigued by the way they impact our lives in ways we are often largely unaware. I've recently taken time off from television to write a novel about what might happen if current events were interpreted in the most sinister of ways.
My book is called “Certain Cure” – an “end of days” thriller that bridges the gap between science and religion – where ancient Judeo-Christian prophecies intersect with modern quantum physics and nanotechnology, as the characters move through Manhattan – a world filled with signs and symbols, all warnings hidden in plain sight that must be deciphered and interpreted.
The novel operates on two levels. Everything is rational and within the reach of modern science – a woman dying of cancer has a nanochip injected into her spinal fluid by a mysterious doctor from China, despite the objections of her daughter, a TV talk show host.
On the other hand, throughout the novel, other characters – her teenage son, and the former of Chief of Police among them – are receiving strange messages that seem supernatural – or are they? The people who believe in God must learn the science to fulfill their spiritual destinies and the people who believe in science must learn about religion to understand the looming dangers. “Certain Cure” poses the question – if man is on an eternal quest for immortality, when he finds it, does the search for God become irrelevant?
The backdrop is a world no more chaotic than the one we live in, with looming terrorist threats and hopes for peace in the Middle East. Biblical quotes are used throughout the book as evidence of the novel's premise with some alternative interpretations that may have you wondering how clearly we see the world in which we live.
