Author: | Bernard Seif | ISBN: | 6230000002036 |
Publisher: | Crossroad Press | Publication: | July 7, 2018 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Bernard Seif |
ISBN: | 6230000002036 |
Publisher: | Crossroad Press |
Publication: | July 7, 2018 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
Brother Francis ONeil has spent much of his twenty-first century life studying the work of his monastic founders, Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales. By profession, he is a clinical psychologist and doctor of Chinese medicine, on top of his fascination with the two sixteenth-century religious figures. It is during one of his many academic and charitable trips to China, far from his home and life in Pennsylvania, when the unthinkable happens.
Four-hundred-year-old ancient parchments have mysteriously come into his hands. An avid researcher and historian, ONeil knows these parchments are special, but on closer inspection, he realizes they are much more than special: they may be the authentic texts, penned years before by de Chantal and de Sales. With his new acquisition, ONeil also receives a strong feeling of foreboding that transcends time.
Something happened to de Chantal and de Sales. They were involved in an ancient mystery, as yet unsolved. Perhaps, ONeilwho knows their work so wellwill unravel the mystery of his spiritual mother and father. Hes good at solving puzzles, but how good is he at staying alive, as the parchments seem to bring danger to his doorstep? Will the ancient pages end in murder abroad? Or will the danger follow him back home to Pennsylvania?
Brother Francis ONeil has spent much of his twenty-first century life studying the work of his monastic founders, Jane de Chantal and Francis de Sales. By profession, he is a clinical psychologist and doctor of Chinese medicine, on top of his fascination with the two sixteenth-century religious figures. It is during one of his many academic and charitable trips to China, far from his home and life in Pennsylvania, when the unthinkable happens.
Four-hundred-year-old ancient parchments have mysteriously come into his hands. An avid researcher and historian, ONeil knows these parchments are special, but on closer inspection, he realizes they are much more than special: they may be the authentic texts, penned years before by de Chantal and de Sales. With his new acquisition, ONeil also receives a strong feeling of foreboding that transcends time.
Something happened to de Chantal and de Sales. They were involved in an ancient mystery, as yet unsolved. Perhaps, ONeilwho knows their work so wellwill unravel the mystery of his spiritual mother and father. Hes good at solving puzzles, but how good is he at staying alive, as the parchments seem to bring danger to his doorstep? Will the ancient pages end in murder abroad? Or will the danger follow him back home to Pennsylvania?