The Messiah Helix - Softcover

Cattie, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520619650 ISBN 13: 9781520619651

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

The more brightly it shines, the darker the shadow it casts. Thus it is that Thomas Brennan finds himself an unwillingly lapsed Catholic, wandering lost in the cold, dark shadows cast by the sexual depravations of two trusted, well-respected priests who sexually abused a young Brennan on two separate occasions while he was growing up. Brennan now wrestles with his own battered spirituality, desperately trying to assuage the enormous hole in his faith, his trust, his very soul. Brennan's pursuit of validation takes him around the world where, as an archeologist, he sifts through history in an innate attempt for validation of his faith. When proof is uncovered that authenticates two infamous icons of Christianity: the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo, anticipation abounds; until a third piece of evidence is unearthed. Along the way, we meet the mysterious secret organization— the silent strong arm of the Church— Custodis Veritas, as well as a deeply implanted witness in the FBI's Witness Protection Program who is about to turn state's evidence on a vicious, notorious mafia capo régime known as Vincent "Mr. Delaware" DiChicario. Our story culminates in a warehouse in South Philadelphia, where Brennan meets his fate head on, bullets flying, as he attempts to rescue the woman who helped him to find love and trust again, from the clutches of the nefarious Mr. Delaware. Ironically, it is this trust— skewed by the very person who gave it back to him— that frees him in the end. Sometimes a lie can be the kindest truth of all. Sometimes ignorance is truly bliss.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1520619650
• ISBN 13: 9781520619651
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314