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Product Description Cloak of Destiny is a cosmic sci-fi mystery like no other. Leaping straight into the recurring debate over science-versus-religion, it reveals an astonishing alternate vision of one of the world’s best-known and revered religious leaders.Pulp-fiction writer David Welles was once a scientist and visionary thinker, but in the last few years his only notable “achievement” seems to be his having fathered his brilliant and precocious son, Stuart. However, recently David began to be plagued by disturbing recurring dreams about a bearded man. In addition, he's started to notice that, for reasons he can't explain, he’s acquiring enhanced mental and sensory abilities.Meanwhile, archaeologist Arthur MacKnight has been tracking and trying to document large-scale, strange, and unexplained natural events that have occurred in various parts of Europe and Africa over the past few decades. He thinks these events might be related somehow to an astounding discovery he made in the tomb of a first-century Greek inventor. Knowing full well it’s the find of a lifetime, he wants to wait until he understands how it ties in with the miracle-like events he's been tracking before sharing it with the rest of the world. However, his assistant, Abdul-Samad Barrak, a devout Maronite Christian, disagrees. He strongly feels that such an earth-shaking discovery must be shared with the rest of humanity right away.With the help of Barrak, Welles and Stuart learn about the tomb and its incredible contents. And they are soon struggling to find the thread that connects that find with some fascinating predictions made by an obscure seventeenth-century author. As they try to solve this mystery, they are forced to tackle profound questions of faith, reason, and the very destiny of humanity. Weaving together artifacts and information from both past and present, all involved race to piece together the cosmic puzzle before the human race is devastated by a long-predicted, shattering final event. From Kirkus Reviews Strange visions and prophecies compel David Welles on an international hunt for incredible artifacts and the ultimate, possibly ageless mystery man behind it all. With his first adult fiction, polymath author Nardo—composer, musician, actor, screenwriter, historian and prolific writer of nonfiction—shoots for the stars and a great deal beyond. At first, his novel seems to poach on Da Vinci Code territory—incredible artifacts, clues in famous artworks, etc.—but it has the audacity to go right to the god behind it all. David Welles, protagonist in this ensemble narrative, is a widowed writer with a strong science background. Not particularly religious, he nonetheless finds himself assailed by visions of crucifixion, strange tombs, bizarre weather and other foreboding stuff, connected to an obscure book of apocalyptic prophecies that has also inspired maverick archaeologist Arthur MacKnight on a global quest to document miracles and marvels. MacKnight’s latest discovery, an ancient hideaway in the Middle East and its astounding contents, may shake the foundations of Christendom. A recurring bearded man appears in visions to yet more individuals around the world, apparently offering psychic enlightenment. Generally laid out in short, addictive Dan Brown–esque chapters, the narrative time-hops back to Greek inventor Philemnion of Rhodes and painter Jan Vermeer for key bits of the overall puzzle about what could be Earth’s imminent divine judgment. It says something that the most far-fetched element in Nardo’s matter-of-fact presentation seems less the overall presence of an eons-old supreme being mucking about with humanity than the way characters jet-set around the world, from Palestine to rural Vermont to Stonehenge. . . . Slick religious—but not evangelical—sci-fi that could score points particularly with readers who sport those Darwin fish bumper stickers. About the Author Historian and award-winning author Don Nardo

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Autorius: Don Nardo
Leidėjas: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Išleidimo metai: 2014
Knygos puslapių skaičius: 450
ISBN-13: 9781494336356
Formatas: 6 x 1.02 x 9 inches. Knyga minkštu viršeliu
Kalba: Anglų

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