David Beckett

Heaven's Gate David Beckett

The occult. A secret organization with satanic motives to fulfill an unclear, secret and ancient prophecy. A holy relic dismissed by one test. Biblical truth's hidden in the secret libraries of the church. A terminally ill, scientific and once pious man; Carton Wolfe, who's faith in God was destroyed by that test in 1988. Up until that point he had tirelessly lobbied for the testing on the Shroud of Turin only to be proved wrong and was deemed a mad fool by his peers. What are the remnants of his soul? A soul of scientific hopelessness - without the divine salvation he'd longed for. Just a cynical acceptance of one's mortality. "The sheer existence of a three-dimensional image on the cloth and the data collected, proves the cornerstone of Christianity. The resurrection. If the church allows the carbon testing. I have no doubt it will prove me right. But why are the church barricading that test - it will provide the date of their lord's greatest moment. It will sharpen the hopes of all souls in the pursuit of salvation and hence, use the tools of the church's greatest adversary against them. Science." Far from New Mexico where Wolfe now resides as an old disgruntled atheist. Psychiatrist and New York businesswoman, Natalie Moore receives an unwelcome phone call in the early hours. Its Detective Green; homicide. Something horrendous has happened to her husband Sam; her peer, her business partner and highly successful Author. For years he has battled with psychological torment from his abusive childhood at the hands of the church. He was found on death's door by a mysterious and handsome priest, crucified upside down on a wooden wall in his local library - he was completing his overdue and highly anticipated second novel. Who committed this heinous crime? Who is this priest? What did Sam do to deserve this. How is this Carton Wolfe connected? These question's send her into a world we do not see, and unknown to Natalie, this unseen enemy wants something from her. Something only, she can provide and maybe this mysterious priest is the only one who can help her, and Sam survive.