The Deviant Apparition
A mysterious encounter in a churchyard has such consequences that our scientific story is rewritten, and God is, at last, UNMASKED......
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Who is the strange woman lurking among the gravestones, and what is it about her that both attracts and deeply disturbs the man who has seen her? Suddenly in over his head, James is horrified to discover the woman seems to be, quite literally, living in the past! He goes along with the apparent madness - or is it an elaborate hoax? - until he realises that a spate of other seemingly impossible happenings are now occurring around the world every day. Swept up in her deeds, from the tragic to the heroic, James has to battle world media and the British security services, who seize her and take her away...
Meanwhile, a freethinking Cambridge physics professor goes public with his bold pronouncement of what we can do to stop the bizarre events from happening and, in the process, communicating wisdom and advice that will forever change the way we look at ourselves, at others, and at the very universe of which we are part. Science has finally proven things that were previously considered beyond its remit.
Weaving strands of real life quantum physics findings with spirituality forms the elaborate setpiece for this warm-spirited, fast-moving mystery, epic in scope and profound in spiritual significance.
Published by Roundfire books (2012), an imprint of John Hunt Publishing Group (previously O-books).
What readers have said:
"Extraordinarily good read... I got carried away by the pace of the book; it's written well." John Hunt, Director, O-Books Ltd
"The way the story intricately weaves recent physical world discoveries with spirituality and our concept of the universe is still rare in well written literature, and yet it could help provide a pathway ahead for our planet. Thought provoking and a positive look at how we form relationships outside the social norms. Well worth reading." V.K. Browne, critic
"This time-travel tale entertains while offering an intriguing hypothesis for the spate of odd sightings, or UVEs (Unexplained Visual Experiences), happening across the globe.
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Turns out these seeming hallucinations are tears in space-time, glimpses of past ages, and one such UVE nets a bona-fide, unintentional Victorian time-traveler, Mary Stepney. While much of the story follows Mary’s adaptation to modern times via her at first disbelieving discoverer James Harvey, author SK Webb devotes a few chapters to the hypothesis of quantum physicist Professor John Beale, who attributes the UVEs to overuse of technologies utilizing electromagnetic radiation (cell phones, satellites, etc.). While this side step into quantum origin is fascinating (I’m a sucker for it, myself), the real story is the growing affection between Mary and James, an unlikely couple who overcome time and kidnapping by a suspicious government." Rain Taxi
"... exciting new writer, reminiscent of the old masters, yet vividly of our time."
"Could be a future spiritual masterpiece. It confronts all you ever dared not to think about."
"Bold and daring, a voice desperately needed for the times in which we now find ourselves."
"Pretty controversial in places."
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