Before the Demiurge Sleeps

By N L Verbeke

Afraid that his severely handicapped brother may not have long to live, and distraught that imitating his father's religion has not provided him with solace, thirteen year old Nicholas Walker abandons his faith and embarks on a spiritual quest where personal experience provides the only merit for belief. Two years later during an occult experiment known as the Witch's Cradle he encounters a mysterious apparition who may provide the tangible evidence of an afterlife he so desperately desires-if only he can prove it is not a construction of his own mind. Now, thirty-one years old, married, and settling into his adult life, he is forced to confront his past and ponder whether the unforeseen consequences of his irreverent and morally ambiguous actions have granted him wisdom, or just left him with haunting memories and guilt. Inspired by the author's own experience growing up alongside a brother suffering with the mental and physical effects of Edward's Syndrome, Before the Demiurge Sleeps, reminds us that doubt often leads to revelation, and the terror of our own mortality is often the harbinger of faith.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500230871
• ISBN13: 9781500230876
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"