You won’t ever look at a swastika or Christian cross the same way again. Nor will you want to avoid the topic of Autism.
Albany, New York – Nov. 25, 2009 – With Holy Autism, Daniel Forant fiendishly concocts an intellectual, lucid thriller that weaves an international murder mystery with fascinating history stripped from Western history. Fascinating is the question, “Did Hitler kill Jews to avenge the crucifixion of Jesus?” Come all ye faithful when film director Anna Engel plunges into a blasphemous crime scene and fears the victim lying in symbolic repose in the Tomb of Christ in Jerusalem, Israel, may be Hellen, her daughter, an institutional-ready, autistic savant with a knack for unholy alliances. Forced to interpret what her presumed slaughtered daughter could not or die, Anna becomes both suspect and amateur sleuth with her sidekick Adam Reuter, a German-Jewish Historian. Hunting secrets to a Heaven and hell conspiracy, the duo must contend with Scientology and a Jack the Ripper-like killer called Vatican Jack. From Israel to Italy, they speed toward a showdown with one of the world’s greatest powers. What this on-the-run, cocky heroine discovers extinguishes two of the world’s greatest mysteries. Holy Autism will be available in trade paperback in January and is available now as an Ebook release at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/6091 – Forant’s Goliath plot will please both conspiracy buffs and thriller addicts.
Vincent Zandri (author of As Catch Can and the forthcoming Moonlight Falls) said about Holy Autism, “Rarely does a novel come along that combines historical drama with mystery, psychological suspense and even horror with such skill that I am left questioning my own place in the world as a quote, “professional author,” unquote. But Daniel Forant’s, Holy Autism is wake up call for anyone who thumbs their stuffy academic noses at a self-published work. A debut thriller for people who like to use their brains and adrenal glands, it brings to life the violent-packed odyssey of Hellen Engel (Angel) and her daughter’s divine inspired autism. An Autism that at once is called holy and that becomes the target for mortal devils who wish to unlock its secrets. Told in stylish, if not cocky prose that might be equaled only by contemporary noir great Boston Teran, Holy Autism is at once disturbing but profoundly thought provoking. It’s just plain better written than Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code and in many ways, more fascinating. You won’t ever look at a swastika or Christian cross the same way again. Nor will you want to avoid the topic of Autism.”
Holy Autism deals with the timely topic of autism and donates a portion of every book sale to Autism Speaks. Today, one in every one-hundred-fifty kids is affected by autism.
Born in New York State, Daniel Forant, Jr. graduated from Siena College. He served honorably in the U.S. Army and rode an acclaimed bicycle, solo, from New York to California to support the Troops after 9/11. Mr. Forant has appeared in newspapers and he has been heard and seen on radio and TV from New York to California. He is an honorary citizen of Indianapolis, Indiana. His main interests are reading, writing, and cooking. Holy Autism is his first novel.
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