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Meditation on Space-Time, a literary novel

“Meditation on Space-Time is a strong pick for those seeking a metaphysical twist… with plenty of humor about life…” -Midwest Book Review

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Even as Father Lawrence was hearing the stranger’s confession, he dreamed of probability waves, black holes and temporal loops. He came to Gilead to look for his friend, not to mess with a penitent’s vices: seducing women, framing rivals, and laundering church-funds.

Except, his friend was pregnant with this man’s child.

The time to play ostrich was over. But ever since the girl whom he had counseled, committed suicide, he preferred distancing himself from others. And ever since falling out with his best friend, he preferred contemplating the duality of space-time to sorting out his own joy and grief and love and hatred. If only he could free himself from his emotional scum… if only he could marshal the courage to polish off his search for enlightenment…

He would renounce his vow and learn to equate a dollar with a cheeseburger. He would buy a gun without knowing how to load the magazine. He would discover the hidden identities behind each face and the secrets inside his friend’s heart…and the liaison between the villain and her…When faced with the gun barrel, Father Lawrence would have to contemplate death.

Either mercy or justice; either salvation or friendship.

Either choice: a flawed solution for a fallen man in a broken world. Meditation on Space-Time portrays a man’s struggle to discover his identity in contemporary society, to sacrifice for his friends, to take the road less traveled. For readers who, while sifting through clues to the characters’ true identities and hidden agendas, would eat up the hero’s every morsel of laughter and tear as if each were bittersweet chocolate.