Thomas Nastek – författare

An atheist living in the new modern world, Dr. Saul Kriesh is trapped in an agonizing job. His wife leaves him to search for a fabled religious city where freedom and hope prevail. Saul leaves everything behind to chase after the only light left in his darkened life. As he begins the journey, he meets a Catholic nun who enlightens him about God. Saul begins to hear the narrative of faith in a new way. While he is trying to reconcile his past with God, he is left with the decision of his life. Either he must make one single, life or death act of faith, or be forever without God. While all this is happening, the mythical golden city is threatened by the very socialist society from which Saul is escaping. His life, his salvation, and the city all await his decision.

Written under the guise of fiction, the plot takes on the major issues of today - abortion, addiction, control, gaming, pornography, socialism, torture, and faithlessness. The story finds heroes in unlikely places who struggle internally with their conscience while facing tremendous cultural pressure and government control. With help coming from mysterious characters, our heroes journey towards a new world with the promise of hope, faith, and freedom.

In the first volume we travelled with a group of people seeking to escape a fallen and corrupt world. Through the help of a mystical guide named Maria, they journeyed through a hidden system below the worldly cities. In this second volume, our adventurers make it to the fabled city they have longed to reach. However, all does not appear to be as promised. Our main protagonist once again shouts out the injustice that others have yet to admit.

However, Dr. Saul Kriesh''s journey is not yet over, but in fact he is given a new role, one that sees him as the learner. With Sister Guinevere once again assigned as his companion, he takes on this new mission - a sort of boot camp in the laws of the One. Only at the end of this training is a single test that will take all the courage and strength our unlikely hero can muster.

Ire of the Shekel will not disappoint as the level of excitement is ratcheted up several notches. This tale is not over yet. Though our adventurers have arrived at their destination, is it the ultimate destination? There are still connections to be made, questions to be answered, and revelations unveiled as Saul begins to understand this quest for truth.