Fiction / Thriller / Apocalyptic / Christian
Date Published: July 14, 2024
Publisher: Manhattan Book Group
Successful, college educated men in their twenties and thirties are admitted to psychiatric institutions claiming to be angels in a satanic army. They know their rank, mission, and commanding officer. Many had no prior religious background. Friends, Jonathan Hart, a reporter, and Charles Atwater, a psychologist collaborate on studying these patients with Angelic Psychotic Disorder. They discover that what they call the Dark Angel movement has people placed in the highest levels of government. The book examines the ease of which a charismatic leader promising peace could persuade people to give up their individual rights. It questions the strength of faith, what normal people are capable of when confronted with enormous challenge, and the impact on individual relationships.
Interview with Lawrence R Deering
Introduce yourself
I am a retired health care executive of more than 40 years. I spent about half that time as a CEO building companies from startups to established companies. I am currently working as a health care operating partner for a private equity company (part-time).
Tell me about your journey as an author: writing process
I wrote by first book, Youth Group, in 2012. It is loosely based upon my experiences growing up in the Baptist Church. My mother was deeply religious and forced me to join a youth group when I was sixteen. I asked too many questions and was often seen as combative and argumentative. I then began the Hart series, a trilogy based on three generations of the Hart family (The Brotherhood, The Hart of John, and now the Hart of God). Each book stands on its own and could be read separately. The theme is the use of religion to gain political power.
Tell me about your book
The Hart of God is about highly education twenty- and thirty-year-olds with good careers who suddenly profess that they are angels in an army dedicated to putting Satan on the heavenly throne. Many end up in mental institutions where no treatment is effective. Jon Hart, a journalist and his friend Charles Atwater, a psychologist work together to understand the phenomena which the psychiatric community labels at Angelic Psychotic Disorder. What they find is that these "dark angels" have infiltrated the military and governments around the world. The community believes the antichrist is behind this and the two friends risk their lives to expose the movement. As events unfold the forces on both sides lead the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Message for our readers
My message to readers is that they should be willing to explore their own views on religion, governments, and individual relationships. Circumstances can bring you to do things that you would never normally consider doing.
My pitch:
Millions of Christians around the world are preparing for the final battle between God‘s army and Satan’s. Non-believers use their belief to further their own self interests. What if it could happen? What if many around the world could be convinced that believing in a spiritual being has been holding mankind back. “We need to take personal responsibility for our actions. We only have one life. Live it to the fullest.”
What if a charismatic leader championing this effort convinced much of the world that we needed a globalist approach to world peace: one world, no borders, one government working for all the people.
What if this new government brought peace to the Middle East while at the same time consolidating a world-wide military and controlling nuclear weapons.
People of faith would fight back but they would be persecuted and killed. How far would you be willing to go for your faith? Could you hold on to the relationships you hold dear when family members are on different sides?
The Hart of God uses current events and biblical prophesy to ask the question - have we created a world capable of destroying ourselves? Can a movement of hope and peace turn into a world-wide authoritarian government that kills its dissenters?
I think you may find that we are much closer to this possibility than you ever could have thought.
About the Author
Lawrence R. Deering spent more than forty years as a healthcare executive. His first novel Youth Group, was based on his experiences in the Southern Baptist church. The Spider Web Charmer featured Michael and Michelle Crawford, married private detectives with unique abilities chasing down a serial killer.
He wrote The Brotherhood, The Hart of John, (the New Apocalypse,), and The Hart of God, (the End of Days) all part of the Hart trilogy.
He is an avid audiophile and enjoys listening to his rock vinyl record collection. He lives with his wife, Lisa, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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