I decided to write 'Raised as an Angel' in an attempt to come to terms with my own grief and sense of loss after losing many people close to me. Initially I undertook a great deal of research into various after-life topics and I can say that there are many great websites devoted to this topic.
Much has been said and written about the so called Near Death Experience where subjects at the point of death report being drawn into a tunnel towards a bright and loving light. My two novels begin on an advanced world across the galaxy where the inhabitants have every comfort. The advanced scientists there regularly monitor the lives of individuals on more primitive worlds such as our Earth and routinely bring the essence or soul of these people home, via the Tunnel of Life, at the end of their material lives. When the process goes horribly wrong, one individual living back on the advanced world elects to unlawfully return to his previous life here on Earth to find out what happened.
The story now follows this person’s life back on Earth and as he is gradually drawn back into the human condition, his acquired advanced spirituality begins to degrade. Along the way many aspects of our earthly condition are brought into focus and hence the title ‘Raised as an Angel’.
I am confident that both works will appeal to readers of science fiction in particular and it is my great hope that they can bring some comfort to anyone who is going through the grieving process.
