We would
like to welcome and thank Daniel Rafferty for making us one of his stops during
his Virtual Book Tour. He is the author of Counterpoint,
a Sci-fi/Fantasy novel. Here is a peek into what readers can expect from this extraordinary
writer.
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Move over “War of the Worlds,” we’ve got
bigger issues to deal with now! In
author Daniel Rafferty’s “Counterpoint,” things aren’t always as they seem—but
what, exactly, does that mean? Is it
time for the fight to the end between good and evil, Heaven and Hell? Is it the
beginning of Armageddon and the end of time?
It all starts out innocently enough when
12-year-old Mary asks her father where he’s off to, which happens to be one of
mankind’s worst endeavours, a World War.
But the story quickly moves beyond earthly boundaries, with angels,
demons, the devil, archangels and even humans with supernatural powers, coming
together to fight a battle between right and wrong, good and evil. And the powers-that-be are acting on God’s
behalf, but is he just watching from a distance to see what happens? What’s
God’s role in all of this—and will he be back to save the day—does he even
still exist?
You may think you know the storyline,
with so many familiar biblical names being thrown about like fresh holy water;
however, there are strange twists and turns that’ll leave you wondering who the
good guys and bad guys really are. Is Lucifer actually the devil incarnate or
do we humans have it all wrong? Is
Archangel Michael really who we think he is? Can all angels be trusted and are
some demons good? It’s a mixed up dimension of space and time when you’re
dealing with supernatural entities and human beings—and whose to be trusted?
Beyond the clear symbolism of names such
as Mary, Gabriel, David, Ariel and others, what role does the Bassett family
play and why does everyone seem to have plans for them? Why have they been chosen among all other
families on earth to do what they do? What have they been selected to do? Will
they realize their roles in time to save the planet and the universe as we know
it or are they just pawns in a much bigger scheme?
This epic tale takes places from Liverpool to London Dublin
Book Excerpt
“Then
destroy Hell!” Gabriel countered loudly. Both had now squared up to each other.
“Destroy
Hell?” shouted Michael, over Gabriel’s repeated yeses, “and lose hundreds of angels
in the process. What about the millions of demons roaming the planet? They’ll
regroup and we won’t have the troops to counter them.”
“Michael,”
said Gabriel calmly. He didn’t want them ending up brawling and destroying half
the city in the process. “This is wrong. If we try to forcefully remove evil
from this planet we risk destroying it. Humanity is capable of ejecting evil
from this world. Give them the time to do so. Let the experiment run its
course,” he reasoned.
“Evil
was never meant to be part of this experiment!”
“We
don’t know that. God left no instruction, nothing. For all we know evil is the
very object humanity must overcome to pass this experiment.” Gabriel sat back
down again. He knew the other Archangels agreed with him, at least to some
extent, but would not anger Michael.
“The time is now,” finished Michael once
more. The other archangels listened to Michael and Gabriel now descend into an
ear bashing row. The world’s inhabitants, human, animal and supernatural alike
had no idea that at this very moment, their fate was being determined in a
hotel suite in London
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| Daniel Rafferty, Author |
Daniel Rafferty currently lives in Belfast , Northern Ireland
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