Almost all here - -

3 years of writing and then a full year of editing, formatting and preparing for print, and now the book is almost here. I hope the next one does not take nearly as long.

Even though it is frustrating at times when measuring the rate of real change - - the process of producing this novel has been fabulous, great fun. When the website is finished with the book for sale, I will have completed the writing process for The Manhattan Prophet. Then I can start working on the next book! I'm hoping that people, friends, readers, professionals will use the website and blog to give me feedback on what it is I have just learned to really enjoy, my writing.

Happy to see it is almost all here - - trailer is up, blog is on - - Almost all here

A Perfect Season for the Book

This is the season for The Manhattan Prophet . . . Easter - Passover . . . for The Manhattan Prophet too is a story of rebirth, the rebirth of all of mankind after the disasters predicted by the doomsayers come true. It is a story of hope and redemption, without judgment or intention to proselytize. It is a love story, both human and supernatural, and it is an action story that accelerates almost as fast as epiphanous change. This is also my favorite season. A season where stories are told from almost an undocumentable history. From a time of miracles and marches to freedom that changed the entire world. Israelites in exodus, Jesus rising, all without tangible proof other then the tales themselves, but now the rock hard seed of all religion and culture. Gives a hesitant pause to the definition of the word faith.

The Website is going Live!

In and around all the things that have to get done, I am delighted to say the website is almost live. I hope that it becomes a vehicle not for only selling the book, but steering people to this blog in order to begin discussions of what the book is about. I know what I think the book is about, I want to hear what others are thinking too.

Begin at the Beginning

Welcome everyone. This blog is going to be a place for me to keep readers in the loop about all things regarding the release of my new novel, THE MANHATTAN PROPHET. I'll also talk about the publishing process, make updates about my website, and alert you all to any news and events that surround the book. Please feel free to email me at jake@themanhattanprophet.com with questions or comments!

About the book:
THE MANHATTAN PROPHET takes place in an imminently apocalyptic New York City, where most civil order and government has been destroyed in the limited nuclear war that erupted out of the ongoing conflict between the West and Radical Islam. Now, the multinational corporations, new-founded city state governments, and street gangs vie for power and survival. The masses are forced into a feudalistic existence; many are quarantined on public land, infected with viruses that mutated in the radioactive fallout. Those with “clean” blood rise to prominence while those diseased and dying sink into poverty and depravity.

Into this world, hope rises with a Salem Jones, a mysterious young man born in prison, who without leaving his jail cell has begun a global spiritual movement, spreading healing and hope amongst the poor and downtrodden, but anxiety and fear amongst the rich and powerful. On the day Salem is to be released from prison, he disappears into the walled-off ghetto in New York City which was once Central Park, now known as Shantypark. Tensions mount as battle lines are drawn and the New York city-state prepares for an ultimate battle between good and evil, with the whole world watching.

More to come....