Father Jim Downs is an aging Catholic priest who has become an alcoholic and lost his faith in God. And his secrets go much deeper.
He is approached by the US government to participate in a top-secret project with one of his parishioners, Bernice Latcher—a woman who is dying of cancer. Using intercepted alien navigation systems, researchers believe they have discovered Europa, the intersection of life and death in the universe. When someone dies, beams of energy emanate from Europa and are transmitted to the Sylvian fissure in the human brain. Scientists want Downs to accompany Latcher to the other side to investigate the mysteries of life and death.
Downs agrees, and he begins a journey to the heart of his own humanity, making a difficult trek toward resolving the issues that haunt him and achieving absolution and redemption in the process. In The Sylvian Fissure, Brendan Beery and coauthor Dan Ray explore life, death, and forgiveness in a way that readers will never forget.
Father Jim Downs is an aging Catholic priest who has become an alcoholic and lost his faith in God. And his secrets go much deeper.
He is approached by the US government to participate in a top-secret project with one of his parishioners, Bernice Latcher—a woman who is dying of cancer. Using intercepted alien navigation systems, researchers believe they have discovered Europa, the intersection of life and death in the universe. When someone dies, beams of energy emanate from Europa and are transmitted to the Sylvian fissure in the human brain. Scientists want Downs to accompany Latcher to the other side to investigate the mysteries of life and death.
Downs agrees, and he begins a journey to the heart of his own humanity, making a difficult trek toward resolving the issues that haunt him and achieving absolution and redemption in the process. In The Sylvian Fissure, Brendan Beery and coauthor Dan Ray explore life, death, and forgiveness in a way that readers will never forget.