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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW WRITER LAUNCHES “GOTHIC THRILLER" A “DA VINCI CODE” FOR CANADA SET IN RUINS OF ST. NORBERT MONASTERY Calgary, AB September 19, 2005 – The Da Vinci Code’s exotic locales have nothing on a new gothic thriller set in the ruins of St. Norbert Monastery. These haunting ruins play a prominent role in Jim Slobodzian’s debut thriller, a “unique prairie gothic” titled RAMIEL, Angel in Ruins. This entertaining and fast-moving story follows the archangel Ramiel on the road to ruin and redemption in the ruins of a haunted monastery. What happens when a person’s ordinary life becomes entangled in the games played between angels and demons? “I feel the prairie landscape and weather are both beautiful and haunting at the same time. You can feel lost in the space, but at the same time haven’t you ever felt you weren’t alone in it - that spirits surrounded and shared the space with you? In this story those spirits cross that space and people‘s ordinary lives are never the same.” In the story Michael leads a quiet, ordinary family life – that is until he dies. One afternoon Michael dies in a car accident where he meets Ramiel, an archangel fleeing to earth. Ramiel returns Michael to life, but with a price – he must commit murder. Michael’s mad experience seems like a cruel joke, and both Michael’s wife, Kate, and his comical brother-in-law, Ed, think so too. Ramiel’s mysterious appearance is tied to the tragic death, decades earlier, of a monk who haunts the ruins of St. Norbert monastery. Suddenly Michael’s average life takes on the speed of an accelerating nightmare as he has a looming deadline...and lives hang in the balance. Michael and Ed race to discover the truth about the monk’s death - until Michael is left with the terrifying knowledge that he alone has the power of life and death over an archangel, his own soul and an innocent celebrity. The struggle between good and evil is filled with shadows. In the end he must decide.
RAMIEL is filled with exciting twists and reversals that will keep you on the edge of your chair. Available at Amazon.com and McNally Robinson Booksellers (Calgary). * * * Contact: Jim Slobodzian Tel: (403) 616-0040 info@jamesdouglas.ca www.ramiel.caAbout the Author RAMIEL Jim Slobodzian
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