GLENDALE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- From amid the world of electronic journalism, mystical apparitions and the chaos and human debris of a catastrophic civil war comes Stephanie's Journey: The Warning Trumpet (now available through AuthorHouse), an explosive new novel from Brad Thomas.
After more than a decade of award-winning coverage across the globe, ace reporter Stephanie Howard and Paul Wilson, her field producer and close friend from the American Cable Network, are assigned to cover the turbulent and contentious breakup of the former Yugoslavia. It is an assignment that will change their lives forever.
Despite being immersed in the ongoing mayhem and brutal inhumanity of "ethnic cleansing" in Sarajevo, Stephanie bonds with an 8-year-old orphan boy. A weekend spent with the child convinces her that something is missing in her life. Meanwhile, her executive producer insists that Stephanie and Paul probe into the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary to six children in Bosnia. He is convinced they hold the key to world peace. Although it is hardly germane to their story, the reporter and producer do as requested.
Stephanie soon finds herself coming to grips with thoughts and revelations she never before entertained. A chance encounter with a beautiful peasant woman, coupled with other mysterious signs and compounded by the sudden death of the executive producer, strengthen Stephanie's belief that the messages of Medjugorje and the 1917 prophecies of Fatima contain a viable solution in the world's quest for peace. The dream she thought impossible becomes a reality beyond her wildest imaginings.
Stephanie's Journey artfully combines action, danger, mysticism, confrontation and love, and welds them into a tightly woven drama that refuses to part company with a reader's attention.
Thomas' career includes every aspect of the entertainment industry. He has acted, produced, co-produced and written for the stage, motion pictures and television. In the late 1970s, he took a break from the changing atmosphere of Hollywood and, with his Roman Catholic upbringing as his guide, began researching the prophecies of Fatima and Medjugorje. The more he studied, the more he was convinced he had been called upon to bring this message to the masses. More information is available at www.BThomasBooks.com
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