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The Messiah and His Lover

"Patient X", the "Messiah" in the narrative, is found in an unnamed city in the middle of a war zone in the Middle East suffering from total amnesia. The first half of the book takes place there. But while X knows nothing about himself, he has clairvoyant powers to read minds and feel total empathy for anyone around him. Escaping from an army hospital where he witnesses torture, he meets Leila, a local photojournalist, who takes him in. They fall in love and marry. Leila is pregnant when X reads the mind of a would-be terrorist and prevents a suicide bombing at the city flower market. But chased by jihadists, he is struck by a truck and loses his recent memory including any idea of Leila and his life there.

He awakens as Jacob, returns to his former life in San Francisco, starts a new business and begins to date Sara. A few chapters later, Leila finds him and gets a job as his secretary. She has lost their baby and wishes only to be near Jacob, who sadly does not recognize her. When Jacob and Sara become engaged, Leila is devastated and returns to her home. Slowly Jacob's memory and his powers of empathy and clairvoyance begin to come back. He breaks off with Sara and flies to the city where Leila lives not knowing yet who he's looking for.

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The Messiah and His Lover

"Patient X", the "Messiah" in the narrative, is found in an unnamed city in the middle of a war zone in the Middle East suffering from total amnesia. The first half of the book takes place there. But while X knows nothing about himself, he has clairvoyant powers to read minds and feel total empathy for anyone around him. Escaping from an army hospital where he witnesses torture, he meets Leila, a local photojournalist, who takes him in. They fall in love and marry. Leila is pregnant when X reads the mind of a would-be terrorist and prevents a suicide bombing at the city flower market. But chased by jihadists, he is struck by a truck and loses his recent memory including any idea of Leila and his life there.

He awakens as Jacob, returns to his former life in San Francisco, starts a new business and begins to date Sara. A few chapters later, Leila finds him and gets a job as his secretary. She has lost their baby and wishes only to be near Jacob, who sadly does not recognize her. When Jacob and Sara become engaged, Leila is devastated and returns to her home. Slowly Jacob's memory and his powers of empathy and clairvoyance begin to come back. He breaks off with Sara and flies to the city where Leila lives not knowing yet who he's looking for.

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The Messiah and His Lover

The Messiah and His Lover

by David Hoffman
The Messiah and His Lover

The Messiah and His Lover

by David Hoffman

Overview

"Patient X", the "Messiah" in the narrative, is found in an unnamed city in the middle of a war zone in the Middle East suffering from total amnesia. The first half of the book takes place there. But while X knows nothing about himself, he has clairvoyant powers to read minds and feel total empathy for anyone around him. Escaping from an army hospital where he witnesses torture, he meets Leila, a local photojournalist, who takes him in. They fall in love and marry. Leila is pregnant when X reads the mind of a would-be terrorist and prevents a suicide bombing at the city flower market. But chased by jihadists, he is struck by a truck and loses his recent memory including any idea of Leila and his life there.

He awakens as Jacob, returns to his former life in San Francisco, starts a new business and begins to date Sara. A few chapters later, Leila finds him and gets a job as his secretary. She has lost their baby and wishes only to be near Jacob, who sadly does not recognize her. When Jacob and Sara become engaged, Leila is devastated and returns to her home. Slowly Jacob's memory and his powers of empathy and clairvoyance begin to come back. He breaks off with Sara and flies to the city where Leila lives not knowing yet who he's looking for.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780999764503
Publisher: Citizens Rising
Publication date: 01/18/2018
Pages: 312
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

An American author, political commentator, and media activist, David Hoffman is the Founder and President Emeritus of Internews, the largest global non-profit organization supporting independent media and access to quality information in more than 100 countries. Wired Magazine called Hoffman "the nonprofit Ted Turner. "He is also the Chairman Emeritus of the Global Forum for Media Development, a cross-sector initiative of more than 500 leading media assistance organizations from 100 countries that he spearheaded. He wrote the book Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy (2013) to tell the stories of the media development field and the activists who are playing a decisive role in political affairs across the globe.

Hoffman has written widely about media and democracy, the Internet, and the importance of supporting pluralistic, local media around the world. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, USA Today, The Huffington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle.[2]

Hoffman won an Emmy award as project director for the television series Capital-to-Capital that ran from 1987-1990. It was produced in association with ABC News and Soviet Central Television moderated by Peter Jennings.
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