Heavenscribe: Part Three
(2015)(The third book in the Heavenscribe series)
A Novella by Christine Nolfi
Inspiring, magical, and deeply moving - award-winning author Christine Nolfi sweeps you into an unforgettable journey in Heavenscribe: Part 3.
This is Part 3 of the Heavenscribe serial mystery, a spiritual tale that unfolds over multiple books. From Heavenscribe: Part One:
Zobie Marsh hides the fearsome talent of prophecy. Young, poor and grieving the loss of her beloved Black Gram, she leaves home suddenly to avoid the advances of her mother's latest boyfriend. Her decision to travel to South Carolina sets in motion Heavenscribe, a spiritual transformation devised by angels to aid a dying world.
Bel Petersen seems to have it all: ample means, a loving marriage and a rewarding family life. But she's suffered through a year of unexpected deaths, and near-constant nightmares that portend the downfall of civilization. Now she's visiting Health Presbyterian daily as Milly battles a relentless bone cancer sure to end their decades-long friendship in a matter of weeks.
One evening as Bel unlocks her car in the hospital's parking lot, four ambulances stream toward the Emergency entrance. There's been a horrific traffic accident. She's shocked to discover one of the victims didn't make it into an ambulance - and he's bleeding out in a high school student's car. Bel sends the student running to the hospital for help, and tends to the grievously injured man.
His dying words will lead her to Zobie, and reveal the spiritual awakening they must undertake together. If they fail, The Dimming will consume every human soul on the planet.
Q& A with the Author
What was the inspiration behind Heavenscribe?
Although most adults won't readily discuss angels, telepathy or metaphysical subjects, many of us harbor private stories that don't quite line up with everyday reality. An intuition or a dream that proves astonishingly accurate. Or a gut feeling that urges you to go left instead of right on the street, ensuring you bump into a friend you haven't seen in years. Heavenscribe explores the mystical life underpinning the practical world, an alternate world that enriches our lives with a sense of wonder.
Why are you releasing Heavenscribe in sections?
The story touches on politics, religion, family life, metaphysical subjects, and the overarching spiritual journey of civilization as a whole - too much material for one book! I wanted to give readers a story brimming with inspiration and miracles, but in a grounded, practical setting. This is one reason why the natural world plays a key role - there's nothing more wondrous than the pretty blue planet we inhabit. Trying to compress the rich plot into 400 pages would've meant leaving out many of the more inspirational elements.
In Heavenscribe, Part Two, Bel learned of her own supernatural gifts. Will she become as powerful as Zobie?
Unlike Zobie, who has known of her psychic gifts since childhood, Bel is ill prepared to accept her surprising talents. She's a proud homemaker with a rich family life, and she struggles to understand why an ordinary woman would come into possession of such powers. Of course, Bel is anything but ordinary. Her goodness provides the key to unlocking Heavenscribe, as does a memory from long ago that shaped her notions of religion and spirituality.
What can readers expect in Heavenscribe, Part Four?
Readers will meet the third Primary in a surprising way as world events draw closer to the women's lives.
Readers, you'll best enjoy Heavenscribe by reading the series in order. This is a serialized story spanning hundreds of pages.
Genre: Fantasy
This is Part 3 of the Heavenscribe serial mystery, a spiritual tale that unfolds over multiple books. From Heavenscribe: Part One:
Zobie Marsh hides the fearsome talent of prophecy. Young, poor and grieving the loss of her beloved Black Gram, she leaves home suddenly to avoid the advances of her mother's latest boyfriend. Her decision to travel to South Carolina sets in motion Heavenscribe, a spiritual transformation devised by angels to aid a dying world.
Bel Petersen seems to have it all: ample means, a loving marriage and a rewarding family life. But she's suffered through a year of unexpected deaths, and near-constant nightmares that portend the downfall of civilization. Now she's visiting Health Presbyterian daily as Milly battles a relentless bone cancer sure to end their decades-long friendship in a matter of weeks.
One evening as Bel unlocks her car in the hospital's parking lot, four ambulances stream toward the Emergency entrance. There's been a horrific traffic accident. She's shocked to discover one of the victims didn't make it into an ambulance - and he's bleeding out in a high school student's car. Bel sends the student running to the hospital for help, and tends to the grievously injured man.
His dying words will lead her to Zobie, and reveal the spiritual awakening they must undertake together. If they fail, The Dimming will consume every human soul on the planet.
Q& A with the Author
What was the inspiration behind Heavenscribe?
Although most adults won't readily discuss angels, telepathy or metaphysical subjects, many of us harbor private stories that don't quite line up with everyday reality. An intuition or a dream that proves astonishingly accurate. Or a gut feeling that urges you to go left instead of right on the street, ensuring you bump into a friend you haven't seen in years. Heavenscribe explores the mystical life underpinning the practical world, an alternate world that enriches our lives with a sense of wonder.
Why are you releasing Heavenscribe in sections?
The story touches on politics, religion, family life, metaphysical subjects, and the overarching spiritual journey of civilization as a whole - too much material for one book! I wanted to give readers a story brimming with inspiration and miracles, but in a grounded, practical setting. This is one reason why the natural world plays a key role - there's nothing more wondrous than the pretty blue planet we inhabit. Trying to compress the rich plot into 400 pages would've meant leaving out many of the more inspirational elements.
In Heavenscribe, Part Two, Bel learned of her own supernatural gifts. Will she become as powerful as Zobie?
Unlike Zobie, who has known of her psychic gifts since childhood, Bel is ill prepared to accept her surprising talents. She's a proud homemaker with a rich family life, and she struggles to understand why an ordinary woman would come into possession of such powers. Of course, Bel is anything but ordinary. Her goodness provides the key to unlocking Heavenscribe, as does a memory from long ago that shaped her notions of religion and spirituality.
What can readers expect in Heavenscribe, Part Four?
Readers will meet the third Primary in a surprising way as world events draw closer to the women's lives.
Readers, you'll best enjoy Heavenscribe by reading the series in order. This is a serialized story spanning hundreds of pages.
Genre: Fantasy
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