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Waking from the Conscious Slumber
New Series Pits Spiritually Enlightened
against Army of Religious Zealots
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — As the world sinks further into madness, a group of people brought together by the need for truth must stop religious fascism from taking control of the world in the new novel, Deceiving the Elect — Book 1: Quickening Dreams (now available through AuthorHouse and most commercial outlets). Author Douglas Christian Larsen presents the first of a seven-part series about a new human revolution of the mind.
Set in a world that mirrors the present social climate, the first novel begins as a small group of unrelated people find themselves questioning all modernized dogma of organized religion after hearing a “still small voice” that wakens them in their dreams. World-weary ex-boxer Stacey Colton teeters on the edge of suicide until he hears the voice, which at first only seems to bring him trouble, leading him into an auto accident, which lands him in jail. On the other end of the accident, Bronte Chaplin, a music prodigy and victim of a mind-control cult who endures the wrath of an abusive boyfriend, makes a prayer for the man of her dreams. Seconds later she is involved in an accident with Stacey. Instead of accepting his smiling face, she flees the scene.Joshua Bouwer and Michael Potok are roommates and Sunday school teachers who have been searching 10 years for the “perfect church” to no avail. The two men are polar opposites. Joshua is a sloppy, seven-foot tall giant covered with a long beard and mountains of flesh. Michael is a small neat freak who has been shriveled by disease and childhood violence. Questioning whether there is a God, the two begin a Web site that investigates the teachings of false prophets and religious extremists. This work directly affects Jehovah’s Army, a fascist group of religious extremists. Believing they are mandated by God to wage war on “the pagans,” the army is commanded by the Anointed One to create a global Christian theocracy that punishes the smallest infraction with swift, Old Testament justice. Buddy Nicodemus is a fervent soldier in the army who has taken it upon himself to stop these heretics, but his first confrontation with Stacey proves it is not going to be an easy task for either side to win.An intense beginning to an exciting new series, Deceiving the Elect — Book 1: Quickening Dreams sets up the ultimate battle between good and evil for the control of the entire world.Larsen lives in Colorado with his wife and their three youngest children. Deceiving the Elect — Book 1: Quickening Dreams is his debut novel. Please visit www.DeceivingtheElect.net.
