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Prior to his entering medical school, Dr. Peter Thornton, had been studying to be a priest at Sr. Frances of Assisi seminary, but left the day before graduation. Blessed with a photographic memory, in his last year residency at Montreal General Hospital in Montreal, Canada, preparing to take his oral examinations in order to be accredited as a doctor, continually exhausted as a Resident Doctor, he utilized his free time having sex with the young nurses. While attending medical school, he lived with his sister-in-law, Ruth Thornton after his brother Andrew Thornton's death. Ruth had two young children, Moira and Jonathan. After Andrew's death, a large, mysterious older Englishman, named Winston Smith, showed up with a letter from Andrew saying that he was to be accepted into the household as all around servant, adviser, jack-of-all trades and protector. Throughout the story, there is nothing that Winston can't do or no questions that he can't answer. As the story progressed, he appeared in people's dreams and taught them, including the children.
Just before Peter's certification, at a ball, he met a beautiful young woman, Catherine Mondellay, who held a Ph.D. in nuclear physics. They left the ball and made love that first night and then although he thought of her often, they didn't see each other for some time. Dr. John Brent, Chief of Medicine and Resident Director of General Hospital met with Peter and discussed why Peter could treat his patients and cure them 23% faster than other residents. Peter didn't know and then one night when going off shift, a woman whose son was in E.R. and dying begged Peter to just touch him. Peter did seek the child out, could tell by his symptoms he would die and he spontaneously held the child in love and then left. The child recovered. Peter's reputation bloomed at the hospital as a healer.
Feeling guilty about his abilities, promoted by his guilt for having left the seminary, he wandered far away from home in the dead of winter in Montreal, ending up at a dirty little tavern in a dirty, poor part of Montreal with only $30 in his pocket. He got warm, drank some and paid for a bed for the night. The smell in the hotel part of the place was more than he could stand. On the second night, he only had enough money to pay for one night, but a man was hurt and Peter held him and the man recovered. For the next four months, Peter healed people by holding them, as his reputation got around among the poor and homeless until it broke his health. He would have died if Cathy hadn't traced him down, notified Ruth and Winston came and got him.
From there on, where the story had been active, interesting and entertaining, it now became involved in long, deep metaphysical conversations between Peter and Cathy wherein she attempted to explain the Theory of Relativity and the two of them attempted to show that in many instances with metaphysics and science, it is a matter of semantics. Mr. Law is an excellent writer and has published other books having to do with religion and spirituality, but perhaps for many readers of this book, they will be unable to understand or even be interested. I personally prefer my metaphysics or physics to be written in a non-fiction genre. While Peter was actually performing his healing and questioned himself as to "why", the story was a page turner for me, but once these long narratives and dialogs ensued, I lost interest until about the end. I read fiction or historical fiction to learn and be entertained, but this story goes way deeper than that. I am giving it five stars for its content and well-written prose, but with the caveat that I have presented.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2013