ALCHEMIES OF THE HEART

Gabriel, a renown surgeon, has ascended to the pinnacle of his medical career in spite of chronic asthma attributed to a childhood trauma. Western medical conventional treatment for this condition could only manage the illness without completely eradicating it. When his colleague, Norst, promoted the uncanny skills of a Chinese masseuse he claimed had completely reversed a pernicious resistant skin ailment, he becomes curious. Although skeptical Gabriel makes an appointment with that enigmatic restorer of health. Several massage sessions later, Gabriel's bronchi clear and he can breath again effortlessly.

How did she achieve tissue restoration through touch? What is the mystery behind the treatment?

What are the powers released by her magical contact? He feels this Asian healer had given him a new life. His love for this redeemer blooms. She becomes his protegee.

His passion for her knows no bound. But yet, there's a lingering feeling of doubt, a sense of dread he can't explain.

Uncertainties abound and he begins to investigate this health provider. Disturbing, shattering revelations emerge.

Secrets long buried surface with fervor. Enigmas are exposed. His hold on reality becomes precarious. His world spirals and borders on psychosis.

He is trapped in a labyrinth without an exit in sight. Will he emerge unscathed from this Hades?

-- David Dorian