It is the beginning of the End Times where many mediums are called upon by God to use their sixth sense to assist unfortunate souls who chose to end their lives prematurely. A group of these souls, or Deathlinks, is entrusted to Emily Walker, a woman who began her journey as a spiritual medium after experiencing horrible personal trauma, yet decided to still believe in the goodness of God. Emily assists the Deathlinks in finding a person who is flirting with the idea of ending their life, under similar circumstances. They must then convince them that the object of life’s journey is to grow through heartache and sorrow and refine their own purpose on earth for the love of their Creator. If the Deathlinks are successful, they become invincible warriors during the final battle against evil. The book is an exciting and suspenseful adventure in spiritualism, love, faith, but above all a celebration of the wonderful differences in human character development – both good and evil. It concludes with the main characters winning the battle against evil; where purity of purpose ultimately trumps evil once and for all.
Table of Contents
Chapter One – Fletch, Call Me! 4
Chapter Two – Timing is Everything 16
Chapter Three – Life’s Decision 23
Chapter Four – The Surrender 27
Chapter Five – God’s People 36
Chapter Six – Spiritual What? 41
Chapter Seven – God’s Medium is Born 48
Chapter Eight – The Chill of Awareness 52
Chapter Nine – Bentley, You Devil, You 54
Chapter Ten – Home, James! 58
Chapter Eleven – About James 63
Chapter Twelve – Batter Up! 67
Chapter Thirteen – How Bad are the Bad Lands? 71
Chapter Fourteen – What Do You Want From Me? 76
Chapter Fifteen – I Don’t Get It! 83
Chapter Sixteen – Oh, My Rosemary 86
Chapter Seventeen – Come On Down 92
Chapter Eighteen – Infected, Infectious Fiend 98
Chapter Nineteen – The Formation Begins 102
Chapter Twenty – A Trial of Ivy 110
Chapter Twenty-one – Ivy’s Sentence 114
Chapter Twenty-two – Front and Center, Rosemary 117
Chapter Twenty-three – Ethereal Chaos 120
Chapter Twenty-four – Graduate to the Pearlie Gate 125
Chapter Twenty-five – Grace’s Quest 127
Chapter Twenty-six – The Greatest Sin of All 134
Chapter Twenty-seven – How Low Can You Go 143
Chapter Twenty-eight – Wini’s Brew 151
Chapter Twenty-nine – What is Lost is Found 157
Chapter Thirty – God, Where are You? 170
Chapter Thirty-one – Suffering 174
Chapter Thirty-two – Dreams 178
Chapter Thirty-three – And There are Blessings 181
Chapter Thirty-four – Let the Fun Begin 185
Chapter Thirty-five – The Return of an Old Fiend 191
Chapter Thirty-six – God’s Plan Unfolds 199
Chapter Thirty-seven – Father Don, What a Guy! 204
Chapter Thirty-eight – The Road to Armageddon 209
Chapter Thirty-nine – And the Hills Came Tumbling Down 226
Elaine M. Bakle has an M.A. from Indiana University in Sociological Practice. She returned to school to finish her Bachelors degree when she was fifty years old and discovered her love of literature, creative writing, and sociology. Her particular passion is to write about social issues by incorporating observations and research through fictional presentation. As an example of this genre, Deathlinks examines the social institution of religion and presents the alternative idea that there is more to faith than just conventional wisdom. Her next undertaking explores illegal immigration and the toll prejudice and strict immigration laws take on illegal immigrants and their families. The idea behind this unique approach is to acquaint the general public to important social issues through fun, adventure, character development, and the initiation of thought provoking plots.