RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., April 27, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Does the answer to man's future lie in a hidden set of messages encrypted in the Bible? Will the Western world be destroyed by Islamic fundamentalists who consider the total destruction of the West their religious duty? Did the breakup of the Soviet Union place nuclear weapons on the open market for terrorists to acquire and use in their religious mission? Jay Curtis's provocative new book, The Code, does not provide answers to these questions but presents a fictional tale of terrifying possibilities based on actual intelligence reports during the cold war.
At once controversial and thought-provoking, the novel tells the story of Gabriel Herald, a forty-five-year-old successful investigative reporter. He is lured to London by the Newton Society, an organization founded by Isaac Newton's students devoted to pursuing his effort to decipher the Torah's hidden code. They offer to pay Gabriel a handsome amount if he can disprove the validity of their newly decrypted messages from the Torah. But this is just a ruse. As unlikely a savior as Gabriel-a gay man with a propensity for young men half his age-he is identified repeatedly in the messages as the man with a mission to prevent the predicted Armageddon. A reluctant savior, Gabriel nevertheless becomes convinced of the validity of the messages and the necessity of his involvement. On his way to London, he meets the perfect young man he instantly falls in love with but loses him while he is consumed by his new mission.
"While everything in the book is fiction, reality and man's future may not be all that different from the path embarked by its characters," says Curtis. The Code, unencumbered by a sense of trepidation, unsparingly exposes what might come and prepares readers for what might hit them in the coming days of reckoning.
About the Author
Jay Curtis is a lawyer practicing in California for some thirty-six years. In college, he wrote and published several well-received short stories but gave up writing fiction upon entering law school. However, the urge to write was always there and reemerged in The Code, his first novel. Curtis lives and works in Orange County, California.
The Code by Jay Curtis
Publication Date: 2/27/2004
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