The Book of Revelations

by Ivan Turner

When a psychiatrist discovers a way to see into people’s past lives he becomes judge and jury. Seeking the advice of clergymen, he meets Rabbi Guetterman and discovers that, in his past life, he was of Adolf Hitler. This discovery sparks events that push the limits of society, test the bounds of faith, and put the rabbi in mortal danger. Because when the Jury is after you, there is no escape.

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First published January 29, 2010

About the author

A child of the movies, I was always consumed by fantastic stories told by others and translated into adventures to be retold by me through the action figure medium. As I grew older, I put the action figures away and moved into the realm of role playing. Though I never outgrew role playing, I certainly don't have the time for it anymore. Since I was eleven years old, I've been pouring almost every ounce of creative energy I have into writing.

I graduated college in 1993 with a degree in computer science. I tried my hand at programming for a couple of years and found it pretty unsatisfying. I later became a partner at a comic book store, where I spent several years. Though it wasn't a financial success, the experience I gained from running the store and the people that I met (many whom I'm still in touch with today) was priceless. After leaving the store, I settled into a career of teaching. I still teach at a public high school in New York. Ironically, I've picked up computer programming again, which is what I mostly teach, peppered with some math courses now and again.

I've been writing the whole time.

I released my first book electronically in 2010. Forty Leap was, and still is, the pinnacle of my writing to date. It was a turning point for me in both style and story building. The Book of Revelations, which was written earlier but released later, was sort of a midway point between the writer I was and the writer I've become. I experimented with a very odd style and a story that employed diverse characters and controversial situations.

In September 2010, I released the first installment of Zombies! It went out for free, the subsequent episodes each priced at 99 cents. Zombies! has been a tremendous success for me and I'm currently working with someone to develop it into a television series.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Thank goodness this was a short story. It started out pretty decent but then it degenerated into long paragraphs of words strung together with no punctuation, no capitalization, no sentences. There was on of these paragraphs that took an entire page, I skipped most of it. It overall was not a bad story but someone needs to seriously edit this thing.

[Jen Smallacombe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted more....book seemed lacking in details.

[Roxana F. R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Extremly poor page positioning with no understanding when ideas or dialogs start and where they end. Poor punctuation. Exhausting. The idea could of been nice but it ended in a boring manner.

[Leniwa Wenus · Rating 3 out of 5]

It could have been a great story, but it wasn’t.

[Turcuț Alexandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an interesting idea presented in this book, but the structure it was hard to follow, long phrases with no punctuation and during the reading, after Dr. Simon Palaniewiecz died, my question was 'when and in whom he will reincarnate' and that was the end of the book - lack of creativity.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely kept me guessing as to what was going to happen. But it just seemed like a quick short story to me.

You jumped directly into the gist of the story, not much build up, then at the end I felt like I was short changed. There were still too many questions left open in my opinion.

[Sandra Uribe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quien fuiste en tu vida pasada, es un libro breve, fácil de leer que te lleva hasta el momento final a un desenlace inesperado, hay cosas que quedan un poco inconclusas pero me queda claro que no hay nada en la vida que no se pague, 7 veces 7

[Marcia Stauber · Rating 2 out of 5]

OK FOR A SHORT AND QUICK READ INTERESTING THEORY

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Different!

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Started off interesting, then spiraled out of control.

[Marcia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointing. The story lacked detail and development; the book needed serious editing. The ending seemed somehow unfinished. I didn't enjoy it and only finished it because that is what I do.

[Gene Mantell · Rating 3 out of 5]

All I can say is "interesting". Quick read.

[Andrea Horton · Rating 3 out of 5]

i expected more depth

[Kevin Farnum · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent story. More of a creative writing assignment than a book.