Who is the Telekinetic Man? Magician, healer, or . . . Jesus? A powerful paranormal entity sweeps through New York City leaving madness, suicide, and death in its wake. Five thousand people are killed, tens of thousands more are affected. The FBI, along with a prominent parapsychologist, journey to the lair of the best paranormal investigator in history, Preston Stoughton. Stoughton, who had retreated from the world after disastrous events twenty years ago, tells a tale of the greatest magician in the world, Mano the Great. Mano is the only one who could have created such a massive event as the one that overwhelmed New York. Stoughton's tale of Mano is one of undreamt of power, egomania, mob violence, religion run amok, immortality, and personal betrayal, with Mano eventually posing as Jesus as he cures people of illnesses using his telekinetic power. The tale ends with Stoughton's murder of his friend, Mano. Stoughton, Mano's ex-wife, and the FBI discover that Mano is still alive. They race to find Mano to discover the secret behind the killer paranormal entity, which is now threatening millions of people in Chicago. They confront Mano on his lonely isle and realize the tremendous price that Mano has paid for his power. Can they stop a man with such tremendous power? Millions of lives hang in the balance.
About the Author: John Campbell is the author of seven novels, a collection of short stories, and one nonfiction book. Using his experience as a U.S. Naval officer, and his extensive experience in the aerospace industry, he began his first novel in 1976 with a story about an attempt by North Korean special forces to hijack a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier. Fifteen years later Raid On Truman was published in hardbound and paperback and was translated into Japanese for hardbound and paperback sales in Japan. That was the fulfillment of a dream to become a published novelist. He sold a second novel on the heels of the first. COBRA DANE was published in paperback in 1995. A third novel, Sub Zero, quickly followed and was published in 1996 along with publication in Japan. John has written four more novels, Vauclain's Shield, Hidden Sun, These Final Hours, and The Telekinetic Man and a screenplay derived from The Telekinetic Man and is in the process of trying to sell them. Another book was published in 2003 just before the Iraqi War. Desert War was a nonfiction look at how the war might be conducted, weapons systems, intelligence gathering, and forces on both sides. While John was the author, his daughter, Christine researched the work. Influenced initially by the works of Ian Fleming and his brand of no-holds-barred action and intrigue, John has tried to bring to readers that same action elements, but with a large dose of sobering reality. Violence has profound consequences and the characters within John's novels feel all the passion and agony of real people. Raid On Truman, COBRA DANE, Sub Zero, Vauclain's Shield, These Final Hours, The Telekinetic Man, and Hidden Sun are available on Amazon's Kindle Store. Note that COBRA DANE has for its cover image a picture of the actual COBRA DANE radar on the island of Shemya in the Aleutians. Vauclain's Shield's cover image has a photo of actual reentry vehicles passing through the atmosphere over Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific, and Raid On Truman has a real picture of the USS Harry Truman taken by the author. A collection of fourteen sci-fi/horror/paranormal short stories, A Case of the Vapors was added to the Kindle store in August 2013. These stories run the gamut from the humorous A Case of the Vapors to the somber, but hopeful, The Iron Sergeant. John's literary website is http: //johntcampbell.com/.