A Gripping Tale of Power, Love, and the Price of Freedom
Fair Condition â shelf wear to the cover edges and corners, a noticeable water stain mark on the upper right corner of the initial pages, inside of book is otherwise excellent.
Betrayal of Love and Freedom is a psychological thriller. An experience of awareness, it is a story told through a variety of characters who are challenged with different twists and turns caused by various mind conditions. A true story based on one man's struggle and triumph over Bipolar Disorder. Spanning over five decades set against a backdrop of four continents, Betrayal of Love and Freedom is at its heart a compelling love story with a happy ending.
Two powerful men one at the mercy of Bipolar Disorder, the other facing life imprisonment struggle to regain their freedom. An ambitious novel that makes no apology in its searing examination of the value of freedom, and the experience of its loss, Betrayal of Love and Freedom takes the reader on a journey through the intertwining lives of Luke Powers and Rick Dellich. As well as painting a vivid picture of a man at the peak of his success facing life imprisonment, the story gives voice to the experience of a psychological breakdown in contemporary society. Blending both truth and fiction, and traversing the genres of drama, thriller, romance and crime, Betrayal of Love and Freedom is a potentially life-changing testament to the human spirit for our time. The life of Luke Powers has long been punctuated by abrupt changes in fortune, but nothing could prepare him for the possibility of life imprisonment. Facing charges of murdering the forbidden, great love of his life from thirty years earlier, the influential media mogul is powerless to escape his predicament. Is he a murderer? Even he cannot say for sure. Entrepreneur and family man, Rick Dellich, finds himself stripped of all his rights as a citizen, the result of a mental breakdown. Separated from those he loves, he faces the prospect of confinement to a chemical straightjacket for the rest of his life. Desperate for a true recovery, he commits himself to a psychiatric clinic. Through it all, two women, each offering the possibility of the love that seems to have betrayed him all his life, weave their way into Luke s destiny. So, too, does Wong Peng, a ruthless business magnate wielding the dark forces of power and tied to the enigmatic Society. All the while, Rick struggles to put his shattered life back together, but his deepening search for answers leads him to revelations that threaten to turn his world upside down. Will each man succeed in his quest for love and freedom? Will each man find what he is seeking? Both will face challenges that will destroy or transform them, eventually placing the two on a collision course with one another. Set against a backdrop of four continents, this is a story of power, love, and ultimate freedom.
