{"product_id":"9781453589199","title":"The Reluctant Savior","description":"Th e Reluctant Savior  \u003cbr\u003eRafer Alexander is the sole survivor  \u003cbr\u003eof a plane crash over Sikkim in which  \u003cbr\u003ehis two parents and brother have  \u003cbr\u003ebeen killed. After trekking down  \u003cbr\u003ethe mountainside, he is rescued by  \u003cbr\u003emonks from a Tibetan monastery  \u003cbr\u003ewhere he learns to deal with his  \u003cbr\u003egrief through meditation. When a  \u003cbr\u003enew friend develops cancer, Rafer  \u003cbr\u003etakes his practice deeper, eventually  \u003cbr\u003ediscovering the ability to heal.  \u003cbr\u003eTh rough trial and error, he expands  \u003cbr\u003ehis healing ability to include  \u003cbr\u003eparanormal feats like psychokinesis  \u003cbr\u003e(which he parlays into a fortune  \u003cbr\u003ein Las Vegas), confl ict resolution  \u003cbr\u003e(which he uses to help win historic  \u003cbr\u003eagreements in Jerusalem and  \u003cbr\u003eKashmir), and thought-transmission  \u003cbr\u003eat the U.N. (which brings a president  \u003cbr\u003eto his knees). In a fi nal, concealed  \u003cbr\u003eexperiment he even attempts walking  \u003cbr\u003eon water.  \u003cbr\u003eIn time his successes evoke a  \u003cbr\u003evariety of responses. Some see him  \u003cbr\u003eas a magician; others are convinced  \u003cbr\u003ehe is the Second Coming of  \u003cbr\u003eChrist. Still others fear that he  \u003cbr\u003eis the Antichrist warned about  \u003cbr\u003ein the Bible. Through it all he  \u003cbr\u003eeschews any suggestion of divinity,  \u003cbr\u003eremaining true to the belief that he  \u003cbr\u003ehas done nothing more than what  \u003cbr\u003eall humans are capable of doing.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128902664432,"sku":"9781453589199","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453589199_p0.jpg?v=1763850840","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453589199","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}