7 Violet: The Harper Chronicles

At age 4 Ethan Harpers life is forever changed when he is struck by lightning.  He discovers another dimension in which he can talk to spirits of the dead and perform impossible feats. Ethan unwittingly becomes a contender for the role of the new Messiah of the world. He quickly discovers that there are others who are competing for the job and are willing to kill to get it. Ethan is admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of what the doctors perceive as mental illness. Unfortunately for Ethan the doctors in the Psychiatric Unit are more interested in using patients for experimental purposes rather than actually helping them. Ethans strange powers are compromised when his doctors attempt to cure him with an experimental super-drug. The drug is powerful but can it cure God? 7 Violet is a book about mental illness and the dangerous politics of modern psychiatry. Ethan Harper is real. The other characters are based on real people. The story is based on actual situations and events. Over seven years of research effort went into writing this book including interviews with psychiatric patients.