Antithesis...the American Dictionary of the English Language defines it as: "Opposition of opinions; controversy." Antithesis Theory, the premise of this novel, is that two opposite principles cannot reside in one being at the same time; however, the opposite principle will always be potential. Katherine is a middle aged award winning journalist for the Manhattan Times, torn between her faith and career. She loves God, and believes that he will provides. Yet, she is torn inside from the absence of her father whom she has never known. The pain she feels is directed towards her faith, her career, and sleeping with random men who she picks up along her day...Until she comes across a great exclusive with a Professor Samson. A former priest banned from the church and professor at Oxford University until his forced retirement 25 years ago...has 6 months to live due to liver disease. Katherine is given the exclusive and begins a journey which questions the true existence of God, Heaven and Hell. Through experiencing the lives of the optimist and the pessimist, truth and untruths, love and lust, and good and evil; Katherine finds herself in a world wind of questions about herself, her beliefs, her career, and her future. The answers remain irrelevant to Katherine; yet, it is the questions themselves that gives Katherine the true gift handed to her...EMPOWERMENT. The novel will leave readers questioning their own beliefs, lives, and potentials. What side are you on?
