The Bubble Rule

Somewhere in the Book of Psalms it says, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” Somewhere in my mind, I hear myself asking, Is that even possible? Who are the meek anyway? What power, if any, do they possess over the growing hordes of weapon-wielding maniacs proliferating on our planet today?                                        The dysfunctional yogi

What happens when a soulless mob boss in India experiences the awakening of his conscience? He must silence it.

What happens when it speaks to him in his own voice from the mouth of a five-year-old boy he is convinced is real? He vows to root out the child and eliminate him from the planet.

What happens when that child is a fully enlightened spiritual master? That child, Grover, is not only a menace to him, but to the evil ways of mankind.

What happens when that mob boss is one of the wealthiest, most powerful business magnates in the world? He, Duryodhana Talwar, will use every resource at his disposal to get him.

It is unfortunate for Dr. Luc Fontainebleau that he is snared by Talwar’s trap and must fight to save his mind from being encapsulated in this archenemy’s bubble.

How will his girlfriend Lola, a true angel through the storms, respond? How will her son Grover respond? How will Luc respond? And finally, how will Duryodhana respond when he ultimately meets his nemesis in the field of Kurukshtetra?

Find out in this metaphysical thriller.

(Book 1 of "The Grover Series", Angel Through the Storms, first introduces Dr. Luc Fontainebleau, his girlfriend Lola and her son Grover, a spiritual avatar.)

Synopsis of Book 2: The Bubble Rule

Duryodhana Talwar, Indian Mafia mob boss now business tycoon, experiences a vision of a young boy, Grover, Keeper of the Flame. In it, he confronts another stranger, his own conscience calling him out. This, he cannot allow, thus he vows to find this child intruder and eradicate him. Dr. Luc Fontainebleau is recovering from the psychological trauma caused by Lola’s disappearance during Hurricane Katrina following her psychotic break. He, Lola and Grover are in Mumbai visiting friends while New Orleans remains under martial Law in the wake of Katrina and Rita. Lola takes action against a brothel exploiting child sex slaves. This leads to the rescue and their custody of an eleven-year-old girl from Nepal named Binita. Luc deems Lola’s crusade to be irrational, that it arose from her own personal experience of childhood sexual abuse, and worries that it could trigger an exacerbation of her dissociative disorder. But a part of him really believes that she, like her son Grover, is an “angel”. Thus his belief in her is continuously challenged by his scientific mind. When Lola’s mission expands to encompass Grover’s karmic entanglement in the life of Duryodhana Talwar, Luc has difficulty making the leap of faith required of him and disobeys those who possess a higher knowledge. This choice, not without warning, creates his own personal “Katrina” through which he must fight to save his mind from a hostile takeover by Talwar's treacherous tactics. Ironically, Duryodhana Talwar is simultaneously fighting the same battle within himself as he faces the consequences of his past actions – where else, but in the field of Kurukshetra*.

*Kurukshetra allegorically refers to the inner battlefield within each of us whereupon the divine qualities (the Pandavas) of the soul battle with the baser qualities (the Kauravas) of the ego. Author's note: The Kurukshetra War is a mythological war described in the Indian epic Mahābhārata as a conflict that arose from a dynastic succession struggle between two groups of cousins of an Indo-Aryan kingdom called Kuru, the Kauravas and Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura. (Wikipedia)

Clement Binnings, Jr., born and raised in New Orleans, writes metaphysical/visionary fiction. His breakout novel Angel Through the Storms was inspired by the suffering and abandonment experienced by our fellow human beings stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This first novel in “The Grover Series” was a visionary fiction finalist in both the Indie Excellence and USA Best Books contests and received an award from Readers Favorite in Southern Fiction. Its allegorical sequel, The Bubble Rule, depicts the battle between the desire-laden ego and its archenemy, the soul. His novels portray the transformative power of calamity, PTSD and dissociation to open the portals of intuition and our potential for cosmic consciousness, mental telepathy, reincarnation and teleportation.

Visit his author website at www.clementbinnings.com