What If...? Book

The ice caps are melting... Rainforests burning... Millions starving... The world is dying. Right now. ***When a mysterious stranger appears to be healing Manhattan's sick merely through touch, a media frenzy catapults him to superstar status. When he then claims he can heal the entire world of hunger, injustice, and suffering just as easily as he seems able to heal a sick child, thousands rally to his cause, desperate for a savior to snatch the world from the edge of darkness. But not everyone is eager to see the world changed. Driven by their insatiable hunger for money and power, corporate America, organized crime, even the mighty White House will stop at nothing to ensure the world stays just the way it is - poverty, disease, wars and all! *** A disillusioned journalist, Mary battles her skepticism and finally comes to see the stranger as mankind's last great hope for creating a utopia. She befriends him to try to realize the world she's always dreamed of. But will the world embrace a man who seems able to heal with just a touch? Or will economic crises or a holy war see it rip itself apart? Mary discovers that changing the world is not only difficult but deadly. Hurled into a storm of bullets, doubles crosses, car chases and conspiracies, Mary helps this enigmatic stranger fight for his vision to become a reality. But what vision is that? *Can he truly heal? *Does he really want to end suffering? *Or, with immeasurable wealth the prize, is this the greatest confidence trick in history? On a roller coaster adventure crammed with mystery, shocking revelations, and pulse-pounding danger, Mary realizes there's nowhere to hide from the fate that awaits them and which will shake the entire globe.Read More