From Hell to Heaven - Softcover

Mercs, Rita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511829419 ISBN 13: 9781511829410

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Amelia Noble realizes life is unfair, but she believes justice prevails in death. When Lu (Lucifer) taps the unemployed reporter to write the truth about him, God, heaven and hell, she discovers the afterlife can be unfair too. Her sister and many others reside in hell because of a rule God created but refuses to revoke. Amelia's first visit to heaven reveals a self-centered God who created humans for his entertainment. On her second visit to heaven, Amelia scolds God for carelessly playing a board game that affects people on Earth. She challenges him to live as a human. The next day, God accepts Amelia's challenge. He becomes human and returns with Amelia to find people his game has affected. Their journey will determine the fate of Amelia's sister and expose many secrets, lies, and deceptions.

About this title

From the Author:

            FromHell to Heaven explores life and theafterlife. The novel gives a different version of heaven, hell, God and Lucifer.
            Lucifer taps Amelia Noble, an unemployed Floridareporter, to write the truth about him, God, heaven and hell. Touring hell,Amelia discovers her sister resides there along with other good people whiledespicable people are in heaven.
            Lucifer takes Amelia to heaven to meet with God torectify the injustice, but nothing changes except Amelia's opinion of God. Onher second visit to heaven, God plays a board game with John Lennon, GeorgeHarrison, Elvis Presley, Mozart and Beethoven. The game affects at least sixpeople on Earth. Enraged by God's careless behavior, Amelia challenges him tolive as a human.           
           God acceptsAmelia's challenge. Her sister's fate depends upon the outcome of the challenge.Together, they locate people the board game has affected. Their internationaljourney reveals the best and worst in humans and exposes many secrets, lies anddeceptions.
            "Life is so unpredictable and illogical," says Rita, referring to the inspiration for her novel. "You have ajob you really like. You work 50-60 hours a week without overtime pay becauseyou're salary, but you still get laid off. Or you finally find someone youcould love the rest of your life and then, he/she moves on to someone elsewithout a second thought of you. Or your friend who maintains a healthylifestyle dies at 40 from cancer, but your other friend who is a heavy drinkerand chain-smoker lives to 80. Why? Is God playing a board game with everyone's life?"

From the Inside Flap:

Dear Reader,
Until adulthood, my religious beliefs came from my parents and eight years of Catholic education. As a teenager, my friends had other religious beliefs and we would discuss them. However, our friendship was based on who the person was (e.g. kindness, personality, sincerity, interests, etc.) not on what church we attended or what religious philosophies we followed.
While in college, I took a course call Approaching Religion to learn more about other religions. I found it extremely interesting. After graduating, I continued researching various religions.
All the years of reading and researching has made me wonder. Would the world be a better place if everyone just followed the good advice from the two quotes on the next page?
"From Hell to Heaven" is about God, Lucifer, heaven, hell and ordinary people. It is fiction and the work of my imagination.
I hope you will enjoy reading my novel, "From Hell to Heaven".
Best Wishes,
Rita

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511829419
• ISBN 13: 9781511829410
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212