Epiphany's Gift

Psychic medium Epiphany Mayall lives and works in the spiritualist community of Watoolahatchee, Florida. When she schedules a trip to her childhood home in Ohio to visit her aging mother, Epiphany has no idea she will soon be swept into a maelstrom of natural disasters, theft, and murder.

Dr. John Bernhardt, Epiphany's former art history professor and mentor, believes regional fracking operations are responsible for the recent earthquakes. After identifying a secretive petroleum company as the perpetrator, he wonders if the environmental disasters are somehow connected with the disappearance of a drawing from a local museum. Twenty-four hours after he writes an article about his theory, he is found dead of an apparent heart attack.

When John's ghost appears to tell Epiphany he was murdered, she becomes determined to find his killer. Aided by a former FBI art-crimes investigator and an eccentric artist, Epiphany must use her psychic skills to locate the missing art and identify the killer. Unfortunately her efforts to bring the guilty parties to justice are thwarted. Even a state senator cannot help. As the earthquakes escalate, Epiphany must decide whether to continue her battle for justice or suspend her investigation to protect her family.

Set against a backdrop of psychic phenomena, corporate corruption, and global climate change, Epiphany's Gift illustrates the perennial battle between good and evil.

-Andrew Nichols, PhD, Director, American Institute of Parapsychology

Mallory M. O'Connor holds degrees in art, art history, and American history from Ohio University. For twenty years she taught art history at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. While writing the first of several books, Mallory became interested in psychic archaeology and phenomena. Now retired, Mallory resides with her artist husband, John, in Micanopy, Florida. Epiphany's Gift is the first in her new series of psychic/cli-fi novels.