William Parmenter

Labyrinth of Passion William Parmenter

Theseus is trapped in a labyrinth of passion with Halina, one of the sexiest sirens on the planet. Despite the great sex, Theseus engages in a desperate struggle to find a way out into spiritual freedom, into liberating his soul from his mortal body and into eternal life. Halina, a former Polish Solidarity activist, who recently settled in Southern California, wants Theseus to take her back to her beloved motherland, Poland, in spite of its shattered economy and political tyranny. The two exhaust themselves struggling, and hit an impasse after Halina has to be hospitalized for stress. At this point, Ariadne hands Theseus a thread that could lead him out of the labyrinth, if he will take it. The novel takes a spiritual awakening in India, back to America, where the aspirant struggles with, and attempts to triumph over, his sexual and spiritual issues. A very realistic and credible depiction that will keep readers glued to the text well past their bedtime. Rarely, if ever, has the struggle between the pleasures of the flesh and the soul wrestling to free itself from its mortal body been so graphically and arrestingly portrayed. Variously sexy, iconoclastic and spiritual, the novel fights to the finish, embracing the pain, poignancy and passion of life itself. A must read for twelve-step counselors, clergy and people trapped in self-destructive and compulsive 'love' relationships who want to find a way out and get a better understanding of the relative merits of twelve-step and spiritual methodologies. For a mature audience.