The Reluctant Savior

Th e Reluctant Savior
Rafer Alexander is the sole survivor
of a plane crash over Sikkim in which
his two parents and brother have
been killed. After trekking down
the mountainside, he is rescued by
monks from a Tibetan monastery
where he learns to deal with his
grief through meditation. When a
new friend develops cancer, Rafer
takes his practice deeper, eventually
discovering the ability to heal.
Th rough trial and error, he expands
his healing ability to include
paranormal feats like psychokinesis
(which he parlays into a fortune
in Las Vegas), confl ict resolution
(which he uses to help win historic
agreements in Jerusalem and
Kashmir), and thought-transmission
at the U.N. (which brings a president
to his knees). In a fi nal, concealed
experiment he even attempts walking
on water.
In time his successes evoke a
variety of responses. Some see him
as a magician; others are convinced
he is the Second Coming of
Christ. Still others fear that he
is the Antichrist warned about
in the Bible. Through it all he
eschews any suggestion of divinity,
remaining true to the belief that he
has done nothing more than what
all humans are capable of doing.