The Chained Man - A Spiritual Odyssey: & Beyond The Lie - Your Path To Salvation

To see reality, one must die and be reborn.

A successful, self-absorbed lawyer in a prestigious firm awakens in a basement - chained to a wall. But his captors don’t want ransom—they want his soul.

The Chained Man is a gripping psychological novella with plenty of action that probes the illusions of modern life: success, family, faith, and freedom. Forced to confront a mirror held up by his philosophical captors, he must choose between his old identity and a terrifying new awareness. But the fiction doesn’t end there.

Complimenting this novella is Beyond the Lie: You Path To Salvation, the provocative manifesto based on Ernest Becker’s Pulitzer Prize winning, The Denial of Death, that inspired the fictional story. A radical yet deeply human call for awakening, Beyond the Lie explores the existential condition, focusing on our fear of death, and the cultural constructs that keep us asleep to reality.

Together, the novella and manifesto form a daring blend of narrative and philosophy—a literary one-two punch that will take you on an unforgettable journey challenging everything that presently motivates your actions and thoughts.

Praise For Other Of Scarsella’s Works of Non-Fiction and Fiction:
The Human Manifesto: “The more I have stayed with this book, the more I have come to appreciate it. It is not, after all, a piece of academic writing, but something more akin to the genre we might call ‘educated advocacy.’ I am finally coming down on the side of advocacy myself - most specifically, I advocate that you read Scarsella’s Human Manifesto!” - Illinois State Professor Dan Liechty
The Anonymous Man: “The Anonymous Man gets decent marks for creativity and intricacy... it’s a fast read that runs through familiar local settings to a satisfying conclusion... Scarsella has the makings of a good storyteller.” – The Buffalo News
The Messiah: The Messiah is one of those books that you can’t put down once you pick it up. The message contained in this book is quite thought provoking. It is definitely a must read. - Linda M.