U.S. Government's Secret Experiments Into Psychic Phenomenon Sets Stage for Grogan's New Novel

Online, March 14, 2011 (Newswire.com) - With the release of Leander Jackie Grogan's new novel, Orange FingerTips, readers quickly find themselves navigating a surreal, ever-converging slippery slope that catapults them between the natural and supernatural realm. Demonic spirits ignore the great barriers of the universe to cross over at will. And evil is so well-disguised, we find ourselves thanking its benefactor for all they have done to save us from destruction.

If one could convince Denzel Washington to go up against the deranged spirits that lurked inside the Sixth Sense while desperately trying to hold on to his job at Enron, then they would have created an accurate mirror of Grogan's main plot. The many subplots of government conspiracy and corporate misbehavior are so well-written and intertwined, however, readers could easily find themselves plowing down an illuminating trail of digression, never wanting to return to the main road.

The headless corpses of prominent psychics are leaving a bloody trail from Texas to New Orleans. A Washington DC downsizing expert, on a mission to save his company from bankruptcy, is going to find out why. Jimmy Cardene, professional psychic and conjurer of the dead, has a bad feeling about a series of fatalistic dreams he's been having. But in the dark, sleazy, enigmatic world of the psychic con, he doesn't have time to investigate their true validity. Too bad Jimmy is too busy. It just might cost him his life.

"Technically, the book is a re-release of a project I did back in 2005," explains Grogan. "For its brief appearance in the market, I found the promotion and distribution of what I considered to be a superior work of fiction somewhat disappointing. I negotiated the rights back, enhanced the characterization and (New Orleans) scenes with a post-Katrina perspective, and waited to release it in 2011 so it didn't conflict with my other scheduled releases. I have to laugh about the conflict thing because I have three books coming out this year."

Few stories have explored the mechanics of psychic phenomenon. Where does thought really come from? How is it that some psychics are actually able to get it right? Can consciousness be projected to another location. These and othe questions were of primarily interest when, in the mid-1990s, the Central Intelligence Agency revealed in its declassified documents the existence of STAR GATE, an official plunge into paranormal activity, conducted at the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the US Army, USAF, the Navy, and other organizations.

"Orange FingerTips forces readers to think outside the box, especially religious readers who see psychics in the Bible, correctly predicting the future (Act 16:16) and still have trouble with the notion," says Grogan. "It explains how the real ones do it, and why the government invested taxpayers' dollars into the project.