Toward the Gleam

Between the two world wars, on a hike in the English countryside, Professor John Hill takes refuge from a violent storm in a cave where he makes an astonishing discovery--an ancient manuscript housed in a cunningly crafted metal box. As he uncovers an epic that both enchants and inspires him, he meets a man keenly interested in obtaining artifacts from a long-lost civilization that he believes was the creation of a superior race, and will help him fulfill his ambition to rule other men.

T. M. Doran is an environmental engineer and an adjunct professor at Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. He is the author of three novels, Terrapin (Ignatius Press, 2012), Toward the Gleam (Ignatius Press, 2011), and Iota (Ignatius Press, 2014). He is also a guest contributor to the Detroit Free Press, Catholic World Report blog, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, and the New York Times.