Something Known

By Joseph Atman

When a young monk escapes his monastery with an all-powerful secret, he implements it on a town whose inhabitants reap the benefits - and hidden disasters - of its potent, but dangerous knowledge. Eli Deo is a young monk who finds himself spending less and less time at his monastery. During most of his days he walks to the forest's edge and thinks about what the world is like beyond his simple life of prayer and aestheticism; he longs to go out and see the vast places beyond the forest and live as a regular person. But there is a problem: Deo belongs to a sacred order - a powerful, yet unknown brotherhood that protects a great secret. He cannot simply leave the monastery, or the knowledge he possesses may be compromised. Knowing the other monks will never let him go willingly, Deo flees.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Feb 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312053656

Joseph Atman

Joseph Atman is a writer, musician, and theologian from Barrington, Illinois. He received both a bachelor's and master's degree in writing and philosophy from Hofstra University where he spent nearly ten years as a student and employee of the school's New College program before becoming a PhD fellow in the philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont Graduate University. He currently resides in Southern California.