THE PARADOX

Historical Novel of Psychoanalysis in Becoming

In this fifth volume of Cleopatra’s Truth, titled The Paradox, the protagonist, Sarah, faces an incomprehensible romantic reality: a love that transcends time and space, surrounding her spiritually, coursing energetically through her very being—while the beloved remains absent, silent, and motionless.
Torn by this painful contradiction, during nights of tempestuous, eclipsed desire, Sarah struggles to stay grounded and move forward with her life amidst the new phases of her divorce and ongoing family challenges. Her elderly, weary father drifts into a liminal space between life and death, “deciding” his next step. His eyes remain closed; he sleeps for days on end.
Dreams foretell what is to come. The return of Silvia heralds a revolutionary force on the horizon. Silvia, an archetype of the feminine in communion with the divine, gave birth to a new stage of human civilization—symbolized by the founding of Rome by her twin sons, Romulus and Remus. When Silvia reappears, Sarah trembles, frightened by the implications. Soon after, Aphrodite arrives, initiating a process of salvaging something within Sarah—something she never knew existed.
And then there is Thomas: silent in the physical world, but piercingly present in the spiritual. His presence grows ever stronger, until Sarah feels him “circulating in her veins,” unlocking unknown realms within her psyche. As Ayla describes, the two share an “immense spiritual connection.”

NOTE
For a complete understanding of the story, it is recommended to read the books in Cleopatra’s Truth series in sequential order, starting with the first volume, Crossing the Threshold.