Manifest: Love. Heartbreak. Challenge. Inspiration. Life.

By Dimitrious J. Martin

Based ten years into the future, and from the fictional, very spiritual city of Manifest, California. Derrek & Shai are a divorced couple facing current and past challenges they're finding ways to cope with together with their group of friends. As they move along beyond marriage and a baby, Shai is faced with a tragic event that turns her world and their marriage upside down. She struggles to rebuild herself after losing her marriage and making peace with the tragedy that broke her spirit. Shai is a Pastor's Granddaughter and a Daddy's Girl with a grandmother who served as mayor of the city. Derrek has a lifelong history of dysfunction and abuse from his mentally ill father. He learns of a 50-year secret that his mother has been bearing, exposing it when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. The two have a son they are fortunate enough to have from a newly approved procedure known as In Vitro Gametogenesis or IVG. Couples born the same assigned sex can now share 50/50 DNA of a child. Damon, a gay man and Shai's second-best friend has finally found his true love after years of broken relationships. But now, he will face the worst hurt of his life from this relationship. Yazmine, Shai's best friend, navigates life as a single mother of twin boys by a real estate mogul she's been with since high school. She desires to find love somewhere with someone because he won't stay in their lives long enough to give her and the twins what they need because of his battle with family dysfunction. Surge, Derrek's best friend, was an orphan passed around to foster homes since birth, never knowing his real parents. After serving time in prison, he leaves one of California's toughest cities and moves to Manifest. He ends up becoming the world's biggest social media giant. Darrious, Shai's older brother struggles to find his way after living many years of his life in prison, until now. Tammar is Shai's other best friend, who met on a political visit in the Nation's Capital. She moves to Manifest to escape her harsh past and does the unthinkable to test her friendship with Shai and her friends. Shawn, a high-profile Neurology Doctor from Germany, becomes obsessed with Shai after the breakup. He turns the city of Manifest upside down like never before. He connects Manifest, Nashville and Germany with grueling actions. He becomes a most wanted fugitive as California, Germany and Tennessee join forces to capture him with his twisting jackal moves. Together as friends, they all believe Manifest, with its Buddhist History, is the best place in the world, to heal and live healthy, peaceful lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BCCV7VJ7
• ISBN13: 9798844040740
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"