A while back my partner told me about something that happened to him that was so unbelievable and had me literally in stitches. After telling me this story I went to bed and woke up around 2 am from a dead sleep with the entire story for a new book in my head. That night The Billionaire "THE CONTINUUM" a novel was born.
Jerry is a developer/engineer and had quite a lot of success during the real estate boom between late 1980ies and 2007. When the market crashed he had to reinvent and ended up in a very bizarre situation with a gentleman who staged himself as a Jewish Billionaire businessman named Frank.
Everyone in L.A. from famous actors to top attorneys rolled out the red carpet for this guy and Jerry got to tour Oprah’s studio, saw Michael Jackson’s private art collection, was wined and dined by some of the most prominent people in Hollywood and even had a chauffeur and private jet to fly around wherever Frank needed to go.
One day Frank took Jerry to a secret meeting somewhere in L.A. where he was presented with some documents similar to a trust deed to sign over his entire assets with the promise that in his next life, all this wealth would be returned to him.
Upon hearing this, I was literally rolling on the ground laughing.
Come on!!! I said!
Who would believe such a thing?
Apparently, a lot of people do and actually buy into this entire structure including some of the best-known movie stars in the world. Anyway, for your enjoyment, I am including the first 5 min. of chapter 1 of "The Billionaire" coming out on audible shortly or you can download it on Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/Billionaire-Continuum-Petra-Nicoll-ebook/dp/B077KHN4JZ/ref=asap_bc_nodl?ie=UTF8
The narrator is Melinda Wade who rocks and is a character actor from Hollywood and perhaps one day this will turn into a movie.
What happened to Frank? He turned out to be one of the biggest fraud ever seen in Hollywood and it just comes to show you how greedy and gullible people can be when there is a lot of money involved. Unfortunately, Frank is now in prison and might get out in 2024.
The Story
When Derek Stryker, a wealthy, narcissistic and power-driven character who abuses women, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a secret society called “Gemini” promises him a fortune in the next life if he will leave the one in this life to them.
In the afterlife, Derek experiences extraordinary remorse due to actions during his life on earth. He asks his guide, Michael, to return him to life in Calcutta as a poor man. Instead, he returns to a life of great fame and fortune.
In the 25th year of his new life, at the height of rock stardom, he encounters Michael again. The two set off on a journey that leads to incredible realizations about humanity and the future of the earth, and Derek finally finds out why he returned.
Petra Nicoll is an International Bestselling Author whose first book, Petra’s Ashes, was hailed as a “spellbinding memoir" about her near death experience and the spiritual journey that followed.”
She co-authored The Big Secret with Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul Series) and is published in the anthology Life Sparks: Life Stories to Illuminate, Inspire and Ignite.
Her first novel, The Billionaire, The Continuum, is a continuation of the big questions in her life, about power, corruption, greed, love, sacrifice, good vs. evil, human trafficking, and of course, the afterlife!