Read this comprehensive review by DD Gott and you will certainly want to read the book.
Heavenly Vision description
Nothing is what it seems in this new, exciting Koos Verkaik murder mystery – Heavenly Vision undoubtedly one of his masterpieces! Heavenly Vision is about a book collector of limited means who comes across a 1745 Atlas of the Cape of Good Hope in a second-hand bookshop in Amsterdam. Once his historian friend lays eyes on it, he becomes very excited and life for Jan Glas is never the same again. Murder, mystery and intrigue will keep the reader guessing what is going on. Is the world coming to an end, and who will survive? You only realize what has happened after you have finished the book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2020
Koos Verkaik – Heavenly Vision – Reviewed 1/31/20 – Read 1/26-30/20
The cover was drawn by Doriano Strologo, an illustrator in Numana, Italy, depicting the main character in the book, the mysterious Raso, the man who had the heavenly vision.
Jan Glas collected books, especially Atlas’s. When he came across one that was dated in 1745, of the Cape of Good Hope, he added it to his collection. From that day forward things began to change for him. As he opened it up, he found a paper in the folds that appeared to be really old. He took everything to his old friend which was a historian. When Robbert called him and asked him to stop by to talk about the book, Jan was intrigued. He had never done this before. Between the two of them, they researched the letter that had been found and published their findings. Jan was invited to speak at a symposium hosted by ParaPsycho, where he listened to the most beautiful and amazing woman that would be the center to his undoing. She spoke about the Machine of Colton that would be a major player in the destruction of the world. After she was attacked and her purse was stolen, which Jan had chased after the guy, she disappeared only to show up at his hotel. She was afraid and wanted Jan to help her get back to her laboratory. After arriving Jan does not remember a thing… but something had happened to him, and he felt like he had had a vision… A Heavenly Vision! Now on to the vision and the change of Jan Glas’s life.
What did I like? I read this over a couple of days due to commitments that I had, but when I wasn’t reading, I could not get the storyline out of my head. I could not wait until I could read again. Wow, it was so addicting.
What will you like? Exciting, intriguing, mysterious, murders, unexplained events, and curious characters! All of this will keep you glued to the pages, and the characters are going to take you to another world. An unbelievable storyline that has the most amazing switches from the past to the future, with the tension and mystery growing on every page. The details are astonishingly real with the descriptions so meticulous that the world will open up, and you will be able to feel the ocean breezes and the heat on your back. Incredible read and you will enjoy it, hopefully as much as I did.