The City That Prays Has a Secret. Sanctum City is a marvel: a beacon of spiritual purity, built on the perfect, glittering foundation of the Grand Tabernacle and its charismatic leader, Pastor Adonijah Mbele. Yet, the entire empire is built on a lie-a spectacular performance of faith that hides a terrible secret society known only as The Circle of Ephesians. Elyas Karezi, a young, once-devout theology student, witnesses the spiritual rot firsthand when he sees his mentor, the Pastor, pray over a cache of stolen money and call it a "necessary compromise." That moment shatters his faith.
He discovers that the Circle is not merely greedy; they are philosophical criminals who believe they have the right to commit any evil-from exploitation and spiritual abuse to murder-so long as it serves their "Divine Exception" and their glorious, spectacular vision of God's plan. They are, quite literally, The People Who Pray for the Devil. Driven by a conscience wounded by betrayal, Elyas sheds his identity and starts an anonymous war, signing his defiant truths with a single verse: Ephesians 6:6.
The investigation drags him into a deadly conspiracy: a secret society that controls the city's law (The Holy Contract), a network of spectacular fake miracles, and the chilling truth of The Devil's Bible-the ultimate text that codifies sin as service. When he exposes the brutal Orphanage Scandal and the Priest's Suicide, he is branded the Blasphemer, hunted by a mobilized Faithful Mob, and betrayed by his own media ally.
Elyas is forced into exile, but his silence only leads to the rise of a new, more insidious lie. He must sacrifice his anonymity one final time to deliver The Last Confession-a quiet, unshowy truth that challenges the entire city to choose between the spectacular lie of the Eyeservice and the humble, difficult truth of the Heart. EPHESIANS 6:6 is a morally bold and cinematic spiritual thriller that asks the ultimate question: If the line between faith and performance is gone, how do you save your soul?A Note to the Reader: This is a story about the universal struggle for sincerity, set against a backdrop of organized corruption.
It is not anti-faith, but anti-falsehood. It is a story for all who dare to question the spectacular and listen for the truth in the whisper.
The City That Prays Has a Secret. Sanctum City is a marvel: a beacon of spiritual purity, built on the perfect, glittering foundation of the Grand Tabernacle and its charismatic leader, Pastor Adonijah Mbele. Yet, the entire empire is built on a lie-a spectacular performance of faith that hides a terrible secret society known only as The Circle of Ephesians. Elyas Karezi, a young, once-devout theology student, witnesses the spiritual rot firsthand when he sees his mentor, the Pastor, pray over a cache of stolen money and call it a "necessary compromise." That moment shatters his faith.
He discovers that the Circle is not merely greedy; they are philosophical criminals who believe they have the right to commit any evil-from exploitation and spiritual abuse to murder-so long as it serves their "Divine Exception" and their glorious, spectacular vision of God's plan. They are, quite literally, The People Who Pray for the Devil. Driven by a conscience wounded by betrayal, Elyas sheds his identity and starts an anonymous war, signing his defiant truths with a single verse: Ephesians 6:6.
The investigation drags him into a deadly conspiracy: a secret society that controls the city's law (The Holy Contract), a network of spectacular fake miracles, and the chilling truth of The Devil's Bible-the ultimate text that codifies sin as service. When he exposes the brutal Orphanage Scandal and the Priest's Suicide, he is branded the Blasphemer, hunted by a mobilized Faithful Mob, and betrayed by his own media ally.
Elyas is forced into exile, but his silence only leads to the rise of a new, more insidious lie. He must sacrifice his anonymity one final time to deliver The Last Confession-a quiet, unshowy truth that challenges the entire city to choose between the spectacular lie of the Eyeservice and the humble, difficult truth of the Heart. EPHESIANS 6:6 is a morally bold and cinematic spiritual thriller that asks the ultimate question: If the line between faith and performance is gone, how do you save your soul?A Note to the Reader: This is a story about the universal struggle for sincerity, set against a backdrop of organized corruption.
It is not anti-faith, but anti-falsehood. It is a story for all who dare to question the spectacular and listen for the truth in the whisper.