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  1. Toward the Gleam

    Between the two world wars, on a hike in the English countryside, Professor John Hill takes refuge from a violent storm in a cave. There he nearly loses his life, but he also makes an astonishing discovery – an ancient manuscript housed in a cunningly crafted metal box. Though a… Read more »

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  1. Threats, Weaknesses, and the Temptation of Power

    December 5, 2018 5:52 pm Leave a Comment

    T.M. Doran is the author of several novels, including Toward the Gleam, Terrapin, and Iota. His first novel with Ignatius Press, Toward the Gleam, won acclaim from Tolkien readers across the globe. In it, an Oxford professor going by the pseudonym of “John Hill” discovers an ancient text bound in… Read more »

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  2. Two New Novels from Ignatius Authors

    October 3, 2018 6:00 pm Leave a Comment

    Two Ignatius Press authors have new novels out from other publishers. While these books are not available from Ignatius Press, they are books you will enjoy! T. M. Doran, author of Toward the Gleam, has a new sequel out titled The Lucifer Ego. The official description follows: Long awaited by… Read more »

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  3. First Chapter: Toward the Gleam

    April 23, 2015 1:59 pm Leave a Comment

    Read the first chapter of the novel Toward the Gleam by T.M. Doran. If you like what you’re reading, visit the novel’s page to learn more or order! November 8, 1972 Saint Hugh’s Charterhouse, Sussex Porter broke silence. That was no little thing, but the breaking of his silence was… Read more »

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    Iota: A Review

    September 3, 2014 6:30 am Leave a Comment

    This review originally appeared in Ignatius Novels author Roger B. Thomas’s personal blog, A Prince of the West (post here). Reprinted in full with permission. I’ve heard it said that if the world made sense, men would ride sidesaddle. I’m going to up that by claiming that if the world… Read more »

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  5. T. M. Doran

    Toward the Gleam: Making the Sausage

    June 17, 2014 11:46 pm 4 Comments

    I’ve been asked by many how this story came to be. Where did the idea originate? How was the “superstructure” of the story assembled? How long did it take to compose Toward the Gleam? These questions are asked of many authors about many novels. Some story writing happens so organically… Read more »

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    “Pulpit Fiction”

    August 21, 2013 9:54 am 5 Comments

    Matthew Schmitz writes over at the First Things blog First Thoughts, reflecting on Randy Boyagoda’s article Faith in Fiction: We have to be more creative about where we look for faith in fiction, and in order to do so, we have to expand our tastes beyond the high modernist aesthetic… Read more »

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