Swimming Against The Current

Rigid discipline is creeping into the very bowels of the Church of Rome, causing suffering, injustice, inequality and quarrels between brothers, all of which together threaten to destroy the peace and unity of its members; by making itself an essential element of the institution, it has sown a virus of destruction and death against itself. Something great and powerful must be done if it is to survive. Love, passion, drama and suspense intertwine in Swimming Against the Current to tell the gripping story of Santiago, a priest who joined the Order of the Consecrated with the best of intentions, but who, after his ordination, begins to realize that things are not going as he had imagined; He has to fight cruel battles against his own demons, against the attacks and persecutions of his superiors, against the irrational incomprehension and discredit of his own companions, as well as the voracious criticism of his parishioners; very di cult battles, from which he does not always come out well. The author analyses the difficult situation in which he finds himself and sets out to find the real cause of his tragedy; once discovered, he fights against all odds until he manages to put an end to it. A novel based on real-life stories that the author gathers from different people, integrates them and masterfully develops them into a framework that will captivate the reader and keep his or her emotions in suspense from beginning to end.