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Nils Verd’s Newly Released “The Host” is a Unique Tale of Self-Discovery as an Amorphous Being Discovers the Complexities of Humanity
Verd shares, “The host, a being who does not know what he is or where he came from, survived for centuries by controlling the bodies of small birds and consuming them.
“When the host has the opportunity to use a human body, he is overwhelmed by the human mind, and for the first time, he can look at himself and try to understand what he is.
“In his journey for self-knowledge, the host encounters different people, and by controlling their minds, he is able to understand humanity.
“But the host now knows about the human race, and he does not like what he sees.”
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Nils Verd’s new book is an exciting adventure that also shares engaging artwork crafted by Vinicius Buzzatto.
Consumers can purchase “The Host” at traditional brick & mortar bookstores, or online at Amazon.com, Apple iTunes store, or Barnes and Noble.
For additional information or inquiries about “The Host,” contact the Christian Faith Publishing media department at 866-554-0919.
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Ordained Minister Publishes Memoir on Addiction, Faith and His Mother’s Prayers
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John M. Killion, holds ministerial credentials from the Assemblies of God, has published a memoir detailing his descent into drug addiction and what he describes as encounters with demonic influence, according to the publisher’s announcement. The book, "Demons, Drugs, Darkness, and Deliverance: The True Story of One Man’s Journey Through the Darkness and the Power of a Mother’s Prayers," is out now through Christian Faith Publishing.
The memoir details experiences including substance trafficking, violent incidents, and death threats from his addiction period, per the announcement, before tracing his journey toward healing via spiritual intervention and maternal intercession. Killion holds degrees from Purdue University Calumet and has worked as a worship leader, lay pastor, youth pastor and evangelist, according to the publisher.
"My prayer is that readers will understand that regardless of how deep into darkness someone has fallen, there is always hope, healing, and a way out," Killion said in the announcement. "God’s love and power to deliver are greater than any addiction or demonic stronghold, and I want everyone struggling in darkness to know that freedom is possible."
The book is targets those personally battling addiction as well as family members of those affected, the publisher states. It’s available through bookstores and major online retailers including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play and the Apple iTunes Store, as well as directly through Christian Faith Publishing’s website.
Christian Faith Publishing is a faith-based self-publishing imprint that releases author memoirs and inspirational titles on a regular basis; how this particular book performs relative to the imprint’s broader catalog isn’t addressed in the announcement.
Studio CarryOnHarry Perspective
At Studio CarryOnHarry, we recognize this memoir’s value extends beyond the typical publishing announcement—it’s positioned as a tangible lifeline for a vulnerable audience. For those in active addiction or supporting someone through recovery, Killion’s specific account of substance trafficking, violence, and the role of maternal prayer offers a roadmap from personal experience rather than clinical abstraction. The accessibility of his story across multiple platforms matters because someone struggling with addiction may encounter this book at their moment of readiness—whether through a recommendation from a recovery group, a family member’s desperate search for hope, or a solo late-night browse. What makes this resource distinct is its dual focus: it validates the spiritual dimensions some people experience in their darkest moments while simultaneously offering concrete evidence that someone who lived through trafficking and death threats found a way forward. For families watching loved ones spiral, the emphasis on intercessory prayer provides a specific action they can take when traditional interventions feel exhausted.
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Can Machines Study the Mind? New Book Uses AI to Examine Consciousness Fundamentalism
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The Oaklea Press has published a new book examining whether scientific evidence increasingly favors the idea that consciousness is more fundamental than matter — with a twist in how it was made. According to the publisher’s announcement, editor Stephen Hawley Martin assigned the research and writing not to a human scholar but to an artificial intelligence system, instructed to sort established science from speculation on the subject.
The book, titled "The End of the Material Age: Is Science Discovering That Consciousness Is More Fundamental Than Matter?", joins a growing collection of works exploring similar themes — from David Chalmers’ long-running "hard problem" argument that consciousness resists reduction to physical explanation, to recent books that frame the debate as unresolved rather than settled. According to the announcement, the publisher—established in 1995—maintains a catalog of over 230 books
The book addresses subjective experience, the brain-mind relationship, quantum mechanics, near-death experiences, reports of past-life memories in children, terminal lucidity, and psychical research, the announcement states The work explores what the publisher terms an "Interface Model"—a theory suggesting the brain may organize and express consciousness rather than create it from purely non-conscious matter — but the publisher is explicit that this is presented as a hypothesis, not a finding. The announcement also states the AI repeatedly warns against pseudoscience and overreading quantum mechanics, and allows that conventional neuroscience may still explain consciousness within existing physical frameworks.
Martin stated in the release: "This book does not argue that science has failed." "If reliable evidence eventually challenges materialism itself, the scientific response should be to investigate it — not to dismiss it because it conflicts with the prevailing worldview."
The book is available now on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and hardcover editions. What the announcement doesn’t address is how an AI system’s literature review and argument construction should be weighed against a human researcher’s — a question likely to follow the book more than any of its actual conclusions about consciousness.
Studio CarryOnHarry Perspective
From a publishing standpoint, Oaklea Press’s decision to foreground the AI authorship isn’t incidental—it’s a market differentiator. In the crowded consciousness-studies space, where dozens of books compete for shelf space and reader attention, the novelty of "AI-researched" carries immediate cachet with both media and audiences. The announcement itself becomes the story, generating coverage that a conventionally authored book on the same topic might never achieve. For a 230-title independent press, this approach transforms what could be a niche academic work into a cultural conversation piece, turning the method into the message. Whether readers ultimately trust the AI’s synthesis or not, they’re talking about it—and that visibility is precisely what smaller publishers need to survive in an oversaturated market where traditional author credentials and institutional backing still dominate discoverability.
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