What forces, both emergent or centrally planned, have subtly shaped modern American life? With all our wealth and technological progress, are we still free? These questions and more are answered in William Reynolds' new novel SANCTIFY. Set against the most impactful murder mystery of modern times, SANCTIFY is a rich novel in every sense of the word.

James Ortega was fifteen when his Cuban half brother Jesus was a buried casualty of Vietnam. Not until he meets his brother's fiancé, the beautiful and enigmatic Kathy Shine does he entertain the possibility that his brother is still alive and the buried casket empty.

Frustrated on all fronts, James finally contacts his friend Paul Deland, who is high into Naval Intelligence. So begins the search for the mysterious Jesus, a search that must wrench from both history and our own disturbing times tenuous, yet highly evocative connections.

SANCTIFY is a fictional tour de force, which reminds the reader--as in the case of all great novels--of what it is to be human