Holy Man – Mike Davis

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“I watched you coalesce from the stardust in the boiling womb of creation,” murmured the gentle voice from the time before time – or anyone to mete it out, measure it, or even notice for that matter.

And things were fine until my curiosity about what twelve millennia of so-called human civilization had managed to become: Music, art and joy had evolved from the primordial sludge – It was a world of life and activity, with dizzying highs, precipitous lows and a kind of chaos. I maintained some semblance of control until my curiosity about a totally new concept known as surfing truly got the better of me – And my better judgment.

Craning for a better view I must have leaned too far over the brink between Here and There and toppled headlong into this world.

But it would be falling in love that would mark my final plummet where I really augered-in and succumbed to the pleasures – And the pains of the flesh.

Whoever says that “No one’s ever died of a broken heart,” wouldn’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.

I’m Shawn McQueen and this is my story.

A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR

Holy man was a big one. It couldn’t have been done in one instalment and took three distinct incarnations of a man who begins as a bit player in someone else’s life only to emerge as the philosophical Forest Gump of surfing pondering the meaning of life at the end of life of this planet as we know it. And then came the epiphany, “If Jesus Christ had a side-gig as a carpenter – Then the Archangel Michael, the angel who asked to tarry a while when called home, could be one helluva surfboard shaper.

Holy Man

🕊️ 400-Word Précis

Holy Man, the transcendent finale to Mike Davis’s Shawn McQueen Trilogy, is a profound exploration of consciousness, faith, and humanity’s yearning to understand its own divine origin. Told through a voice that spans lifetimes — from the cosmic and eternal to the intimately human — the story traces the birth, awakening, and spiritual evolution of Shawn Hugh McQueen, a man destined to bridge the ancient and the modern, the scientific and the spiritual.

From his miraculous survival at birth in postwar Iowa, Shawn carries within him the awareness of something larger — a celestial curiosity that follows him through his youth in small-town America to the sunlit shores of California, where science and spirituality collide. His pursuit of truth takes him through the world of academia, marine biology, and self-discovery, but ultimately beyond the material world into a journey of the soul.

Through richly layered prose, Davis fuses realism with the metaphysical. Shawn’s story unfolds as both a memoir and a revelation — a chronicle of one man’s awakening to the realization that existence itself is sacred. Themes of love, loss, mortality, and moral inheritance recur as Davis links the struggles of ordinary life to the vast cosmic drama of creation.

The novel opens with a celestial voice — “I watched you coalesce from the stardust in the boiling womb of creation” — and from that moment, the reader is swept into a narrative that fuses the physical and spiritual into one continuum. As Shawn moves between worlds, he becomes a reflection of humanity’s own divided soul — brilliant yet uncertain, yearning for connection yet drawn to transcendence.

By turns humorous, heartbreaking, and visionary, Holy Man completes Davis’s sweeping trilogy with luminous grace. It is both the culmination of Shawn McQueen’s journey and a meditation on life itself — a reminder that the divine spark resides not only in heaven, but in every human heart that dares to wonder why we are here.

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🌐 SEO & General Metadata

Title: Holy Man
Series: The Shawn McQueen Trilogy – Book Three
Author: Mike Davis
Publisher: Point Surfer Press
Genre: Literary Fiction / Spiritual Fiction / Philosophical Fiction
Setting: Iowa and California, mid-20th century through modern America
Themes: Faith and science, divine consciousness, redemption, love, mortality, enlightenment, the search for meaning

SEO Keywords:
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Meta Description (160 characters):
The luminous conclusion to The Shawn McQueen Trilogy — a novel of spirit, science, and the eternal search for meaning in the human heart.

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Amazon KDP / Goodreads Metadata

Title

Holy Man

Subtitle

Book Three of The Shawn McQueen Trilogy

Author

Mike Davis

Short Description (Amazon Listing, ~120 words)

In Holy Man, the final chapter of Mike Davis’s acclaimed Shawn McQueen Trilogy, one man’s journey becomes a meditation on life itself. Born fragile but touched by the infinite, Shawn McQueen’s story spans from the fields of Iowa to the depths of the human soul as he seeks to reconcile science with faith, and love with mortality.
Blending history, philosophy, and luminous prose, Davis concludes his epic saga with a deeply moving portrait of spiritual awakening — an odyssey of the heart, mind, and spirit that will resonate with every reader who’s ever asked, why are we here?

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Long Description (Amazon / Goodreads, ~250–300 words)

From the stardust of creation to the quiet heart of a single human life, Holy Man is the luminous conclusion to Mike Davis’s Shawn McQueen Trilogy.

Born in postwar Iowa after a near-fatal illness, Shawn Hugh McQueen is no ordinary child. Gifted with an unshakable curiosity and an inner voice that seems to echo from the dawn of time, Shawn embarks on a lifelong journey of discovery — one that leads him from science to spirit, from love to loss, and finally to transcendence.

Through Davis’s masterful blend of lyrical storytelling and philosophical depth, Holy Man explores the eternal questions: Where do we come from? Why do we love? What lies beyond? As Shawn’s life unfolds — from the innocence of boyhood to the vast insights of maturity — the boundaries between the physical and the divine begin to dissolve.

With echoes of Siddhartha, The Book Thief, and East of Eden, Holy Man is both a novel and a revelation — a meditation on the soul’s journey and the light that connects us all.

Profound, redemptive, and unforgettable, this is Mike Davis’s most powerful work — the story of one man’s awakening to the sacredness of existence itself.

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BISAC Categories (select top 3–5)

• FIC019000 — Fiction / Literary
• FIC039000 — Fiction / Philosophical
• FIC042060 — Fiction / Christian / Visionary & Speculative
• FIC043000 — Fiction / Coming of Age
• FIC014000 — Fiction / Historical / General

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Amazon KDP Keywords (7 primary phrases)

1. Spiritual awakening novel
2. Metaphysical literary fiction
3. Shawn McQueen trilogy finale
4. Faith and science fiction novel
5. Philosophical American fiction
6. Visionary redemption story
7. Mike Davis Holy Man

Additional discoverability tags:
Divine consciousness novel, modern spirituality, redemption and rebirth fiction, cosmic philosophy literature, inspirational literary saga, human awakening story.

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Target Audience

• Readers of literary and spiritual fiction
• Fans of The Alchemist, Siddhartha, The Book Thief, and East of Eden
• Readers drawn to reflective, redemptive, and visionary storytelling
• Ideal for book clubs and philosophical readers interested in consciousness and meaning

Mike Davis Bio

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