When the annals of the twentieth century are complete, one of its many great heros -distinguished both by the purity of his mind and by the intensity of his suffering-will be the author of this book. Indeed, when many years later Silvo was able to recount to Pope John Paull II in some detail what he experienced in the attempts to brainwash him, and how he deflected them, the Pope was fascinated to learn more about the frequent sense of weightlessness' that Silvo sometimes experienced for days at a time, particularly wehn he was gripped by the words of St. John. Readers, I am certain, will agree that they have never read anything like this mesmerising story, which will strike them with awe at the human capacity to endure... By his witness Silvo has lifed up the entire human race... No one who reads it will leave it quite the same as when he first opened it. - Form the foreword by Michael Novak