Best Novel 1998
Healer and the Drug pusher.

The Saadhu Testament.

The first electronic novel by an Asian author.

 

The Saadhu Testament is a work of fiction. it is a story of how a businessman makes a successful venture to sell faith.

Man has been making a business from every human need, from health, happiness, food, shelter, clothing and even faith. Faith is just another basic human need.

People from different countries, religions and professions, seek help from a superior entity, when they find themselves helpless. This is a story about such people, and how a businessman exploits the situation to make money out of it.

It is not an attack on any religious beliefs, priesthood or even of any faith healers. It is only a story. But it is the first electronic novel by an asian author, and the complete text of the novel is available for free reading at this site.

October 15th 2003, marked the fifth anniversary of the book's publication. The Saadhu's online bookshop was launched to celebrate the event. Two publications were also released to coincide with the event. One is a new novel titled the bastard goddess while the other is the Sinhala translation of the Healer and the Drug Pusher.

Since then the audio book version of the Saadhu Testament was released on the 25th of June 2004. The latest addition to the site is the author's fifth novel Thirst

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