Mind & Spirit
Where psychological suffering and spiritual experience meet—and where certainty begins to fracture.
Alejandro WernerGet the free ARCLiterary · Psychological · Spiritual Fiction
Sometimes, you must go through hell before you can reach heaven.
Alejandro Werner writes from the boundary between psychological darkness and spiritual transformation.
“The story began with a life that broke apart. It became a novel about the forces that put it back together.”
01 The Novel
Based on true events. Dramatized through literary fiction.
The Devil,
The Dog
and The Wind
A dark literary and psychological novel about what happens when the boundary between inner crisis and spiritual reality disappears.
Rooted in lived experience, the novel follows a man through immigration, trauma, addiction, faith, and radical transformation. What began as autobiography became fiction so the unseen could enter the visible world.
Advance reader invitations openPublishing October 17, 2026
02 The Questions Beneath the Story
Exile & Identity
The immigrant search for belonging, the inheritance of family trauma, and the selves we build to survive.
Good & Evil
A confrontation with temptation, responsibility, faith, and the forces—visible and unseen—that shape a life.
Fall & Transformation
The possibility that our deepest collapse can become the beginning of an entirely different life.
03 About the Author
A life rebuilt through faith, service, and the written word.
Alejandro Werner is a Peruvian-born, American-raised author, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and entrepreneur.
Born in Lima, he moved to Miami at nine. His parents arrived with $150. He started working at an early age. Before finding his calling, he worked multiple jobs while experiencing depression, addiction, near-death, and repeated loss.
His search for meaning led through psychology, philosophy, the world’s religious traditions, and a life-changing encounter with the Holy Spirit. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Florida International University and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from St. Thomas University.
Today, Alejandro lives in North Carolina with his wife, Carmen, and their two children. He founded an ABA practice devoted to expressing unconditional love through the science of behavior analysis.
“I want people to love themselves, understand the deep power they have, and remain aware of the fragility of life.”
04 From the Journal
Notes from the road between darkness and light.
Future essays on faith, psychology, immigration, meaning, responsibility, and transformation.
When the mind breaks, what remains?
On suffering, identity, and the stories we tell about survival.
The immigrant’s invisible inheritance
What we carry across borders—and what follows us into the next life.
Responsibility after rock bottom
The difficult freedom of recognizing that transformation is still possible.
05 Media & Speaking
Conversations about the forces that shape a human life.
Alejandro is developing talks and interviews for readers, podcasts, book clubs, and organizations interested in:
- Faith, psychology, and spiritual experience
- Immigration and rebuilding
- Addiction, responsibility, and transformation
- Compassionate leadership and human potential
Media kit and booking information coming soon.
Founding Reader Circle
Read the novel before the world does.
Join a small group receiving a complimentary digital advance edition before the October 17 publication.
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