Valerie Sinason’s first novel, The Orpheus Project, was published in November 2022 and is available on Amazon or direct from the publisher, Sphinx.

The Orpheus project is a harrowing story of sexual abuse, privilege and trauma, drawing on Valerie’s extensive experience from her body of work in the fields of trauma, abuse, disability and dissociation.

It’s Christmas Eve, and a young woman with Down’s syndrome has just disclosed abuse by two men. The problem is she is a member of the British aristocracy and the men she accuses are a top politician and a rock star. How does a national health team struggle with the situation of alleged abuse by the elite and super rich?

Despite a traitor in their midst, the team uncovers the appalling reality of the abusive international cult known as The Orpheus Project with its mysterious American spokesperson and powerful connections.

This is the world of conspiracy theories; the Orpheus Project and the secret society that surrounds it seek to offer a form of immortality through deliberately installed dissociative disorders.

At the core of this powerful novel is the story of a mother and daughter who find a way of reuniting, and the longterm consequences of childhood trauma.