Two powerful men--one at the mercy of bipolar disorder, the other facing life imprisonment--struggle to regain their freedom. The life of Luke Powers has long been punctuated by abrupt changes in fortune, but nothing could prepare him for the possibility of life imprisonment. Facing charges of murdering the love of his life from thirty years earlier, the influential media mogul is powerless to escape his predicament. Is he a murderer? Even he cannot say for sure. Meanwhile, entrepreneur and family man Rick Dellich finds himself stripped of all his rights as a citizen, the result of a mental breakdown. Separated from those he loves, he faces the prospect of confinement to a chemical straightjacket for the rest of the life. Desperate for a true recovery, he commits himself to a psychiatric clinic. Rick struggles to put his shattered life back together, but his deepening search for answers leads him to revelations that threaten to turn his world upside down. Through it all, two women, each offering the possibility of the love that seems to have betrayed him all his life, weave their way into Luke's destiny. Will each man succeed in his quest for love and freedom? Will each man find what he is seeking? Both will face challenges that will destroy or transform them, eventually placing the two on a collision course with one another. Set against a backdrop of four continents, this is a story of power, love, and ultimate freedom.

Paul Huljich was born in Auckland New Zealand. A university dropout, he co-founded Best Corporation, a pioneering organic foods company of which he was Chairmen and Joint-CEO.In 1998, Huljich was diagnosed by psychiatrist as suffering from Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic depression. That year, he experienced a full mental break down, lost his rights as a citizen and made a ward of the state.Informed that there was no cure, that he would eventually relapse, and that he would be depended on medication for the rest of his life. He traveled to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for treatment and later admitted himself to the Menninger Clinic in Kansas to more fully understand and address his condition. Aided by research and his background in organic foods, he developed a diet, exercise, and wellness plan that would help help him end his dependence on medication to cure himself and find true peace of mind.Since the year 2000, Paul has not taken any psychotropic or psychiatric medication or any medication related to mental illness. Nor has he suffered any relapse of depression or manic depression, or received further treatment from any psychiatrist, therapist or doctor regarding mental illness. He has never felt better.Betrayal of love and Freedom is inspired by his remarkable true story.Paul is the father of Three sons. Mark, Simon and Richard.