character is a 14-year-old boy who has a unique ability to stop time. When invaders burn the boy's village to the ground, he leaves with a plan to rid the world of magic.
     The story is an ironic twist for the author Limberger, whose real life illness actually sent him in search of magic. It all began with a simple case of food poisoning.
     "I got sick from a bacteria from eating chicken. Ten years later, I finally got over it," said Limberger.
     Limberger was 27 when he fell ill. After years of suffering for seemingly no apparent reason, he eventually learned that the problematic bacteria had settled inside his organs.
     "It got to the point where I couldn't eat anything, because I'd get so sick," said Limbrger, 37.  A diagnosis after six long years didn't mean a cure. Limberger finally knew what was wrong , but he didn't feel better. Meanwhile, his wife and two children were beginning to tire of his constantly being under the weather and his family electronics business was feeling the strain of his perpetual sickness.
     Limberger turned to naturopaths and herbalists, and when that didn't do the trick, he consulted a shaman.
     "I met a shaman who said I had to clean out the environment where the parasite was growing in my body," said Limberger. "That made sense to me."  His prescription for recovery included drinking half a cup of straight olive oil.
     "Suddenly, I had no more bacteria," said Limberger.  He felt better and he continued seeing the shaman. He did sun dances and sweat lodges. He went without food or water for days in the eastern Ontario woods.  Unsurprisingly he saw visions. He wrote about them.
     "The visions were so vivid and real. It felt as though they were happening," said Limberger. "I didn't do any drugs, but what I experienced was so powerful, I had to write it down."
     The result was his first book, Afterworld When Ghosts Disappear written in a mere six months and published in December of last year. The 245-page Timestopper, published in the spring, followed. That was penned in a mere eight months, always after work, at night, after he put his kids to bed.
    "It was already written in my head."
     Since Limberger is a family man, Timestopper is rated F for family.
     "It's for all ages. There's no swearing or sex. There is some violence but it's the normal swordplay of fantasy books," said Limberger.

AUTHOR VISITS THE AFTERWORLD IN BOOKS
By Tom Michibata Jan. 5, 2000 Mississauga News

     Mississauga author Claude Limberger has intimate contact with afterworld spirits - at least in his books.
     This long-time Mississauga resident with a gentle nature doesn't come across like a crackpot
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