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Roger W. Carr
Roger W. Carr takes the reader on an adventurous ride through the early days of the church--as seen through the eyes of two Roman conscripts who will see incredible miracles--in their own lives!
Thomas and Lucius have been trained to be thieves and soldiers, but God had bigger plans for them.
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Lisa T. Bergren
Bergren, a beloved master of historical Christian fiction tries her hand at a historical thriller.
An ancient manucsript may be a lost letter of Paul's and it's contents threaten to shake up the established Church of the 14th century.
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Karen Kingsbury
A novel that was so good I had to read it in almost one sitting.
What would you do if the law was about to take away your only child? What lengths would you go to to keep and protect your child? Is there anything you wouldn't do? Molly and Jack Campbell are faced with these questions and time is running out.
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Charles Martin
The best Christian novel I've gotten to review in '06!
Reese Mitch lives a lonely life beside a lake in Georgia. Very few people realize he knows more about the human heart than almost any doctor alive. His secret's about to come out, but will he own up to it in time. Will he listen to his own heart?
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James David Jordan
Freshman offering "Something that Lasts" lasts too long.
David Parst is a well-respected minister of a growing church who has listened to a little too much praise of his own worth. Focused on self, he gives in to sin and watches his life and family explode around him. A powerful (if long) story about the consequences of sin and the importance of forgiveness.
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Tim Downs
"Plague Maker" is the new novel from Tim Downs, the new master of science-driven Christian thrillers.
Nathan Donovan is an FBI agent that's called in to investigate what looks like a routine murder, except for the fleas. Millions of fleas. When this fact gets mentioned in the news, up pops an 80 years old Chinese man who claims that the murder points to a master of biologic weapons who may be now targeting the United States.
Grab the anti-itch cream and dive into this non-stop thrill ride!
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Novel You May Have Missed
Superior Species
"Superior Species" was a good novel that slipped under the radar a couple years ago but deserves a read now.
Marsha Peters is a driven young college professor who has returned to her alma mater for the chance to work under a prof she idolized as an under-grad student. Finding that he has slipped into a funk of just accomplishing enough to retain tenure, she schemes to bring him back to life. Marsha succeeds and she (and other teachers and students) head out with the famous Dr. Haddock for a summer of exploring volcanic vents on the ocean floor. Once there, they discover a life form that has never been catalogued before-because it's from another world.
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Comes a Horseman
"Comes A Horseman" is the freshman novel effort from experienced screen writer Robert Liparulo.
FBI Agents Brady Morgan and Alicia Wagner go from being the hunter to being the hunted. At stake are their lives, their families, and maybe even every government in the world.
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The Departed
"The Departed" is a great new novel from Christian writer Kathryn Mackel.
Joshua Lazarus has a gift. People are lining up to have him talked to their dear departed loved ones for them, and millions more watch him on TV and receive messages of comfort. But is Lazarus just a skilled magician or are there more sinister forces at work? All around him, lives are crashing-and burning-and Lazarus doesn't know whether he is the cause or the possible savior.
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Almost Thrilling Thriller
Obsessed
"Obsessed" is the latest book from well-known author Ted Dekker.
Stephen Friedman is a war orphan trying to figure out his place in the world in the 1970s. having fought all his life against feelings of abandonment and confusion, he suddenly begins to find out who he is. It's scary and it may cost him his life to find out what his life is for.
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The First Gospel
"The First Gospel" is a new story from writer Edward J. Frail that opens up the first century culture that Jesus would have experienced by telling the gospel message from the perspective of Simon, a fictional cousin of Jesus.
Frail tells the story of Jesus's life in a way that will make every reader want to know more. Everyone who reads this book will be affected by it!
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Air Rage
"Air Rage", the second novel from Sam Yarney, invokes Tom Clancy-like storytelling in this new thriller. (See below for his first novel, "90 Days".)
Cyrus Anderson is back, only now he's a globetrotting TV journalist for a powerful cable news channel. While on one story, Cyrus's past comes back to haunt him-and maybe provide him with the story of his life-if he can live through it.
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90 Days
"90 Days", the debut novel from Sam Yarney, is a Christian thriller in the vein of Frank Peretti that will remind the reader of the incredible power of prayer (while keeping said reader glued to the page)!
Cyrus Anderson has taken on a boarder so he can make up the back-payments he owes on his rent, but after Alain Saint-Claire moves in, Cyrus begins to realize he's bitten off far more than he wants to chew.
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Welcome to Fred
Brad Whittington's debut novel is a fun read and a lesson in how to see what everyone else saw, but tell it so that even those who were there will be entertained in the telling.
Mark Cloud has a led life like the one a lot of us remember. We just didn't remember it so well or know how to tell the tale. Mark is the son of a Southern Baptist preacher who wonders why he doesn't "feel the Spirit" like everyone around him. An encounter with Mark Twain's writing further muddles his thinking, but a grand trip just might be the answer to all his questions.
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