By the Sword Release Scheduled for January 2006!

My first novel, By the Sword, written with my church pastor, Rick Myatt, is being released by Broadman & Holman. Here’s some back cover copy to whet your appetite:

Amber Robbins, the hotshot Middle East correspondent for the Washington National newspaper, wants to solve a mystery: Who was behind the “Passover Massacre” that shocked the nation of Israel and the world? Was it connected with the latest wave of religious persecution in the Islamic world, including the bombing of Christian churches and killing of martyrs?

The answers are found in this suspense thriller that could be taken from the headlines of today’s newspapers. Amber Robbins’s dangerous search leads her on a path that pits her faith and her investigative reporting skills against Islamic fundamentalists intent on converting all people to Allah and his messenger, Mohammed.

Her quest takes her to such diverse locales as Jerusalem, Tehran, and Geneva, Switzerland, where she uncovers reasons why general unrest is being fomented in Middle Eastern capitals against Western “infidels.” She also learns about an underground church in Tehran that is slowly seeing its members picked up by Savak—the Iranian secret police—never to be seen again.

Meanwhile, Ayatollah Hoseni, leader of the Islamic Revolution, masterminds a plot to extend The Prophet’s influence from Malaysia to Morocco and create a purified Islamic region free of Christian and Jewish influence. No one is safe unless Amber Robbins can expose those who tolerate no other religion than their own.