Daniel Easterman

In France, Declan Carberry is busy trying to solve a string of ritual serial murders. Are they connected to the South American find of a jade mask? Should Declan be searching the rainforest or concentrating on his higher consciousness for a solution?

Master suspense author Daniel Easterman delivers a sizzling and prophetic new novel of political and religious intrigue, in which nothing less than the future of Christianity and the free world is at stake. "Neither the roaring of loud waters nor the burning of bright fires shall deflect me from my Covenant with Thee, O Lord, nor shall the Sons of Light find me faithless.". As the spirit of glasnost sweeps across Russia, a noted Moscow scholar uncovers an ancient scroll hidden deep in the vaults of the Lenin Library, where it was brought from Germany at the end of World War II. Frightened by the magnitude of his discovery, Dr. Iosif Sharanskii sends a plea for help to a renowned peer and old friend Dr. Jack Gould. It is only when Gould arrives in Moscow to translate the verse of the parchment that he realizes it contains the radical thoughts and beliefs of Jesus - written in his own hand. What lies before them is quite different from Catholic tradition, and the two men recognize the desperation and panic such ideology would cause within the Vatican. In the interests of scholarship and honesty, Gould agrees to smuggle the scroll out of Russia quickly to have it validated in Israel. But when he witnesses the brutal murder of the entire Sharanskii family and is taken prisoner by a secret Russian security force, Gould begins to wonder who, besides the Vatican, would want possession of the scroll - and why. From the heart of Moscow to the safe houses of London, Gould searches for answers, knowing he is only one step ahead of his pursuers. He will stop at nothing to uncover the truth - even if it means the end of Christianity. A shockingly realistic thriller, The Judas Testament blends historical fact with fiction and keeps you riveted from the first page to the last.

A young man is brutally murdered. His distraught girlfriend is the prime suspect. Her aunt, Caroline Masters, about to take up a top job in the US Court of Appeals, decides to defend the young woman in the murder trial. But this will be Caroline's first contact with her family in almost twenty years, and as she prepares the case and goes through the trial, long forgotten secrets re-surface, pitting Caroline against not only the police and prosecution, but also against her father (a retired judge), her sister and the memory of her young self when she, too, lost a boyfriend in suspicious circumstances. The Final Judgement is a powerful, poignant, page-turning legal thriller that confirms Richard North Patterson as among the very best writers in the bookselling area.

Illuminated by a series of fine art paintings, Alister McGrath's new volume seeks to engage both the mind and the imagination as he explores why the Church set its faith and hope on the extraordinary, brilliant and bold idea that Jesus Christ is God incarnate. Poetry, prayer and theological reflection are interwoven with commentary on the ideas conveyed through works such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Ecce Ancilla Domini, Jacopo Bassano's Miraculous Draught of Fishes and Vincent Van Gogh's Good Samaritan. The result not only helps us engage more fully with the Gospel narratives, but also to come to a greater understanding of the truth and the reality of our Christian faith--from back cover.