Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Author James Landis & The Last Day

This week, the  Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing
The Last Day
Steerforth; 1 edition (September 1, 2009)
by James Landis

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Warren Harlan Pease, the young narrator of this spellbinding novel, returns to his native New Hampshire from the Iraq War and spends an entire day with Jesus visiting and contemplating hi own life with fresh eyes, and a willing heart. He examines his relationships to those he loves─his girlfriend, his best friend, his father, his dead mother, his daughter ─ and grapples with the pain he has been carrying since the death of his mother when he was still a boy.

While in Iraq, armed with his sniper’s ‘s rifle and his deeply held faith, Specialist Pease traveled across ideological borders and earned an appreciation for his enemy’s culture and for what connect us all as human beings. He also learned how to kill and taught others to do the same. “War doesn’t test your faith in Jesus,” Warren comes to realize. “It tests your faith in yourself.” The Last Day answers some questions and asks many more. It’s a powerful meditation on religion and war, love and loss.

This work of compassion and healing grace will resonate with skeptics and believers, be shared and discussed between friends and among families. It is a book for our time, and forever.

The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1586421654
 

4 comments:

Mason Canyon said...

Sounds like a very insightful book. One that is needed during this time of war and conflicts all around the world.

Helen Ginger said...

Beautiful cover. It does seem like a very timely book with an important message.

Helen
Straight From Hel

The Old Silly said...

"This work of compassion and healing grace will resonate with skeptics and believers, be shared and discussed between friends and among families. It is a book for our time, and forever."

Amen to that!

Marvin D Wilson

Elizabeth Spann Craig said...

Interesting book! Making friends with enemies is an unusual theme--at least in non-Christian lit.

Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen