St. Peter's Bones
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kenneth, R. Timmerman, PUBLISHER: Cassiopeia Press, A NOVEL OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH IN IRAQ... The time is 846 AD. Rome is under siege. Before the Saracen armies sack the Vatican, Pope Leo IV calls on a sect of tru<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ed warrior monks to evacuate from his palace the mo<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong> sacred of holy relics, the bones of <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>Ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>. <<strong>ststrong>rong>Peter<strong>ststrong>rong>, the "rock" on whom Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong> said his church would be built. Now the secret has fallen into the hands of a radical Muslim insurgent group in modern-day Iraq, who plot to wipe out the mona<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ery where for centuries the sacred relics have been <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ored, along with dark secrets from the earlie<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong> days of Islam... U.S. Special Forces operator Danny Wilkens is back, this time chasing Muslim insurgents in Iraq and a corrupt former CIA officer who is secretly in league with them. When Wilkens discovers p<strong>agestrong>s of a my<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>erious text during the take down of an insurgent cell, he thinks it's some kind of code. But soon his Iraqi Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian translator, Yohannes ("Johnny") Yohanna enlightens him: the text is written in Aramaic, the langu<strong>agestrong> of Jesus. And it tells the <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ory of a legendary Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian monk who is said to have dictated portions of the Koran to the Prophet Mohammad in an effort to spread the Gospel into Arabia.... "Kenneth Timmerman has wrought a wildly inventive and highly gripping thriller that encompasses the secret and long-hidden origins of Islam That makes <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>Ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>. <<strong>ststrong>rong>Peter<strong>ststrong>rong>'s Bones more than ju<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong> a great novel, although it is assuredly that as well: it is also an enlightening insight into today's increasingly conflict-ridden relationship between Islam and the Judeo-Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian/po<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>-Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian We<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>." Robert Spencer, editor of JihadWatch, author of the New York Times be<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>sellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. "Timmerman's taboo-breaking thriller portrays authentically the politics and passions fueling the deadly persecution of Iraq's ancient Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian community: an unintended but ruinous by-product of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It's a powerful book America's political leadership on both the left and the right would prefer you not to read." -Dr. John Eibner, CEO, Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian Solidarity International (CSI-USA) "Ken Timmerman's riveting tale is a <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ory in urgent need of telling." -Nina Shea, Commissioner, US Commission on International Religious Freedom Based on fact-finding missions by the author in Iraq and Jordan, as well as extensive hi<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>orical research into the origins of Islam through original texts, <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>Ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>. <<strong>ststrong>rong>Peter<strong>ststrong>rong>'s Bones tells the <<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ory of Iraq's beleaguered Chri<<strong>ststrong>rong><strong>ststrong><strong>ststrong>rong>ian community through the joys and fears of one family, while exploring the ambiguities of America's continued presence in that country as deepening tensions between Kurds and Arabs that risk plunging Iraq into another civil war.