St. Peter's Bones
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kenneth, R. Timmerman, PUBLISHER: Cassiopeia Press, A NOVEL <strong>OFstrong> 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 <strong>ofstrong> trusted warrior monks to evacuate from his palace the most sacred <strong>ofstrong> holy relics, the bones <strong>ofstrong> St. Peter, the "rock" on whom Christ said his church would be built. Now the secret has fallen into the hands <strong>ofstrong> a radical Muslim insurgent group in modern-day Iraq, who plot to wipe out the monastery where for centuries the sacred relics have been stored, along with dark secrets from the earliest days <strong>ofstrong> Islam... U.S. Special Forces operator Danny Wilkens is back, this time chasing Muslim insurgents in Iraq and a corrupt former CIA <strong>ofstrong>ficer who is secretly in league with them. When Wilkens discovers pages <strong>ofstrong> a mysterious text during the take down <strong>ofstrong> an insurgent cell, he thinks it's some kind <strong>ofstrong> code. But soon his Iraqi Christian translator, Yohannes ("Johnny") Yohanna enlightens him: the text is written in Aramaic, the language <strong>ofstrong> Jesus. And it tells the story <strong>ofstrong> a legendary Christian monk who is said to have dictated portions <strong>ofstrong> 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 <strong>ofstrong> Islam That makes St. Peter's Bones more than just 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-Christian/post-Christian West." Robert Spencer, editor <strong>ofstrong> JihadWatch, author <strong>ofstrong> the New York Times bestsellers 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 <strong>ofstrong> Iraq's ancient Christian community: an unintended but ruinous by-product <strong>ofstrong> 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, Christian Solidarity International (CSI-USA) "Ken Timmerman's riveting tale is a story in urgent need <strong>ofstrong> 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 historical research into the origins <strong>ofstrong> Islam through original texts, St. Peter's Bones tells the story <strong>ofstrong> Iraq's beleaguered Christian community through the joys and fears <strong>ofstrong> one family, while exploring the ambiguities <strong>ofstrong> America's continued presence in that country as deepening tensions between Kurds and Arabs that risk plunging Iraq into another civil war.