Whenever "Christian Fiction" shows up in the used bookstore, I find myself morbidly curious about the people who read and write this stuff.

The text from the image is below, with some of my comments in brackets. (The book is "Pierced By a Sword" by Bud Macfarlane Jr., by the way.)

Back cover:

A novel that will take you to a future that is as current as today's headlines. [Kind of a disappointing future if the best thing you can say about it is "it's basically the present".] Nathan Payne: A troubled young securities broker from Chicago. [Unless the thing he's troubled about is the ethics of the finance industry, I think I hate this guy already.] Will Nathan find the faith to win the love of Joanie Wheat -- a woman of deep Catholic convictions? Becky Macadam: A stunningly beautiful young woman, away from the faith since childhood, alone and pregnant in the heartless city of Chicago. Father Chet Sullivan: A fast-talking young priest from New Jersey with a penchant for getting into trouble. [He's not a regular priest, he's a cool priest.] Tom Wheat: The foremost U.S. expert on Marian Apparitions, desperately trying to warn the world about The Coming Tribulations. Can Wheat reach the country in time? Lee Washington: A drug dealer from Cleveland, living in the fast lane in L.A. [I am not optimistic about how this character is going to be portrayed in the book, so good thing I'm not reading it.] Will he keep his appointment with Our Lady? This sweeping new novel is set against the backdrop of historical and present-day Marian Apparitions. [I thought it was taking us to a future?] Join these unforgettable characters as their lives intertwine in a Divine Plan during the Great Tribulations! Pierced By A Sword will take you over the border between heaven & earth! Discover a new world. Change your life forever.

Review page:

Real People Love This Book… [I know that when I'm presenting reviews, I make sure to reassure the reader that they're from "real people"; that's how you know they're genuine.] "It moved me so much that I wept. I was so excited I took it downstairs to read certain passages to my mom and dad! Then I urged my best friend to read it. The themes come right out of my own life. I love it!" -- Molly Winters, Lake Bluff, IL, College Student "I really got into Nathan Payne -- he's such a great character that I couldn't wait to find out what happened to him next. I feel like I knoe the guy personally -- Nathan and the others remind me of real people I know." -- Martin Maher, Tully, NY, Financial Professional "I don't read many novels and I had low expectations. All I can say now is that I couldn't put it down. It had me turning the pages. It really moves fast. It's great!" -- Tom Baugh, Akron, OH, Businessman & Father "The passage where Father Chet and Becky Macadam talk about celibacy is one of the most insightful that I've ever read on the subject -- all this interwoven into a story with a great plot. I'm very excited about this book!" -- Eileen Biehl, Westlake, OH, Mother & Writer "The climax of the book was creative and mystical, and really gave me food for thought regarding my own life. Bud Macfarlane has a real gift for dialog and characterization." -- John Madigan, Chicago, IL, Father & Lawyer [Seriously, these don't sound like responses from "real people", right?]

anne carson, plainwater: essays and poetry / raw (2016) / lara williams, supper club / nathan biehl - cover photograph for nightbitch, 2020 / noah b by michiyo yanagihara for metalmagazine.eu 2016 / stella lucia by bettina rheims for dazed magazine 2017 / kim sang in by j. dukhwa for ceci korea june 2016 / jenefer shute, life-size / guillermo lorca garcia-huidobro - the banquet, 2013-14 / alex lemon, another last day / samantha margherita - stem peels & pits collaboration with stephanie gonot, 2019 / anonymous - tantalus, 17th c. / ovid tr. henry t. riley, the story of erysichthon from metamorphoses / queen of the damned (2002) / jennifer’s body (2009) / margaret atwood, you are happy

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Suspect Shooter Dayton Detective: Nathan Goddard Bio, Wiki, Age, Married, Net Worth, Twitter, Instagram, Fast Facts You Need to Know

Nathan Goddard Bio, Wiki

Nathan Goddard was identified as the suspect shooter of Dayton Ohio police Detective Jorge Del Rio. He was charged with felonious assault on an agent, according to U.S. Attorney Dave DeVillers. Nathan Goddard Age Nathan Goddard is 39 years old. Nathan Goddard Shoot Dead Detective Jorge Del Rio Cahke Cortner, 39, and Lionel Combs III, 40, were charged with conspiring to distribute drugs, according to an affidavit. Courtney Allen, 34, also was in custody in connection to the shooting, the station said. The DEA’s Dayton office reportedly conducted an investigation on a Dayton fentanyl operation between July and October, which led them to believe Goddard was a supplier. Police were conducting a search warrant on the suspected home Monday when Del Rio was shot, they said. Three men charged Officers found four men inside the house and arrested a minor who tried to flee. One of the men, Nathan S. Goddard Jr., 39, faces a federal charge of assaulting a law enforcement officer involved in a federal investigation with a deadly weapon, according to a press release from the Federal Prosecutor’s Office. Southern District of Ohio The arrest warrant for DelRio and DEA agents came after a 3-month investigation into a fentanyl operation in the city, the lawyer's office said. The federal search warrant was issued as a result of that investigation, the office said. At home, agents recovered two guns loaded with 30-cartridge extended magazines, an AR gun in a package loaded with 28 rounds of real ammunition, approximately 28 pounds of fentanyl and cocaine, more than 50 pounds of marijuana and more than $ 50,000 cash. Biehl said Tuesday. Goddard is also accused of conspiracy to possess with the intention of distributing more than 400 grams of fentanyl, 500 grams or more of cocaine and marijuana, the US prosecutor's office said. Two of the other men, Cahke Cortner, 39, and Lionel Combs III, 40, are also accused of conspiring to distribute the drugs, he said. Goddard faces a maximum sentence of 30 years for assaulting a federal office with a gun, federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Ohio, David M. DeVillers, said at the press conference. The mandatory minimum for the narcotics conspiracy charge is 20 years and up to life imprisonment, he said. The three defendants are scheduled for a hearing on November 8, the US prosecutor's office said. CNN could not confirm the lawyers of the three men. Read the full article

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