This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Elisha’s Bones
(Bethany House March 1, 2009)
by
Don Hoesel
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Don Hoesel was born and raised in Buffalo, NY but calls Spring Hill, TN home. He is a Web site designer for a Medicare carrier in Nashville, TN. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Taylor University and has published short fiction in Relief Journal.
He lives in Spring Hill with his wife and two children.
Elisha’s Bones is his first novel.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Every year, professor of antiquities Jack Hawthorne looks forward to the winter break as a time to hide away from his responsibilities. Even if just for a week or two. But this year, his plans are derailed when he’s offered almost a blank check from a man chasing a rumor.
Billionaire Gordon Reese thinks he knows where the bones of the prophet Elisha are–bones that in the Old Testament brought the dead back to life. The bones of the prophet once raised the dead to life… but they vanished from history in a whisper.
Bankrolled by a dying man of unlimited means, Hawthorne’s hunt spans the globe and leads him into a deadly conspiracy older than the church itself. A born skeptic, Jack doesn’t think much of the assignment but he could use the money, so he takes the first step on a chase for the legendary bones that will take him to the very ends of the earth.
But he’s not alone. Joined with a fiery colleague, Esperanza Habilla, they soon discover clues to a shadowy organization whose long-held secrets have been protected . . . at all costs. And he soon discovers those sworn to keep the secret of the bones will do anything to protect them. As their lives are threatened again and again, the real race is to uncover the truth before those chasing them hunt them down.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Elisha’s Bones, go HERE
Don can be reached through the Contact link on his Website
MY REVIEW:
Jack Hawthorne, a college professor who retired from the field after his brother’s death, finds himself on a quest for the elusive bones of a biblical prophet that are alleged to bring the dead to life. During his first stop in Venezuela Jack reconnects with his ex-fiance Esperanza who becomes embroiled in the search as circumstances force them to fight for their lives.
Elisha’s Bones is a fast-moving biblical archeological adventure in the tradition of Indiana Jones. Filled with intrigue, secret societies, biblical mystery, plenty of action and suspence, and even a bit of romance, Elisha’s Bones held my attention until the very end. The characters are believeable and the dialogue is both intelligent and witty. I believe that Elisha’s Bones would translate wonderfully into a screenplay and vote for a movie version asap.
