*City of Peace* is a gripping and fast-paced mystery that will engage people politically and spiritually, leaving them with fresh insight into how they can overcome polarizing divisions among people of differing cultures and faiths.
City of peace: a novel
✍ Scribed by Brinton, Henry G.
- Publisher
- Koehler Books; Köehler Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Virginia Beach, VA
- ISBN
- 163393764X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
"When Methodist minister Harley Camden loses his wife and daughter in a European terrorist attack, he spirals downward into grief and anger. The bishop forces him to move to a tiny church in small-town Occoquan, Virginia, to heal and recover. But all hope for serenity is quickly shattered by the mysterious murder of the daughter of the local Iraqi baker, followed by the threat of an attack by Islamic extremists. Harley tries to build bridges to his neighbors, including Muslims and Coptic Christians, and digs into the history of the ancient Galilean city of Sepphoris to find the secret to survival in a fractured and violent world"--
✦ Subjects
Christian fiction
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