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Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781606728673
ISBN: 1606728679
Label: PublishAmerica
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 238
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Release Date: 2008-11-10
Studio: PublishAmerica
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Summary: Engaging and Thought Provoking
Comment: For people who enjoy reading history, sci-fi and religion, "The Pilate Plot", by Terry Bailey combines all three. The plot develops quickly and kept me engaged to keep reading more. I found many of the book's concepts fresh and thought provoking. I thoroughly enjoyed reading "The Pilate Plot" and look forward to more books written by Terry Bailey.
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Summary: A Fast, Gripping Yarn
Comment: President Gordon Cooper has the recovery plan to end all recovery plans. He intends to change history itself, getting to the root of what he considers the core problem with America--Christianity. If he can stop the crucifixion of Jesus, Cooper believes, he can obliterate the resurrection, the church, and, subsequently, all Christian influence on the world. Employing a crack staff of scientists and historians, Cooper succeeds in sending David Urbane, a grieving widow with a case against Christ, back in time. Getting close to the Roman governor Pilate, Urbane strives to influence his decisions, thus easing the weight of the occupying empire upon Jerusalem and cooling the passions of those who plotted the Passion of Jesus. Will the mad scheme to unhinge history work? Terry Bailey's absorbing first novel, THE PILATE PLOT, reveals the answer.
This may be a first novel, but Bailey writes like anything but a novice. Though TPP moves at great speed (the chapters are rarely more than a few pages long), the novel doesn't shortchange the personalities or motivations of its characters. Bailey has a yarn to spin and he doesn't waste time spinning it. Expediting that aim is the loveable, slang-spouting genius, surfer Nathaniel Stone. Stone's wild, but plausible theory of time travel might've taken pages of tedious exposition. But in the surfer's slang, quantum physics becomes a delightful extension of the character. Bailey's villains are truly evil men who will stop at nothing to attain their goals. Yet their horrific acts are planned and executed with quiet and excruciating precision. Scenes of torturous brain-washing rival the worst Stephen King has to offer. As we flit back and forth between the present and the past, we admire Bailey's knowledge of everything from computers to crossbows. He's obviously done his homework. Yet, Bailey never allows these pages to become dry history texts or museum displays.
Above all characters and considerations, however, stands the novel's portrait of Jesus of Nazareth. In my view, he was the one by whom the real strength of this story would rise or fail. Bailey paints a wonderful portrait of Christ, a mesmerizing speaker, a compassionate Healer, a Son of God in whom one can actually see the Son of God. In fact, the thrilling Jesus he describes brought me to tears.
Not all mysteries in the novel are explained, which seems to be by design. In fact, the last chapter has "sequel" written all over it. Well, bring it on, Mr. Bailey! Pilot us into another plot!
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David Urbane has a grudge against Jesus Christ but never thought he would have the opportunity to do more about it than teach his own slanted version of history at the college level. President Robert Cooper harbors the good, old-fashioned aspiration to rule the world but needs the legacy of Christ out of his way. Nathaniel Stone unintentionally provides the means that involves them all in a plot spanning time and space that may change the world forever. Ruthless ambition, total dedication, and the advantages of modern knowledge and technology are all stacked up against the very foundation of Christianity. Who will prevail?
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