Life Everlasting

“Though Alexia's client's life no longer hangs in the balance, eternal questions linger.
The music stopped, the room emptied, and Baxter Richardson opened his eyes for the first time in months. He should have died from his involuntary plunge off a cliff. But he's alive, and mortal danger remains. Familiar enemies stalk him. New ones hover close at hand.
Meanwhile, haunted by accusing apparitions and the tightening dragnet of criminal investigation, Baxter's wife, Rena, is losing her patience. And quite possibly her mind.
Caught in the middle of it all is Alexia Lindale, a lawyer forced to find her way through deceptive alliances, uncertain romances, and courtroom intrigue. It's a struggle of life, death . . . and life everlasting.”
If this synopsis is the type that catches your attentions, then you will enjoy Life Everlasting, by Robert Whitlow,  Thomas Nelson Publishing.  It is the second book in what I can only perceive is a two book series, as I cannot find a third book in the series as of yet.  The main character, a attorney in South Carolina, is faced with defending a woman whom she is beginning to doubt.  At the same time, the man whom she is developing a romantic interest in, a music pastor, is ministering to her comatose husband, who she says tried to murder her.  As he begins to awaken, elements of truth begin to emerge, but who is telling the truth?     I thoroughly enjoyed the book, once I got a few chapters into it, and it only took that long because I had not read the first book.  Mr Whitlow, a practicing attorney, fills his book with enough legal drama to make the plot exciting, characters who have enough dimension to make them likable, but not plastic, and spiritual truth without dipping into preachiness.  He finds balance, which is not an easy thing to do.  I will definitely pick up more titles by this author.
I received this book free from Booksneeze in exchange for this review, but the opinions expressed are my own.

The Final Summit Book Review

The Final Summit, by Andy Andrews, is the second in a series of which I have not had the privilege of reading the first.  Fortunately you can jump right in and be riveted by the great storytelling of Mr. Andrews, for he captures your attention immediately.  David Ponder is a Traveler, one who goes through time and meets the Greats throughout history.  In this book they all meet in Heaven where they are given a chance to save humanity.  They are given five chances to answer a question. “What does humanity need to do, individually and collectively, to restore itself to the pathway toward successful civilization?”  We get to hear from a few great people from history, King David, Joan of Arc, and one Erik Erickson, a man few of us have ever heard of but will research after reading this book. 

Theologically many of us will struggle with this book, as we wonder how a few of these agnostics even got beyond the pearly gates.  It is a very politically correct book, and there is some very thought provoking conversation that goes on for sure.  The research Mr Andrews has put into the book was thorough and thoughtful, and again the story-line is creative and riveting.  Not one to be taken all too seriously as far as theology goes, but a fun read, and I would definitely pick up a sequel.

DISCLAIMER: I received The Final Summit free from Thomas Nelson Publishers in return for a review of the book. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.