Transgression by Randall Ingermanson
A fellow Christian E-Author recommended Transgression, and I was at first intrigued by the interesting marketing concept. Author Randall Ingermanson sells the e-book on his Web site for $8.88; however, if you promise to recommend the book to one or more friends after reading it - if you like it - you can order the book at a discount or even free. Since I always recommend books I like, I chose the free download option. And by the time I came across an opportunity to click a link to recommend the book, I was ready to do so! Not only did I send personal e-mails to several friends I thought would enjoy the book, but I'm also posting a review here. So in my case, this marketing technique generated a lot of word-of-mouth advertising.
And it worked because this is a great read! I wasn't sure I'd enjoy reading a novel written by a physicist - one involving time travel and a plot to assassinate the apostle Paul - but I couldn't put my e-book reader down. And now I can't wait to read the other two books in the City of God series, Premonition and Retribution.
Rivka Meyers, a Messianic Jew, is in Jerusalem on her first archaeology dig. She meets Ari Kazan, a theoretical physicist, and lapsed Jew, who is furious when he learns of her faith. Ari is working with Damien West, an experimental physicist, on creating a wormhole for time travel, unaware that Damien has a private agenda.
Damien secretly completed the wormhole and, since Rivka showed up at the lab at the wrong time, ends up taking her with him back to Jerusalem in 57 AD. Ari follows, in spite of his antipathy to Rivka's religion and his conviction that history cannot be changed, because he has to care deeply for Rivka.
Transgression is a rich and fascinating blend of characters, setting, suspense, history, romance, science, and religion. I felt like I was back in first century Jerusalem with the early Christians.
I loved reading about Ari explaining physics to his first century friend Baruch and Baruch relating everything to miracles. Most of us think of science as being exact and complete, but the author points out how much is really unknown. Ari came to see there was much he couldn't understand - he both believed and didn't believe.
I look forward to spending more time with Rika, Ari, and the people of the City of God.
And it worked because this is a great read! I wasn't sure I'd enjoy reading a novel written by a physicist - one involving time travel and a plot to assassinate the apostle Paul - but I couldn't put my e-book reader down. And now I can't wait to read the other two books in the City of God series, Premonition and Retribution.
Rivka Meyers, a Messianic Jew, is in Jerusalem on her first archaeology dig. She meets Ari Kazan, a theoretical physicist, and lapsed Jew, who is furious when he learns of her faith. Ari is working with Damien West, an experimental physicist, on creating a wormhole for time travel, unaware that Damien has a private agenda.
Damien secretly completed the wormhole and, since Rivka showed up at the lab at the wrong time, ends up taking her with him back to Jerusalem in 57 AD. Ari follows, in spite of his antipathy to Rivka's religion and his conviction that history cannot be changed, because he has to care deeply for Rivka.
Transgression is a rich and fascinating blend of characters, setting, suspense, history, romance, science, and religion. I felt like I was back in first century Jerusalem with the early Christians.
I loved reading about Ari explaining physics to his first century friend Baruch and Baruch relating everything to miracles. Most of us think of science as being exact and complete, but the author points out how much is really unknown. Ari came to see there was much he couldn't understand - he both believed and didn't believe.
I look forward to spending more time with Rika, Ari, and the people of the City of God.
posted by Lillie Ammann @ 6:32 PM
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