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This was a new and unique look at the man in the tombs. I really enjoyed it. I did read it because it was the 2007 Historical Christy Award winner. I thought it lived up to the award it won!
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Tallis, a philosopher's servant, is sent to a Greek academy in Palestine only to discover that it has silently disappeared. No one will tell him what happened, but he learns what has become of four of the scholars. One is murdered. One committed suicide. One now worships in the temple of Dionysus. And one...one is a madman.
If there is a way into madness, logic says there is a way out. Logic says.
From the author of The Brothers Keeper comes a tale of mystery, horror, and hope in the midst of unimaginable darkness, the story behind the Geresene demoniac of the gospels of Mark and Luke.
This story begins in the tombs of Kursi in Palestine on the Sea of Galilee. The story focuses on Tallis, an Athenian servant and scholar who has come to Hippos to learn about the fate of a Socratic academy his master has assembled and bankrolled. As he pieces together cryptic, horrifying details of the academy's dissolution, Tallis finds himself drawn to the owners and staff of the inn where he is a guest.
His master has sent Tallis to report on how the school is doing after many years. Instead of a good report, he finds the school has been gone for a long time, along with the funds his master has continually sent it, and townspeople who are afraid to talk about what happened there. As he searches for the scholars who had taught there, he finds murder, mystery, and one frightening madman.
Tallis and his friends must battle evil forces, in order to save a child from being brutally sacrificed to a false god, and to save the madman from his demons as well.
I loved the intensity of this book. Very compelling story. Thought provoking.
Great love and compassion of Christ shown brilliantly in this book.
Do you ever wonder how this man became to live among the tombs?
What people thought of this man and how lonely he must have been before Christ came along? How lonely we all are before Christ comes into our lives and fixes it???
This left me to think "what if this is really how it did happen"!?
Of course we will never know till we get to meet him, right??!
A fantastic read. In my own collection.
If there is a way into madness, logic says there is a way out. Logic says.
From the author of The Brothers Keeper comes a tale of mystery, horror, and hope in the midst of unimaginable darkness, the story behind the Geresene demoniac of the gospels of Mark and Luke.
This story begins in the tombs of Kursi in Palestine on the Sea of Galilee. The story focuses on Tallis, an Athenian servant and scholar who has come to Hippos to learn about the fate of a Socratic academy his master has assembled and bankrolled. As he pieces together cryptic, horrifying details of the academy's dissolution, Tallis finds himself drawn to the owners and staff of the inn where he is a guest.
His master has sent Tallis to report on how the school is doing after many years. Instead of a good report, he finds the school has been gone for a long time, along with the funds his master has continually sent it, and townspeople who are afraid to talk about what happened there. As he searches for the scholars who had taught there, he finds murder, mystery, and one frightening madman.
Tallis and his friends must battle evil forces, in order to save a child from being brutally sacrificed to a false god, and to save the madman from his demons as well.
I loved the intensity of this book. Very compelling story. Thought provoking.
Great love and compassion of Christ shown brilliantly in this book.
Do you ever wonder how this man became to live among the tombs?
What people thought of this man and how lonely he must have been before Christ came along? How lonely we all are before Christ comes into our lives and fixes it???
This left me to think "what if this is really how it did happen"!?
Of course we will never know till we get to meet him, right??!
A fantastic read. In my own collection.
