Spitzer Zahn - Randall Jarmon

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Résumé :
Two missionaries started an evangelical radio station in the secular New England state of Montshire. An arsonist soon burned the station down. Now the missionaries will try again, broadcasting from a two-acre island not far outside American waters. They will face Atlantic storms, committed apostates, and resolute terrorists. Along the way, their tiny island will become important to America's national security. One shy, devout man will share the island with the missionaries. His lethal skills were nearly unmatched in his day. That was decades ago. He's even more formidable now.-- Spitzer Zahn begins with an arch-villainess called The Valkyrie taking the first steps to break her protege out of a high-security prison in the middle of nowhere. (How he got there's explained in Rebel's Trap.) She has a thoroughly good plan for that. Meanwhile, eighty-year-old Amos Kirk and his fifty-something daughter, Rachel, start an evangelical radio station in the secular New England state of Montshire, only to see it go up in flames a few weeks into its operation. The arsonist responsible for that blaze works for Wickham Skinner, pastor of the Electronic Church of Whatever, or eCOW for short. This growing organization espouses a pliable interpretation of the Bible. eCOW's theology is rather like five-star apostasy. It's highly profitable. Their radio station now ashes, the missionaries try again. They will broadcast from a two-acre island not far outside American waters. They'll face dangerous Atlantic storms, eCOW's false teaching, and deadly terrorists. They'll have powerful friends along this time, one of them being fifty-something Mark East. He's the last of Blue Dog's elite Black Ops warriors, and one of America's best spies ever. eCOW gets its own help. Before long, a sophisticated terrorist organization called The Movement subsidizes eCOW efforts to undermine Christianity. In The Movement's view, one cannot destroy America without first destroying Christianity, which did so much to make America strong. Heresy, in other words, becomes a serious weapon. Thus begins not just good action-adventure, but also a compelling battle of ideas. Think of apologetics threatened not just by theological error, but also by assassinations. A huge wave comes along, too, and briefly submerges the island. There's also a love story nestled in among the ongoing suspense. If that's still not enough, there's a beagle named Simpson. He's a big fan of a famous newspaper, The Manhattan SomeTimes. Spitzer Zahn is longer than our normal Randall Jarmon novel, and likely could have been repackaged as two novels for strictly business reasons. Randall Jarmon, however, argued that splitting the story would have damaged its flow. He's probably right, given the plot absolutely flies long. We think readers won't notice the length, but they'll welcome it if they do. When a novel is really good, you don't want it to stop, right? MIKVELK Publishing, LLC...

Biographie:
Randall Jarmon started out as an English major at heart, but ended up with an engineering degree. It left him with a lifelong interest in technology.He once received more than his share of elite military training. Those years were a good way to learn about tactics, weaponry, martial arts, and so forth.He has worked in both a world-class manufacturing setting and a world-class R&D center. Part of the fun for those with technical backgrounds is determining when the technology in his stories goes from fact to fiction, if it ever does so. The shifts will be subtle. Expect to miss some.He earned a pretty good MBA. Later he earned a doctorate (in Management) well worth having. Among other things, he now easily explains the complex organization of human effort. Look for good plots clearly set forth.Randall Jarmon and his wife divide their time between Arizona and Texas. They have two children, six grandchildren, and a golden retriever named Virgil.Mikvelk Publishing, LLC